#Opensource articles and events

You are invited to participate in the first day of the Percona Community Live stream! Learn about VictoriaMetrics, flexible Indexing with Postgres, PostgreSQL backups, database resiliency, and many ot...

Percona Live 2026 is back! Join the open source database community for three days of deep technical talks, hands-on workshops, and real conversations with people building and running MySQL, PostgreSQL...

Percona is proud to sponsor PGConf.dev, taking place May 19–22 in Vancouver, reinforcing our strong commitment to the open source ecosystem. As a company deeply rooted in the PostgreSQL community, Per...

Percona will be a Silver Sponsor at Open Source Summit North America, taking place May 18–20 in Minneapolis. Stop by booth #8 in the Solutions Showcase to connect with our team and see how we’re helpi...

Introduction Many MySQL configurations inherit redo log sizing from defaults, aging blog posts, or configuration folklore....

If you are using PostgreSQL in any capacity very likely this week has started for you with a bang. pgBackRest, one of the most known tools for PostgreSQL, praised for the scalable and reliable way to ...

Last time, in OIDC in PostgreSQL: With Keycloak, we created a working demo setup that was able to successfully authenticate a user using OIDC....

pgBackRest is an open source backup and restore tool for PostgreSQL. It’s fair to say it’s one of the most popular options, widely used across the PostgreSQL ecosystem....

Introduction Many MySQL setups begin life with a familiar incantation:...

Percona is proud to be a Silver Sponsor of Kubecon Europe 2026, one of the most important gatherings for the cloud native and open source ecosystem. The event will take place from March 23-26, 2026, a...

Percona is taking part in the DB Mastery: In-Memory Databases summit on March 20, 2026. This virtual event focuses on how teams design and operate high-performance in-memory systems, covering low-late...

Percona is proud to sponsor PGConf India 2026 as a Gold Sponsor, taking place from March 11th to March 13th, 2026, at the Sheraton Grand Hotel at Brigade Gateway in Bengaluru, India....

Not every PostgreSQL installation requires encryption at rest. However, for organizations mandating strict data protection and privacy standards, it is often non-negotiable. When security policies are...

Percona is proud to sponsor SCaLE 23X, one of the most dynamic and community‑driven open source conferences in North America. As the largest volunteer‑run event of its kind, SCaLE brings together deve...

MySQL Security Best Practices: A Practical Guide for Locking Down Your Database Introduction MySQL runs just about everywhere. I’ve seen it behind small personal projects, internal tools, SaaS platfor...