Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL 17 Documentation¶

Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL is a suite of open source software, tools and services required to deploy and maintain a reliable production cluster for PostgreSQL.

Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL includes Percona Server for PostgreSQL packaged with extensions from open source community that are certified and tested to work together for high availability, backups, security, and monitoring that help ensure the cluster’s peak performance.

Part of the solution, Percona Operator for PostgreSQL, makes it easy to orchestrate the cluster reliably and repeatably in Kubernetes.

What’s included in Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL?

What’s in it for you?¶

No vendor lock in - all components of Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL are fully open source
No guesswork on finding the right version of a component – they all undergo thorough testing to ensure compatibility
Freely available reference architectures for solutions like high-availability, backups and disaster recovery
Spatial data handling support via PostGIS
Monitoring of the database health, performance and infrastructure usage via open source Percona Management and Monitoring with PostgreSQL-specific dashboards
Run PostgreSQL on Kubernetes using open source Percona Operator for PostgreSQL . It not only automates deployment and management of PostgreSQL clusters on Kubernetes, but also includes enterprise-ready features for high-availability, backup and restore, replication, logging, and more
Automate PostgreSQL provisioning and management in Kubernetes, in the cloud or on-premises with Percona Everest - the cloud-native database platform

Installation guides¶

Get started quickly with the step-by-step installation instructions.

Quickstart guides

Solutions¶

Check our solutions to build the database infrastructure that meets the requirements of your organization - be it high-availability, disaster recovery or spatial data handling.

Solutions

Troubleshooting and FAQ¶

Our comprehensive resources will help you overcome challenges, from everyday issues to specific doubts.

Troubleshooting

What’s new?¶

Learn about the releases and changes in the Distribution.

Release notes

Get expert help¶

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