Developing Modern Database Applications with PostgreSQL [1 ed.] 9781838641061, 9781838648145

Table of contents :
Title Page
Copyright
Contributors
About Packt
Table of Contents
Preface
Section 1 - Introducing PostgreSQL Development and Administration
Introduction to PostgreSQL Development and Administration
An overview of PostgreSQL development
What is DBaaS?
The development of PostgreSQL by various environments
Features of PostgreSQL with NodeJS
Features of PostgreSQL with Python
PostGIS spatial extension
The PostgREST RESTful API for PostgreSQL databases
An overview of PostgreSQL administration
The PostgreSQL architecture
Shared memory
PostgreSQL autovacuum
The PostgreSQL writer and checkpointer
PostgreSQL process types
Managing HA in PostgreSQL
Benchmarking PostgreSQL performance
Key performance factors in PostgreSQL
Using pgbench for PostgreSQL benchmarking
Monitoring PostgreSQL databases
The DevOps environment for PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL testing frameworks
Summary
Section 2 - Development in PostgreSQL
Setting Up a PostgreSQL RDS for ATMs
Technical requirements
An overview of the project
Creating a PostgreSQL RDS with AWS
Creating a PostgreSQL database
Editing the RDS security group
Connecting to a PostgreSQL database instance
The pgAdmin server
The ATM locations table
Creating a PostgreSQL database snapshot
Deleting a PostgreSQL database instance
Restoring data from a PostgreSQL database snapshot
Point-in-time recovery for PostgreSQL
Summary
Using PostgreSQL and Node.js for Banking Transactions
Technical requirements
Setting up a Node.js project
Installing Node.js
RESTful web services
Setting up PostgreSQL for Node.js
Working with the server side: routes
Working with the client side: Angular
Creating an Angular view
Angular app refactoring
Automated testing with Mocha and Chai
Summary
Managing Bank ATM Locations Using PostgreSQL and Django
Technical requirements
Setting up a Django project
Installing Python 3
Creating a virtual environment
Installing Django
Creating a Django project
Creating the ATM app
Django database settings with PostgreSQL
Database models in Django
Migrating the database
Understanding the Django user interface – admin, views, templates, and URLs
Making the atmapp modifiable inside the admin
Exploring the free admin functionality
Summary
Creating a Geospatial Database Using PostGIS and PostgreSQL
Technical requirements
Installing PostGIS for RDS on AWS
Importing spatial data files into PostgreSQL
Setting up QGIS
Loading spatial data using QGIS
Executing PostGIS queries
Ordering ATM locations by distance from the Brooklyn Bridge
Finding ATM locations within 1 kilometer of Times Square
Summary
Managing Banking Transactions using PostgREST
Technical requirements
Introduction to PostgREST
Using Docker
Installing standalone PostgREST
Creating a PostgREST API schema on an RDS (AWS)
Executing PostgREST
Adding a trusted user
Creating a PostgREST token
PostgREST administration
PostgREST on TimescaleDB
Summary
Section 3 - Administration in PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL with DevOps for Continuous Delivery
Technical requirements
Setting up PostgreSQL using Vagrant and VirtualBox
Installing VirtualBox
Installing Vagrant
Selecting a Vagrant box
Spinning up Ubuntu server 18.04 with Vagrant
Creating the Puppet module for PostgreSQL
Working with Jenkins and PostgreSQL
Creating an Ansible playbook for PostgreSQL
Managing PostgreSQL by Terraform
Summary
PostgreSQL High Availability Clusters
Technical requirements
Setting up streaming replication on PostgreSQL
Setting up a PostgreSQL HA cluster through the Heimdall data proxy
Heimdall installation by Docker
Heimdall Webapp and Wizard configuration
Testing load balancing and high availability
Summary
High-Performance Team Dashboards Using PostgreSQL and New Relic
Technical requirements
Signing up for and installing New Relic
Defining PostgreSQL role permissions
Configuring New Relic for PostgreSQL
Adding new metric data for PostgreSQL
Infrastructure inventory data collection
Summary
Testing the Performance of Our Banking App with PGBench and JMeter
Technical requirements
How to benchmark PostgreSQL performance
pgbench 1 – Creating and initializing a benchmark database
pgbench 2 – Running a baseline pgbench test
pgbench 3 – Creating and testing a connection pool
JMeter setup
JMeter for AWS PostgreSQL RDS
Summary
Test Frameworks for PostgreSQL
Technical requirements
Making unit tests with pgTAP
Setting up pgTAP for PostgreSQL RDS
pgTAP test examples
Uninstalling pgTAP for PostgreSQL RDS
Making unit tests in a simple way with PG_Unit
Setting up PGUnit for PostgreSQL RDS
PGUnit test examples
Uninstalling PGUnit for PostgreSQL RDS
PGUnit – same name but a different approach
Setting up simple pgunit for PostgreSQL RDS
Simple pgunit test examples
Uninstalling simple pgunit for PostgreSQL RDS
Testing with Python – Testgres
Setting up Testgres for PostgreSQL
Testgres test examples
Uninstalling Testgres for PostgreSQL RDS
Summary
APPENDIX - PostgreSQL among the Other Current Clouds
Technical requirements
Google Cloud SQL
Creating an instance
pgAdmin connection for Google Cloud
Microsoft Azure for PostgreSQL
Creating an Azure database for the PostgreSQL server
Getting an Azure resource connection for pgAdmin
Heroku Postgres
Creating a Heroku app
Creating a Heroku PostgreSQL database
Connecting Heroku PostgreSQL using pgAdmin
EnterpriseDB cloud database
Creating a PostgreSQL cluster
Using pgAdmin to connect to EDB PostgreSQL
Summary
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Index