Best practice Postgres for Kubernetes

Deploy PostgreSQL at scale on Kubernetes using PGO, the Crunchy Postgres Operator for Kubernetes. Commercial agreements include 24x7x365 expert support.

PGO, the Postgres operator from Crunchy Data

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Production-ready Kubernetes toolkit for Postgres

PGO, the Crunchy Postgres for Kubernetes Operator, orchestrates a commercially distributed toolset for enterprise-class PostgreSQL:

Certified Crunchy Postgres

Disaster recovery & backup management

Performance & health monitoring

Secure connections using TLS / SSL

Connection management & pooling

High availability & business continuity

Fast, easy deployments

Zero-downtime software updates

Performance metrics & dashboards

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Start simply, scale safely

Create, scale, and manage production ready Kubernetes Postgres databases. Easily customize pods configuration to meet your needs using robust controls. Only a few commands required to be up, running, and ingesting data. With PGO, provision a new database in seconds.

Zero-downtime software upgrades mean security patches, minor upgrades, and major upgrades can be deployed seamlessly using rolling updates that minimize disruption to applications and services.

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High availability, disaster recovery

Crunchy Postgres for Kubernetes is commercially backed high-availability Postgres. HA & uptime are built using streaming replication orchestrated using a distributed consensus algorithm. Recovery is optimized for very large databases, and prioritizes for fast recovery times. Includes supports for Postgres deployments spanning multiple Kubernetes clusters.

Customer Case Studies

IBM Logo

In order to deliver a cloud-native and containerized solution, IBM needed a Postgres database partner for handling persistent product configuration data that met enterprise-grade requirements for their clients. To that end, IBM selected Crunchy Data's Postgres for Kubernetes platform.

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SAS Logo

Find out how SAS standardized on Crunchy's Kubernetes Operator, allowing them to modernize its product line around cloud-native approaches. Faced with a buy or build decision, Crunchy gave SAS the perfect fit to leverage a prebuilt and secure Postgres distribution, tuned for its needs.

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Built for the developer experience

Built for GitOps, Crunchy Postgres for Kubernetes makes it easy to deploy your infrastructure as code. Define Postgres deployment specifications, launch, and connect applications to your data. Crunchy Postgres for Kubernetes empowers declarative management of databases using Kustomize, OLM, ArgoCD, and Helm.

  • Kustomize
  • OLM
  • ArgoCD
  • Helm
  • OpenShift
  • GKE
  • EKS
  • AKS
  • Tanzu
  • Rancher

Compatible with managed Kubernetes

Deploy with all major managed service providers. Commercial support includes expertise launching Postgres into these environments.

Deploy to any host

Deployable on a variety of infrastructure hosts from bare metal to hybrid cloud or cross cloud. You can deploy K8s Postgres anywhere. Easily create distributed Postgres environments.

  • Bare Metal
  • VMs
  • Public Cloud
  • Private Cloud
  • Hybrid Cloud
  • Cross Cloud

Backed by the power of Postgres

Postgres is loved by application developers for its robust feature set: JSON, PL/Python, (etc). Crunchy Postgres for Kubernetes brings the best of Postgres to containers with popular extensions like PostGIS, TimescaleDB, pg_partman, pg_cron, wal2json, pgAudit and more. With OperatorHub.io Level 5 Certification, Crunchy Postgres for Kubernetes is both fun for app building and ready for production.

Crunchy Data has been deploying Postgres in containers since 2015. PGO, the PostgreSQL Operator from Crunchy Data is Level 5 Certified and has been used successfully in production by users for years. Crunchy Data provides Crunchy PostgreSQL for Kubernetes for all commercial support subscription customers, which includes access to certified software packages, updates, bug fixes, and security patches, along with 24x7x365 technical support from PostgreSQL experts.

Learn more about PGO from the experts that built it

Crunchy Data has a diverse and talented team of engineers and architects to support your PGO installation available 24x7x365. Talk to us today about the support subscription that is right for you.

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