Phil Eaton • 2/28/2025

Minimal downtime Postgres major version upgrades with EDB Postgres Distributed

This article provides a step-by-step tutorial on setting up a 3-node EDB Postgres Distributed (PGD) cluster on PostgreSQL 16 and performing an in-place upgrade to PostgreSQL 17. It details the installation of necessary packages, configuration of the BDR extension, and cluster setup, emphasizing how the cluster maintains read/write availability during the rolling upgrade of individual nodes.

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