Postgres

Note

In these examples, green is the live database.

Note

In these examples, the owner name is the same as the database name.

List current databases:

psql -U postgres -c "\l"

Backup database:

pg_dump -U postgres green -f ~/repo/temp/out.sql

Restore data (from green to the empty blue database):

psql -U blue -d blue -f out.sql 2> out.log

Important

Remember to check out.log.

Microsoft Azure Database for PostgreSQL

• Microsoft Azure

Microsoft recommend using PgBouncer with Azure Database for PostgreSQL: Setup PgBouncer connection pooling proxy with Azure DB for PostgreSQL The configuration below assumes you will be using PgBouncer.

The Microsoft Azure Database for PostgreSQL has an extra layer of security (authentication). To configure this:

Create a db/postgres_settings.sls file in your pillar e.g:

# db/postgres_settings.sls
postgres_settings:
  bouncer: True
  bouncer_listen_on_all_addresses: True
  listen_address: mypgserver.postgres.database.azure.com
  postgres_pass: azure-postgres-db-password
  postgres_ssh: verify-full
  postgres_user: azure-postgres-db-user
  postgres_host: mypgserver

And add it to the config for the server e.g:

# top.sls
'test-a':
  - db.postgres_settings
  - sites.my

Add the db_user to the sites pillar e.g:

# sites/my.sls
sites:
  www.hatherleigh.info:
    package: hatherleigh_info
    profile: django
    db_user: "www_hatherleigh_info@mypgserver"

In your Django project, settings/production.py:

DOMAIN = get_env_variable("DOMAIN")
DATABASE_NAME = DOMAIN.replace(".", "_").replace("-", "_")
DATABASES = {
    "default": {
        "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2",
        "NAME": DATABASE_NAME,
        "USER": get_env_variable("DB_USER"),
        "PASSWORD": "",
        "HOST": "localhost",
        "PORT": "6432",
        "DISABLE_SERVER_SIDE_CURSORS": True,
    }
}

Warning

Don’t forget to DISABLE_SERVER_SIDE_CURSORS.

Upgrade Cluster

After a do-release-upgrade, you will probably be left with several database clusters e.g:

# pg_lsclusters
Ver Cluster Port Status Owner    Data directory               Log file
9.3 main    5432 online postgres /var/lib/postgresql/9.3/main /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-9.3-main.log
9.5 main    5433 online postgres /var/lib/postgresql/9.5/main /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-9.5-main.log
10  main    5434 online postgres /var/lib/postgresql/10/main  /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-10-main.log

To move the data from Postgres 9.3 to Postgres 10, run the following as root:

# list the clusters
pg_lsclusters

# drop the new (empty) cluster
pg_dropcluster 10 main --stop
# migrate the data from 9.3 to 10
pg_upgradecluster 9.3 main

# remove the 9.3 and 9.5 clusters
pg_dropcluster 9.3 main --stop
pg_dropcluster 9.5 main --stop

# remove the old database engines
apt remove postgresql-9.3
apt remove postgresql-9.5

# list the clusters
pg_lsclusters
Ver Cluster Port Status Owner    Data directory              Log file
10  main    5432 online postgres /var/lib/postgresql/10/main /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-10-main.log