Best practices for securing PostgreSQL in hybrid environments
PostgreSQL adoption keeps accelerating, especially across hybrid architectures that span on-premises, private, and public clouds. But with that growth comes risk. Hybrid setups introduce new attack surfaces — from inconsistent firewall rules and multiple IAM...
The hidden complexity of backup workflows in on-prem and hybrid environments
It's the middle of the night, your most important application goes down, and your team confidently reaches for the backups. But then, disaster strikes. The backups are incomplete, out-of-date, or even corrupted. This is a...
Migration and upgrades: achieving near zero-downtime in PostgreSQL
Migrating or upgrading a PostgreSQL database carries significant risk, particularly for organizations with strict uptime requirements. Whether the objective is a major version upgrade, hardware relocation, or a shift between cloud environments, maintaining uninterrupted service...
Severalnines achieves SOC 2 certification
We’re excited to announce that Severalnines has successfully achieved SOC 2 Type II certification, further demonstrating our commitment to security, availability, and the confidentiality of customer data. The audit, performed by an independent third-party, examined...
How to rapidly deploy databases on bare metal, VMs, and containers
What happens when your new application needs a production-ready database cluster in hours, not days? If you're relying on traditional deployment methods that involve manual provisioning, tedious configuration, and complex integrations, then good luck. But...
ClusterControl now supports PowerBroker pbrun for secure privilege management
We’re pleased to share the release of ClusterControl v2.3.3, introducing major enhancements for elevated user privileges with Privileged Access Management integration of BeyondTrust's PowerBroker pbrun, as well as support for MongoDB 8.0 and MariaDB 11.8...
Replacing MySQL Enterprise Monitor with Enterprise Manager
Keeping a close eye on MySQL databases is essential for maintaining top-notch performance, reliability, and security. For many years, MySQL Enterprise Monitor (MEM) was the go-to tool for monitoring, providing basic alerts, performance graphs, and...
Comparing DevOps tooling approaches: Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, and DIY scripting
In today’s DevOps landscape, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, Ansible, Chef, and Puppet have become essential for automating infrastructure provisioning and configuration, streamlining deployment processes, improving consistency, and enhancing scalability, especially in heterogenous,...
Sovereign DBaaS Decoded Season 3 Episode 4, The cloud merry-go-round, summary
In Season 3 Episode 4 of Sovereign DBaaS Decoded, host Vinay Joosery welcomes renowned cloud strategist and author David Linthicum to unpack the evolution of enterprise cloud strategy—from the rush into public cloud, to today’s...
ClusterControl adds Kubernetes Database Operator management in v2.3.2
ClusterControl v2.3.2 is here and is taking its first sincere step into the cloud native world with its Kubernetes operator management panelTech Preview and support for PostgreSQL’s cloudnative-pg and MySQL’s MOCO operators. It also comes...
Why Cloud Repatriation Matters Now More Than Ever
Find out how you can get up to 6 months of ClusterControl free by repatriating your database workloads. As companies face unprecedented economic volatility and evolving regulations around privacy and data control, many are rethinking...
Automating Day 2 operations: Scaling, upgrades and maintenance
The first launch of your database is not the end; it is the beginning of Day-2 operations. Day-2 operations include critical, ongoing tasks such as rolling upgrades, patching, capacity scaling, and continuous performance tuning. These...