

The version of PostgreSQL packages available on CentOS / RHEL 7 are older as seen in the output below: $ sudo yum info postgresql-server Product Name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server The registered system name is: rhel7-server.novalocal If the registration is successful, you should get output like below: The system has been registered with ID: 1ea2349f-f4e1-4e09-8cbd-81de28bf8931 You are attempting to use a locale that is not installed. Registration to RHSM can be don with the following command: $ sudo subscription-manager register -auto-attach You need active RHEL subscription to perform updates on RHEL 7 Linux system. We’ll add the repository then use it for the installation. This repository contains all binary builds of PostgreSQL database server in multiple versions. The PostgreSQL team maintains an RPM repository for RHEL based Linux systems. Access to the server via ssh or console (as root or user account with sudo) Step 1: Add PostgreSQL RPM Repository.The machines need access to the internet – directly or via proxy.Among many other improvements and new features Setup requirements.Numerous performance improvements on parallelism of queries, running of heavily-concurrent workloads, partitioned tables, vacuuming, and logical replication.Collection of extended statistics on expressions to allow better planning results for complex queries.Updates on the B-tree index are managed more efficiently, reducing index bloat.Extension of Range types by adding multiranges, allowing representation of noncontiguous data ranges.Implementation of SQL-standard SEARCH and CYCLE options for common table expressions.In PostgreSQL 14, stored procedures can return data via OUT parameters.

Below is a highlight on PostgreSQL 14 release features and improvements as shared in the release notes.

PostgreSQL is a database fit for use in designing and running of distributed workloads that needs logical replication, query parallelism, high-write workloads, connection concurrency, and many advanced features. In PostgreSQL 14 release, there are tons of improvements and new features. At the time of updating this article, the latest release of PostgreSQL database is version 14. PostgreSQL is a fully open source, production grade relational database management system build with love. Throughout its journey, it has earned a strong reputation for its reliability, robustness, and performance. The PostgreSQL database management system has been in active development for over 30 years now.
