Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL 14.7 (2023-03-23)¶
| Release date: | March 23, 2023 |
|---|---|
| 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 14.7.
Release Highlights¶
- A new major version of
pg_stat_monitor2.0.0 has been released and is now generally available with Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL. - Added a new extension
pgpool- a middleware between PostgreSQL server and client for high availability, connection pooling and load balancing. - Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL is now available on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and compatible derivatives
The following is the list of extensions available in Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL.
| Extension | Version | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Patroni | 3.0.1 | a HA (High Availability) solution for PostgreSQL |
| PgAudit | 1.6.2 | provides detailed session or object audit logging via the standard logging facility provided by PostgreSQL |
| pgAudit set_user | 4.0.1 | provides an additional layer of logging and control when unprivileged users must escalate themselves to superusers or object owner roles in order to perform needed maintenance tasks. |
| pgBackRest | 2.43 | a backup and restore solution for PostgreSQL |
| pgBadger | 12.0 | a fast PostgreSQL Log Analyzer. |
| PgBouncer | 1.18.0 | a lightweight connection pooler for PostgreSQL |
| pg_repack | 1.4.8 | rebuilds PostgreSQL database objects |
| pg_stat_monitor | 2.0.0 | collects and aggregates statistics for PostgreSQL and provides histogram information. |
| PostgreSQL Common | 247 | 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 | 2.5 | a PostgreSQL logical decoding JSON output plugin |
| HAProxy | 2.5.11 | a high-availability and load-balancing solution |
| pgpool | 4.4.2 | a middleware between PostgreSQL server and client for high availability, connection pooling and load balancing |
Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL also includes the following packages:
llvm12.0.1 packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and derivatives. This fixes compatibility issues with LLVM from upstream.- supplemental
etcdpackages which can be used for setting up Patroni clusters. These packages are available for the following operating systems:
| Operating System | Package | Version | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 7 | python3-python-etcd |
0.4.3 | A Python client for etcd |
| RHEL 8 | etcd |
3.3.11 | A consistent, distributed key-value store |
python3-python-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.”