AWS Database Blog

Rajeshkumar Sabankar

Author: Rajeshkumar Sabankar

Schedule jobs in Amazon RDS or Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL using pg_tle and pg_dbms_job

Customers migrating Oracle databases to Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL or Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL might encounter the challenge of scheduling jobs that require precise sub-minute scheduling to avoid workflow disruptions and maintain business operations. In this post, we demonstrate how you can use Trusted Language Extensions (TLEs) for PostgreSQL to install and use pg_dbms_job on Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS. pg_dbms_jobs allows you to manage scheduled sub-minute jobs.

Migrating legacy PostgreSQL databases to Amazon RDS or Aurora PostgreSQL using Bucardo

If you are using PostgreSQL earlier than 9.4, you are using an unsupported version of PostgreSQL, and may have limited options to migrate or replicate your databases in Amazon RDS or Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL. This is primarily because PostgreSQL versions older than 9.4 can’t perform logical replication. Bucardo is an open-source utility that can replicate […]

Sending notifications from Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL

Enterprise customers execute many day-to-day batch jobs on Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL databases, and need notification methods such as email or text after completing such jobs to keep track of their activity. Because Aurora PostgreSQL is a managed service, it restricts access to database extensions such as pgsmtp and pgplpythonu for security reasons. This raises the […]