Cloud Computing
AWS RDS for PostgreSQL – Administration & Operations
AWS RDS for PostgreSQL is a hands-on training program designed for database administrators, cloud engineers, and application developers who want to deploy, manage, and optimize PostgreSQL databases using Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS).
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About This Course
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AWS RDS for PostgreSQL is a hands-on training program designed for database administrators, cloud engineers, and application developers who want to deploy, manage, and optimize PostgreSQL databases using Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS). This course provides a deep dive into the operational, administrative, and architectural aspects of running PostgreSQL on AWS in a secure, scalable, and highly available manner. You’ll learn how to provision and configure RDS instances, manage storage and performance, automate backups, implement high availability, secure your data, optimize query execution, and integrate PostgreSQL with AWS services.
The course also covers monitoring, troubleshooting, migrations, read replicas, parameter tuning, and best practices for enterprise workloads. Through real-world demos and guided labs, you’ll gain the practical skills required to run production-grade PostgreSQL databases with minimal operational overhead using RDS.
What You’ll Learn
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Fundamentals of Amazon RDS and PostgreSQL architecture
Creating and configuring RDS PostgreSQL instances
Managing instance classes, storage types, and autoscaling
Implementing high availability with Multi-AZ deployments
Using read replicas for scaling read-heavy workloads
Automating backups, snapshots, and PITR (Point-in-Time Recovery)
Securing PostgreSQL with IAM authentication, KMS encryption, and network controls
Tuning parameters and optimizing database performance
Monitoring with CloudWatch, Performance Insights, and Enhanced Monitoring
Migrating PostgreSQL databases to RDS using DMS or pg_dump/pg_restore
Troubleshooting common performance and operational issues
Skills You’ll Gain
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AWS
DevOps & Automation
Career Path
Cloud Computing
Provider
AWS
Level
Intermediate
Certification
No certification associated
Access
Included with eligible Skilldacity subscription
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