Charmed PostgreSQL Reference | Revision 351

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Revision 351

_{January 3, 2024}

Dear community,

We’d like to announce that Canonical’s newest Charmed PostgreSQL operator for IAAS/VM has been published in the 14/stable channel.

If you are jumping over several stable revisions, make sure to check previous release notes before upgrading to this revision.

Features you can start using today

• [Core] Updated Charmed PostgreSQL SNAP image (PR#291)(DPE-3039):
  • Patroni updated from 3.0.2 to 3.1.2
  • Pgbackrest updated from 2.47 to 2.48
• [Plugins] Add 24 new plugins/extension in (PR#251)
• [Plugins] NOTE: extension plpython3u is deprecated and will be removed from list of supported plugins soon!
• [Config] Add 29 new configuration options in (PR#239)(DPE-1781)
• [Config] NOTE: the config option profile-limit-memory is deprecated. Use profile_limit_memory (to follow the naming conventions)! (PR#306)(DPE-3096)
• [Charm] Add Juju Secret labels in (PR#270)(DPE-2838)
• [Charm] Update Python dependencies in (PR#293)
• [DB] Add handling of tables ownership in (PR#298)(DPE-2740)
• (COS) Moved Grafana dashboard legends to the bottom of the graph in (PR#295)(DPE-2622)
• (COS) Add Patroni COS support (#261)(DPE-1993)
• [CI/CD] Charm migrated to GitHub Data reusable workflow in (PR#263)(DPE-2789)
• All the functionality from the previous revisions

Bugfixes

• Fixed enabling extensions when new database is created (PR#252)(DPE-2569)
• Block the charm if the legacy interface requests roles (DPE-3077)

Canonical Data issues are now public on both Jira and GitHub platforms. GitHub Releases provide a detailed list of bugfixes, PRs, and commits for each revision.

Inside the charms

• Charmed PostgreSQL ships the latest PostgreSQL “14.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.1”
• PostgreSQL cluster manager Patroni updated to “3.2.1”
• Backup tools pgBackRest updated to “2.48”
• The Prometheus postgres-exporter is “0.12.1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1~ppa1”
• VM charms based on Charmed PostgreSQL SNAP (Ubuntu LTS “22.04” - ubuntu:22.04-based) revision 89
• Principal charms supports the latest LTS series “22.04” only
• Subordinate charms support LTS “22.04” and “20.04” only

Technical notes

• Upgrade (juju refresh) is possible from this revision 336+
• Use this operator together with a modern operator “pgBouncer”
• Please check additionally the previously posted restrictions
• Ensure the charm requirements met

Contact us

Charmed PostgreSQL is an open source project that warmly welcomes community contributions, suggestions, fixes, and constructive feedback.

• Raise software issues or feature requests on GitHub
• Report security issues through Launchpad
• Contact the Canonical Data Platform team through our Matrix channel.