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title: "Optimizing Databases on Kubernetes Ep.2: Automating Database Maintenance with Kubernetes and CNPG"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/optimizing-databases-on-kubernetes-ep-2-automating-database-maintenance-with-kubernetes-and-cnpg-l8hkoy7lz
source_url: https://www.ardanlabs.com/blog/2024/12/optimizing-databases-on-kubernetes-ep1-automating-database-maintenance-with-Kubernetes-and-cnpg.html
type: article
source: "Ardan Labs"
published: 2024-12-12T22:36:33.069Z
updated: 2024-12-12T22:36:45.178Z
tags: ["devops", "kubernetes", "database", "automation", "postgresql"]
reading_time: 2
upvotes: 15
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Optimizing Databases on Kubernetes Ep.2: Automating Database Maintenance with Kubernetes and CNPG

**[Ardan Labs](https://daily.dev/sources/ardlbs)** · 2 min read · 15 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Jérôme Petazzoni explains how Kubernetes and CNPG (Cloud Native PostgreSQL) automate database maintenance, showcasing features like automated failover mechanisms and Pod Disruption Budgets to ensure minimal downtime and reliability. He also covers connection handling strategies to mitigate application disruptions during switchovers.

## Full article

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Tags: [#devops](https://daily.dev/tags/devops), [#kubernetes](https://daily.dev/tags/kubernetes), [#database](https://daily.dev/tags/database), [#automation](https://daily.dev/tags/automation), [#postgresql](https://daily.dev/tags/postgresql)

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