Course Overview
About Course
PostgreSQL is a robust, open-source relational database known for its advanced features—ACID compliance, MVCC, extensibility, and comprehensive SQL support . This 40-hour training is tailored for DBAs, developers, and data professionals who want to master PostgreSQL’s full stack.
The course starts with architecture and install basics, advancing through SQL proficiency, schema design, and indexing strategies. Learners will explore query optimization using explain plans and innovative visual tools like Jovis . Security is emphasized through role-based permissions, encryption, and authentication integration.
Participants gain experience in backup and recovery, point-in-time recovery (PITR), and high availability through streaming and logical replication. Real-life drills simulate failover scenarios. Extensions like PostGIS, foreign data wrappers, PL/pgSQL, and ECPG arms professionals for advanced development and integration
Maintenance modules cover vacuuming, reindexing, logging, and performance tuning. The training culminates in a capstone project, where participants build, secure, replicate, and monitor a production-grade PostgreSQL deployment with observability tools.
By the end, attendees can confidently architect and operate scalable, secure, and reliable PostgreSQL systems—bridging theory and practical application for real-world environments.
Course Syllabus
- Introduction & Architecture (4 h)
- History, major features, MVCC, WAL, extensibility
- Core PostgreSQL architecture: processes, shared buffers, storage mechanisms
- Installation & Configuration (6 h)
- Binary vs source installation across platforms
- Cluster lifecycle: initdb, start/stop, tuning postgresql.conf & pg_hba.conf
- SQL Mastery & Data Modeling (6 h)
- Data types, table/schema design, constraints, relationships
- Core DML/DDL, joins, views, stored procedures, triggers
- Indexing & Query Optimization (6 h)
- Index types (B‑tree, GIN, BRIN, etc.), creation/management
- Explain plans, query tuning, optimizer insights (covering new tools like Jovis)
- Security & Access Control (4 h)
- Roles, privileges, row/column-level security, authentication (LDAP, Kerberos, TLS)
- Backup, Recovery & High Availability (4 h)
- pg_dump/pg_restore, PITR via WAL, logical replication, streaming & synchronous standbys
- Replication & Clustering (4 h)
- Physical/logical replication setup, failover strategies, HA clusters
- Extensions & Foreign Data Wrappers (4 h)
- Use and configure PostGIS, PG‑logical, C extensions, FDWs
- Monitoring & Maintenance (4 h)
- VACUUM, REINDEX, statistics; performance monitoring tools; logging best practices
- Advanced Topics & Capstone (2 h)
- PL/pgSQL, ECPG, partitioning, advisory locks
- Capstone project: full pipeline deployment, dashboard and load simulation
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Key Features
Hands-on labs: real-world scenarios, from schema design to HA failovers
Performance clinic: optimizing queries with Explain and Jovis visualization
Security & compliance sessions, including TLS and authentication workflows
Backup/recovery drills, replication failover simulations, HA setup
Extension deep dives: PostGIS, FDWs, custom PL/pgSQL
Capstone project: from scratch to production, with monitoring dashboards
Our Upcoming Batches
At Topskill.ai, we understand that today’s professionals navigate demanding schedules.
To support your continuous learning, we offer fully flexible session timings across all our trainings.
Below is the schedule for our Training. If these time slots don’t align with your availability, simply let us know—we’ll be happy to design a customized timetable that works for you.
Training Timetable
| Batches Online/Offline | Batch Start Date | Session Days | Time Slot (IST) | Fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week Days (Virtual Online) | Aug 28, 2025 Sept 4th, 2025 Sept 11th, 2025 | Mon-Fri | 7:00 AM (Class 1-1.30 Hrs) | View Fees |
| Week Days (Virtual Online) | Aug 28, 2025 Sept 4th, 2025 Sept 11th, 2025 | Mon-Fri | 11:00 AM (Class 1-1.30 Hrs) | View Fees |
| Week Days (Virtual Online) | Aug 28, 2025 Sept 4th, 2025 Sept 11th, 2025 | Mon-Fri | 5:00 PM (Class 1-1.30 Hrs) | View Fees |
| Week Days (Virtual Online) | Aug 28, 2025 Sept 4th, 2025 Sept 11th, 2025 | Mon-Fri | 7:00 PM (Class 1-1.30 Hrs) | View Fees |
| Weekends (Virtual Online) | Aug 28, 2025 Sept 4th, 2025 Sept 11th, 2025 | Sat-Sun | 7:00 AM (Class 3 Hrs) | View Fees |
| Weekends (Virtual Online) | Aug 28, 2025 Sept 4th, 2025 Sept 11th, 2025 | Sat-Sun | 10:00 AM (Class 3 Hrs) | View Fees |
| Weekends (Virtual Online) | Aug 28, 2025 Sept 4th, 2025 Sept 11th, 2025 | Sat-Sun | 11:00 AM (Class 3 Hrs) | View Fees |
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