First Experiences with Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server

First Experiences with Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server | Citus Con 2022

Video of a talk at Citus Con: An Event for Postgres by Johannes Schuetzner about his initial customer experiences with Flexible Server in Azure Database for PostgreSQL. Flexible Server was recently made generally available and represents a new generation of managed database service built on Linux, containing new capabilities like zone redundant high availability. This session talks about the new capabilities of Flexible Server and shares hands-on experiences from Johannes’s work at Mercedes Benz as a Postgres user—and his lessons learned introducing it.

This Citus Con talk in the EMEA livestream also covers deployment using Terraform in Azure DevOps Pipelines and highlights the differences compared to Azure Database for PostgreSQL Single Server. Network and security topics and experiences with the new burstable compute tier are further discussed.

Johannes Schuetzner is a software engineer for MB.OS (Mercedes-Benz Operating System) with extensive experience in database technology and Cloud architectures. After having worked in the enterprise application space, he has shifted focus to Cloud-native solutions for connected vehicles. He is currently developing Cloud applications on Azure and Postgres.

► Video bookmarks:
⏩ 00:00 Introduction
⏩ 03:11 Mercedes Benz operating system
⏩ 06:21 Azure Database for Postgres – Single Server
⏩ 08:52 Improvements with Flexible Server
⏩ 12:00 Provisioning
⏩ 16:55 Operational aspects of network security
⏩ 18:11 Creating databases
⏩ 19:37 Server logs
⏩ 20:21 Scripting & monitoring
⏩ 21:39 Costs
⏩ 23:43 Zone redundant HA
⏩ 30:01 Next steps
⏩ 30:47 Q&A with Johannes & Claire

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