Why you should use native packages to install PostgreSQL on Linux

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Optimizing
Performance and
Security with
Platform Native
Packaging
Devrim Gündüz, Principal Systems Engineer
Bruce Momjian, Postgres Evangelist
Marc Linster, SVP Product Development and
Support
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INTRODUCTION
● Using Red Hat (and then Fedora) since 1996.
● Using PostgreSQL since 1998.
● Started building RPMs in 2002, took over the project in 2004.
● Planet PostgreSQL: 2004 → https://planet.PostgreSQL.org
● Responsible for PostgreSQL YUM and ZYPP repositories.
● Working at EnterpriseDB since 2011
● Designed EDB RPM and Debian/Ubuntu repositories
● PostgreSQL Major Contributor
● Living in London, UK.

AGENDA
● Life before native packaging
● What is “native packaging?”
● Benefits of native packaging
● EDB Postgres and community PostgreSQL native package repositories

Life before native packaging
Compiling from source code, and installers

LIFE BEFORE NATIVE PACKAGING
● Compiling from source
● Security issues: “Compilers”
● Maintenance issues
● 1-click installers
● Security issues: Common libraries for all platforms
● The lowest common denominator
● Performance issues

What is native packaging?

NATIVE PACKAGING
● Bundling binaries, libraries, documentation, etc. for easy installation
● “Precompiled”
● Built for that operating system
● Easily delivered software

Benefits of native packaging
Maintenance

BENEFITS OF NATIVE PACKAGING:
MAINTENANCE
● Uses the OS libraries
− No separate update requirements
● Easily compile programs against EPAS
− Better linking with libpq

Integration

INTEGRATION
● Uses OS package management tools
● One monitoring platform for all packages
● Integration with Puppet, Chef, Satellite, Ansible, etc.
● Create feasible SELinux policies

Ease of use

BENEFITS OF NATIVE PACKAGING: EASE
OF UPDATE
● Use the OS package manager to update EPAS:
● dnf/yum/apt/zypper ...
● Easier than ever!

Performance

PERFORMANCE
● OS-supplied libc
● OS-supplied compiler

Security

SECURITY
● An important item
● Really secure?
● What about 3rd party repositories?
● Applying patches

SECURITY
● “Source RPMs”
● One can easily rebuild binary RPMs from SRPM, and
verify
● Ease of customization
● Signing of the packages
● No malicious code!

EnterpriseDB Native Package repos
YUM/ZYPP/DNF

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EDB POSTGRES REPOS
Available via EDB portal:
● Since 2012
● Started with RHEL/CentOS RPMs
● https://yum.enterprisedb.com
● SLES 12 RPMS
● https://zypp.enterprisedb.com
● Debian/Ubuntu packages
● https://apt.enterprisedb.com”

Community native package repos
YUM/ZYPP/DNF

COMMUNITY POSTGRESQL NATIVE
PACKAGE REPOSITORIES
● RHEL/CentOS/Fedora: https://yum.postgresql.org
● Ubuntu/Debian: https://apt.postgresql.org
● SLES 12: https://zypp.postgresql.org

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