Pg18

PostgreSQL 18 is officially released, packed with improvements for performance, authentication, operations, and security. In this article, I’ll show you how to run it on Kubernetes from day one with CloudNativePG. I will summarise key new features like asynchronous I/O and OAuth 2.0, as well as the extension_control_path parameter. This is a simple but critical feature for operational control in cloud-native environments, and one our team at CloudNativePG and EDB was proud to help contribute to PostgreSQL. You’ll see how this reflects our close collaboration with the upstream community, learn about our new half-sized minimal container image, and be able to follow my guide to deploy your first cluster today.