This is Part I of a multi-part Several9s blog series on how to use Severalnines' ClusterControl REST API client SDK to programmatically control ClusterControl in order to accomplish many facets of database life cycle management...

According to StackOverflow, PostgreSQL is the most popular open-source database, with more and more developers and administrators wanting to work with it. PostgreSQL 14, the latest version released in September 2021, has more than 200...

TeamCity is a continuous integration and continuous delivery server built in Java. It's available as a cloud service and on-premises. As you can imagine, continuous integration and delivery tools are crucial to software development, and their availability...

Businesses and enterprises using old versions of PostgreSQL (PG) face challenges when upgrading to at least the most recent stable version from PostgreSQL 12 or PostgreSQL 13. There are many reasons why upgrading to the...

Data is probably the most valuable asset in a company, so you need to make sure it is safe and can be restored in case of failure. Backups are the basic way to keep it...

ClusterControl 1.9.0 was released on July 16th 2021 with a lot of new features introduced to the system. Those features include Redis Management and Monitoring, a new agent-based Query Monitoring system for MySQL and PostgreSQL,...

Monitoring is a way to know if your systems are working properly. Even when using a robust technology like PostgreSQL, it is important to have a good monitoring system that allows you to prevent issues...

Information is one of the most valuable assets in a company, so you will need a good Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) to prevent data loss in the event of an accident or hardware failure. Backups...

In a recent blog about what is new in PostgreSQL 13, we reviewed some of the new features of this version, but now, let’s see how to upgrade to be able to take advantage of...

When you install ClusterControl, it has a default configuration that maybe doesn’t fit your requirements so probably you will need to customize this installation. For this, you can modify the configuration files, but you can...

Sometimes it is hard to manage a large amount of data in a company, especially with the exponential increment of Data Analytics and IoT usage. Depending on the size, this amount of data could affect...

Security is a must for all systems to protect your data as much as possible. Even when there is always a risk to be hacked, by following a security checklist will reduce this risk significantly....