Base
Hardened build
minimal ports, security patches applied at build time
Percona Server for PostgreSQL 18 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Azure
Databases
Percona Server for PostgreSQL, an enterprise grade PostgreSQL distribution that pairs the unmodified upstream database with the production extensions Percona maintains for query telemetry, auditing and online maintenance.
Overview
Percona Server for PostgreSQL is Percona's freely distributed, source available distribution of PostgreSQL. It is the same PostgreSQL engine applications already target, packaged with the extension set most production estates end up assembling by hand: pg_stat_monitor for bucketed query performance telemetry, pgAudit for session and object level audit logging, pg_repack for removing table and index bloat without taking an exclusive lock, wal2json for logical replication feeds, and the full standard contrib module set. Client drivers, SQL, extensions and on disk format are all stock PostgreSQL, so migrating in or out is a restore, not a rewrite. It suits teams who want an enterprise ready PostgreSQL with observability and compliance tooling already in place, without a proprietary licence or a per core fee.
Why the cloudimg image
cloudimg delivers Percona Server for PostgreSQL installed from Percona's own package repository onto a hardened, fully patched base, with the database directory on a dedicated data volume that is separate from the operating system disk. The image is secure by default: it ships with no database at all, so there is no default account, no seeded password and nothing to rotate. On first boot each instance creates its own cluster, mints a unique administrator password into a root only file and mints its own TLS certificate, and the database service is gated so it physically cannot serve an uninitialised cluster. Remote connections are accepted only over TLS with password authentication, never in plain text, and no host based trust rule ships anywhere in the configuration. Every deployment is paired with a step by step deploy guide and backed by 24/7 cloudimg support.
Common uses
- Run a production PostgreSQL database with query performance telemetry and audit logging already enabled
- Migrate an existing PostgreSQL workload onto a supported distribution without changing drivers or SQL
- Give a team an enterprise ready PostgreSQL that meets audit and compliance requirements out of the box