PostgreSQL Meetup

Dear Chicago PostgreSQL User Group members, I am very excited to announce our March meetup! Our speaker will be Johnathan Katz from Crunchy Data. He will be presenting the talk:

An Introduction to Using PostgreSQL with Docker & Kubernetes

ABSTRACT

The maturation of containerization platforms has changed how people think about creating development environments and has eliminated many inefficiencies for deploying applications. These concept and technologies have made its way into the PostgreSQL ecosystem as well, and tools such as Docker and Kubernetes have enabled teams to run their own “database-as-a-service” on the infrastructure of their choosing.

All this sounds great, but if you are new to the world of containers, it can be very overwhelming to find a place to start. In this talk, we are going to show you how you can get PostgreSQL up and running in a container in your development environment using Docker, how it extends to a larger production environment with Kubernetes, and what the future holds for PostgreSQL in a containerized world. We will cover the following:

• Why containers are important and what they mean for PostgreSQL

• Setting up and managing a PostgreSQL container

• Extending your setup with a pgadmin4 container

• Container orchestration: What this means, and how to use Kubernetes to leverage database-as-a-service with PostgreSQL

• Trends in the container world and how it will affect PostgreSQL

At the conclusion of the talk, you will understand the fundamentals of how to use container technologies with PostgreSQL and be on your way to running a containerized PostgreSQL environment at scale!

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Jonathan S. Katz is the Director of Customer Success & Communications at Crunchy Data (https://www.crunchydata.com/),

a leading provider of trusted open source PostgreSQL technology, support, and training. Jonathan is also responsible for the advocacy efforts of the PostgreSQL Global Development Group (https://www.postgresql.org/), is a board member of the nonprofit United States PostgreSQL Association (https://www.postgresql.us/), and is a co-organizer of the NYC PostgreSQL User Group (https://www.meetup.com/postgres-nyc/).

Jonathan enjoys building applications with PostgreSQL and revels in showing off all of the wonderful features of PostgreSQL. Prior to Crunchy Data, Jonathan was CTO at VenueBook (https://venuebook.com/), and before that, VP of Technology at Paperless Post (https://www.paperlesspost.com/). At both companies Jonathan developed robust platforms using PostgreSQL, taking advantage of its many features, from complex data types to its ability to stream logical changes. Jonathan graduated from Tufts University with a B.S. in Computer Science and a B.A. in Mathematics.

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The doors will be opened at 5-30 PM for pizza, beer and conversation, and the presentation will start promptly at 6 PM. After the presentation there will be time for questions, networking, and of cause for more pizza and beer!

Please register earlier, and as usual, hope to see all of you there!

Hettie Dombrovskaya, Srivathsava Rangarajan, Sheldon E. Strauch