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Gabriele Bartolini

Gabriele Bartolini

VP, Chief Architect of Kubernetes at EDB | PostgreSQL contributor | DoK Ambassador | CloudNativePG Maintainer

Navigating the uncharted waters of PostgreSQL within Kubernetes using open-source technologies, I bring a wealth of expertise to the table as a KubeCon speaker, Data on Kubernetes Community Ambassador, maintainer of the CloudNativePG Operator, and author of Postgres books. My passions are DevOps, High Availability, Disaster Recovery, Very Large Databases (VLDB) and data warehousing with PostgreSQL. I’m VP, Chief Architect of Kubernetes at EDB. Opinions are my own.

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Postgres in Kubernetes: the commands every DBA should know

·11 mins

For many Postgres DBAs, Kubernetes feels like a new, complex world. But what if your existing skills were the key to unlocking it? This article demystifies cloud-native Postgres by revealing a first handful of kubectl and kubectl cnpg commands that act as your direct translator. I’ll move past the intimidating YAML to focus on the practical, imperative commands you’ll actually use to troubleshoot, inspect, and even perform a production switchover. You’ll see how your core DBA work maps directly to this new environment, helping you build the confidence to take the next step into the cloud-native world.

CNPG Recipe 22 - Leveraging the New Supply Chain and Image Catalogs

·6 mins

This CNPG Recipe explores the latest enhancements to CloudNativePG’s software supply chain and image management. Learn how our new, fully controlled build process—complete with Snyk scanning, image signing, and SBOMs—delivers smaller, more secure PostgreSQL images. We also detail how to leverage the newly streamlined image catalogs for simplified, declarative cluster management and safer fleet-wide upgrades in Kubernetes.

Run PostgreSQL 18 on Kubernetes Today with CloudNativePG

·5 mins

PostgreSQL 18 is officially released, packed with improvements for performance, authentication, operations, and security. In this article, I’ll show you how to run it on Kubernetes from day one with CloudNativePG. I will summarise key new features like asynchronous I/O and OAuth 2.0, as well as the extension_control_path parameter. This is a simple but critical feature for operational control in cloud-native environments, and one our team at CloudNativePG and EDB was proud to help contribute to PostgreSQL. You’ll see how this reflects our close collaboration with the upstream community, learn about our new half-sized minimal container image, and be able to follow my guide to deploy your first cluster today.

CNPG Recipe 21 – Finer Control of Postgres Clusters with Liveness Probes

·6 mins

In this article, I explore how CloudNativePG 1.27 enhances PostgreSQL liveness probes, including primary isolation checks that mitigate split-brain scenarios and integrate seamlessly with Kubernetes. We also discuss how these improvements lay the groundwork for advanced features like quorum-based failover while maintaining stability, safety, and community-driven decision-making.

CNPG Recipe 20 – Finer Control of Postgres Clusters with Readiness Probes

·7 mins

Explore the new readiness probe introduced in CloudNativePG 1.26, which advances Kubernetes-native lifecycle management for PostgreSQL. Building on the improved probing infrastructure discussed in my previous article, this piece focuses on how readiness probes ensure that only fully synchronised and healthy instances—particularly replicas—are eligible to serve traffic or be promoted to primary. Special emphasis is placed on the streaming probe type and its integration with synchronous replication, giving administrators fine-grained control over failover behaviour and data consistency.