Configure an Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL database

The following sections cover how to configure an Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL database.

Create a parameter group

  1. Launch your Amazon RDS Dashboard.
  2. In the Navigation Drawer, click Parameter Groups, and then click Create Parameter Group. The Create Parameter Group page appears.
  3. Use the following table to populate the fields of this page, and then click Create:
    FieldDescription
    Parameter group familySelect the family that matches your database.
    TypeSelect DB Cluster Parameter Group.
    Group nameProvide a name for the parameter group.
    DescriptionProvide a description for the parameter group.
  4. Select the checkbox to the left of your newly created parameter group, and then, under Parameter group actions, click Edit.
  5. Change the value of the rds.logical_replication parameter to 1.
  6. Click Save Changes.

Assign the parameter group to the database instance

  1. Launch your Amazon RDS Dashboard.
  2. In the Navigation Drawer, click Databases, and then select your database instance.
  3. From the Instance Actions menu, select Modify. The Modify DB Instance dialog box appears.
  4. In the Additional configuration section, select the database cluster parameter group that you created.
  5. Set the Backup retention period to 7 days.
  6. Click Continue.
  7. In the Scheduling of modifications pane, select the Apply immediately option.

Reboot the database instance

  1. Launch your Amazon RDS Dashboard.
  2. In the Navigation Drawer, click Databases, and then select your database instance.
  3. In the Actions drop-down menu, select Reboot and then Confirm.

Create a publication and a replication slot

  1. Create a publication for the changes in the tables you want to replicate. We recommend that you create a publication only for the tables that you want to replicate. This allows Datastream to read-only the relevant data, and lowers the load on the database and Datastream:

    CREATE PUBLICATION PUBLICATION_NAME
FOR TABLE SCHEMA1.TABLE1, SCHEMA2.TABLE2;

    Replace the following:

    • PUBLICATION_NAME: The name of your publication. You'll need to provide this name when you create a stream in the Datastream stream creation wizard.
    • SCHEMA: The name of the schema that contains the table.
    • TABLE: The name of the table that you want to replicate.

    You can create a publication for all tables in a schema. This approach lets you replicate changes for tables in the specified list of schemas, including tables that you create in the future:

    CREATE PUBLICATION PUBLICATION_NAME
FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA SCHEMA1, SCHEMA2;

    You can also create a publication for all tables in your database. Note that this approach increases the load on both the source database and Datastream:

    CREATE PUBLICATION PUBLICATION_NAME FOR ALL TABLES;

  2. Create a replication slot by entering the following PostgreSQL command: 

    SELECT PG_CREATE_LOGICAL_REPLICATION_SLOT('REPLICATION_SLOT_NAME', 'pgoutput');

    Replace the following:

    • REPLICATION_SLOT_NAME: The name of your replication slot. You'll need to provide this name when you create a stream in the Datastream stream creation wizard.

Create a Datastream user

  1. To create a Datastream user, enter the following PostgreSQL command: 

    CREATE USER USER_NAME WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'USER_PASSWORD';

    Replace the following:

    • USER_NAME: The name of the Datastream user that you want to create.
    • USER_PASSWORD: The password for the Datastream user that you want to create.

  2. Grant the following privileges to the user you created: 

    GRANT RDS_REPLICATION TO USER_NAME;
GRANT SELECT ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA SCHEMA_NAME TO USER_NAME;
GRANT USAGE ON SCHEMA SCHEMA_NAME TO USER_NAME;
ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES IN SCHEMA SCHEMA_NAME
  GRANT SELECT ON TABLES TO USER_NAME;

    Replace the following:

    • SCHEMA_NAME: The name of the schema to which you want to grant the privileges.
    • USER_NAME: The user to whom you want to grant the privileges.

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