Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL 13.5 (2021-11-23)¶
| Date: | November 23, 2021 |
|---|---|
| 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 13.5.
The following is the list of extensions available in Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL.
| Extension | Version | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Patroni | 2.1.1 | a HA (High Availability) solution for PostgreSQL |
| Pgaudit | 1.5.0 | provides detailed session or object audit logging via the standard logging facility provided by PostgreSQL |
pgAudit set user |
3.0.0 | 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 | 2.36 | a backup and restore solution for PostgreSQL |
pgBadger |
11.6 | a fast PostgreSQL Log Analyzer. |
pgBouncer |
1.16.1 | lightweight connection pooler for PostgreSQL |
| pg_repack | 1.4.7 | rebuilds PostgreSQL database objects |
| pg_stat_monitor | 1.0.0 - Beta2 | collects and aggregates statistics for PostgreSQL and provides histogram information. |
| PostgreSQL Common | 230 | PostgreSQL database-cluster manager. It provides a structure under which multiple versions of PostgreSQL may be installed and/or multiple clusters maintained at one time. |
wal2json |
2.4 | a PostgreSQL logical decoding JSON output plugin. |
Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL also includes the following packages:
- llvm 12.0.1 packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 / CentOS 8. These fix compatibility issues with LLVM from upstream.
- supplemental etcd packages which can be used for setting up Patroni clusters. These packages are available for the following operating systems:
| Operating System | Package | Version | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| CentOS 7 | python3-python-etcd |
0.4.3 | A Python client for etcd |
| CentOS 8 | etcd |
3.3.11 | A consistent, distributed key-value store |
python3-python-etcd |
0.4.3 | A Python client for etcd | |
| Debian 9 (‘stretch’) | etcd |
3.3.11 | A consistent, distributed key-value store |
python3-etcd |
0.4.3 | A Python client for etcd |
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.”