Running databases in Kubernetes attracts a lot of attention today. Orсhestration of PostgreSQL on Kubernetes is no way a straightforward process. Kubernetes has known as a platform that was built around the idea that everything can fail at any time. In this talk, we will review approaches that guaranty consistency on failover and do automatic promotions of new Primary, switchover traffic, perform updates, automate backups and simplify monitoring. So let’s make a fair review of the current state of the PostgreSQL toolset for Kubernetes reality.
Mykola is Kubernetes and Clouds lover and, currently, his goal to bring databases into Kubernetes world. Since 2004, most of his career has focused on development of monitoring, update and deployment systems.