crunchy-upgrade

The crunchy-upgrade container contains multiple versions of PostgreSQL in order to perform a pg_upgrade between major versions of PostgreSQL. This includes the following combinations:

  • PostgreSQL 9.5 / PostgreSQL 9.6
  • PostgreSQL 9.6 / PostgreSQL 10
  • PostgreSQL 10 / PostgreSQL 11
  • PostgreSQL 11 / PostgreSQL 12
  • PostgreSQL 12 / PostgreSQL 13

Features

The following features are supported by the crunchy-upgrade container:

  • Supports a pg_upgrade of the PostgreSQL database.
  • Doesn’t alter the old database files.
  • Creates the new database directory.

Restrictions

  • Does not currently support a PostGIS upgrade.
  • Supports upgrades from:
  • 9.5 to 9.6
  • 9.6 to 10
  • 10 to 11
  • 11 to 12
  • 12 to 13

Packages

The crunchy-upgrade Docker image contains the following packages (versions vary depending on PostgreSQL version):

  • PostgreSQL (13.11, 12.15, and 11.20)
  • CentOS 7, UBI 8 - publicly available
  • UBI 7, UBI 8 - customers only

Environment Variables

Required

Name Default Description
OLD_DATABASE_NAME None Refers to the database (pod) name that we want to convert.
NEW_DATABASE_NAME None Refers to the database (pod) name that is given to the upgraded database.
OLD_VERSION None The PostgreSQL version of the old database.
NEW_VERSION None The PostgreSQL version of the new database.

Optional

Name Default Description
PG_LOCALE Default locale If set, the locale you want to create the database with.
CHECKSUMS true Enables data-checksums during initialization of the database. Can only be set during initial database creation. Set to false to disable data checksums.
XLOGDIR None If set, initdb will use the specified directory for WAL.
CRUNCHY_DEBUG FALSE Set this to true to enable debugging in logs. Note: this mode can reveal secrets in logs.
Data checksums on the Crunchy PostgreSQL container were enabled by default in version 2.1.0. When trying to upgrade, it’s required that both the old database and the new database have the same data checksums setting. Prior to upgrade, check if data_checksums were enabled on the database by running the following SQL: SHOW data_checksums