Installing and Upgrading SynxDB

Information about installing, configuring, and upgrading SynxDB software and configuring SynxDB host machines.

• Platform Requirements
  This topic describes the SynxDB 2 platform and operating system software requirements.
• Estimating Storage Capacity
  To estimate how much data your SynxDB system can accommodate, use these measurements as guidelines. Also keep in mind that you may want to have extra space for landing backup files and data load files on each segment host.
• Configuring Your Systems
  Describes how to prepare your operating system environment for SynxDB software installation.
• Installing the SynxDB Software
  Describes how to install the SynxDB software binaries on all of the hosts that will comprise your SynxDB system, how to enable passwordless SSH for the gpadmin user, and how to verify the installation.
• Creating the Data Storage Areas
  Describes how to create the directory locations where SynxDB data is stored for each master, standby, and segment instance.
• Validating Your Systems
  Validate your hardware and network performance.
• Initializing a SynxDB System
  Describes how to initialize a SynxDB database system.
• Installing Optional Extensions (SynxDB)
  Information about installing optional SynxDB extensions and packages, such as the Procedural Language extensions and the Python and R Data Science Packages.
• Installing Additional Supplied Modules
  The SynxDB distribution includes several PostgreSQL- and SynxDB-sourced contrib modules that you have the option to install.
• Configuring Timezone and Localization Settings
  Describes the available timezone and localization features of SynxDB.
• Migrating SynxDB from Enterprise Linux 7 to 8 or 9 This topic describes how to migrate a SynxDB installation from Enterprise Linux (EL) version 7 to Enterprise Linux 8 or Enterprise Linux 9, while maintaining your existing version of SynxDB.
• Installation Management Utilities
  References for the command-line management utilities used to install and initialize a SynxDB system.
• SynxDB Environment Variables
  Reference of the environment variables to set for SynxDB.
• Example Ansible Playbook
  A sample Ansible playbook to install a SynxDB software release onto the hosts that will comprise a SynxDB system.