Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL 12.7 (2021-05-24)¶
| Date: | May 24, 2021 |
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| Installation: | Installing Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL |
Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL is a collection of tools to assist you in managing PostgreSQL. Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL installs PostgreSQL and complements it by a selection of extensions that enable solving essential practical tasks efficiently.
This release of Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL is based on PostgreSQL 12.7.
The following is the list of extensions available in Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL.
| Extension | Version | Description |
|---|---|---|
| pg_repack | 1.4.6 | rebuilds PostgreSQL database objects |
| pgAudit | 1.4.1 | provides detailed session or object audit logging via the standard logging facility provided by PostgreSQL |
| pgAudit set_user | 2.0.0 | provides an additional layer of logging and control when unprivileged users must escalate themselves to superuser or object owner roles in order to perform needed maintenance tasks. |
| pgBackRest | 2.33 | a backup and restore solution for PostgreSQL |
| Patroni | 2.0.2 | a HA (High Availability) solution for PostgreSQL |
| pg_stat_monitor (Tech Preview Feature) | 0.9.1 | collects and aggregates statistics for PostgreSQL and provides histogram information. |
| PgBouncer | 1.15.0 | a lightweight connection pooler for PostgreSQL |
| pgBadger | 11.5 | a fast PostgreSQL Log Analyzer |
| wal2json | 2.3 | a PostgreSQL logical decoding JSON output plugin. |
| PostgreSQL contrib extensions | 12.7 | a collection of additional extensions for PostgreSQL |
Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL is also shipped with the libpq library. It contains “a set of library functions that allow client programs to pass queries to the PostgreSQL backend server and to receive the results of these queries.”
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