Demystifying Kubernetes for Postgres DBAs: A Guide to Operators
What Kubernetes operators actually do, and how Postgres DBAs can map the concepts they already know — backups, failover, upgrades — onto the operator model.
Talks & Presentations 🎥
A selection of my conference talks and webinars on running Postgres in production — Kubernetes operators, cloud native patterns, and database security.
EPAS 15: The Most Secure Postgres
A walk through the security capabilities of EDB Postgres Advanced Server 15, including Transparent Data Encryption — the topic behind my TDE blog post.
Cloud Native Patterns with Postgres on K8s
Applying cloud native patterns to a stateful workload: what it takes to run Postgres well on Kubernetes.
Deploying and Optimizing Clusters with Cloud Native PostgreSQL
Deploying Postgres clusters with the Cloud Native PostgreSQL operator — the EDB work that grew into the CloudNativePG project — and tuning them for production.
Security and Containers in Cloud Native PostgreSQL
Container and Kubernetes security considerations when running Postgres in cloud native environments.
Prosper with Postgres on Kubernetes
Why Kubernetes became the platform of choice for modern infrastructure, and how Postgres fits into that picture.
Getting Started with PostGIS
From my consulting days: an introduction to PostGIS covering installation, spatial data types, and practical spatial queries. View the slides on SlideShare.