# How to run PostgreSQL on Kubernetes

DevFeed: [How to run PostgreSQL on Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-run-postgresql-on-kubernetes-29807.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/running-postgresql-on-kubernetes/>)

Author: info@goteleport.com (Abraham Ingersoll)

Published: 2018-01-22T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [PostgreSQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/postgresql.md>), [Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubernetes.md>), [Replication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/replication.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>)

Tags: [clusters](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/clusters.md>), [failover](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/failover.md>), [interview](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interview.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [postgresql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgresql.md>), [replication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/replication.md>), [stateful](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/stateful.md>)

## AI overview

An interview about running PostgreSQL on Kubernetes examines the operational challenges of managing stateful databases, including how asynchronous replication lag and uninformed failover can cause data loss. It also discusses open-source and commercial tools and alternatives for managing stateful applications.

## Source excerpt

An interview covering our experience running PostgreSQL on on-premises Kubernetes: challenges, open source and commercial tools, and alternatives for stateful apps.