Administering the EDB Postgres service

The following information describes common tasks that an administrator performs to maintain a EDB Postgres database in production.

Setting up access to EDB Postgres service instances
You can connect to the EDB Postgres service from a Kubernetes cluster.
Giving users access to the database (EDB Postgres)
By default, only the user who creates the database has access to the database. This user must give other users access to the database.
Creating a custom EDB Postgres user name and password
You can set custom credentials for application users and superusers to connect to your EDB Postgres instances on IBM Cloud Pak® for Data.
Performing physical backup and restore for the EDB Postgres service
EDB Postgres uses dedicated backup and restore utilities.
Setting up continuous backup and restore for the EDB Postgres service
You can configure EDB Postgres to allow backup and restore with S3 storage.