ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — pgEdge, recognized as a leader in open source enterprise Postgres solutions, has unveiled new Container Images and an updated Helm chart designed to enhance the deployment experience of pgEdge on Kubernetes. These innovations are crafted for seamless integration with CloudNativePG, a widely adopted Kubernetes operator, thereby simplifying the operational complexities associated with deploying both pgEdge Enterprise Postgres and pgEdge Distributed Postgres on Kubernetes.
Empowering Kubernetes Deployments with CloudNativePG
CloudNativePG, an open source Kubernetes operator, automates the lifecycle management of PostgreSQL clusters using native Kubernetes resources. Recently accepted into the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) at the Sandbox maturity level, it has quickly become the community standard for running Postgres on Kubernetes, boasting over 4.5k GitHub stars and 58 million downloads.
The latest announcement from pgEdge includes two pivotal releases aimed at streamlining deployment:
- New pgEdge Postgres Container Images: These images, built from pgEdge Enterprise Postgres packages, support Postgres versions 16 through 18 and are available on GitHub Container Registry under the name pgedge/pgedge-postgres. Two distinct image flavors are offered:
- Minimal: This version includes core pgEdge extensions tailored for distributed deployments, such as spock, snowflake, and lolor.
- Standard: This variant incorporates popular extensions like pgVector, PostGIS, and pgAudit.
- Updated pgEdge Helm Chart: Leveraging CloudNativePG, this Helm chart simplifies the deployment and management of distributed Postgres architectures. Key features include:
- Support for Postgres versions 16, 17, and 18 via pgEdge Enterprise Postgres Images.
- Flexible deployment options for both single-region and multi-region setups, including:
- Single-region deployment with optional standby replicas.
- Multi-region deployment of pgEdge Distributed Postgres utilizing Spock’s multi-master replication.
- Configuration of Spock replication across all nodes during Helm installation and upgrades.
- Best practice configuration defaults for deploying pgEdge Distributed Postgres in Kubernetes.
- Options for extending or overriding configuration for CloudNativePG across all nodes or on specific nodes.
- Automatic failover configuration for standby instances, utilizing Spock’s delayed feedback and failover slots worker to maintain active-active replication.
- Adding pgEdge nodes through Spock or CloudNativePG’s bootstrap capabilities to synchronize data from existing nodes or backups.
- Facilitating major and minor version upgrades of Postgres.
- Client certificate authentication for managed users, including the `pgedge` replication user.
- Configuration options for deployments across multiple Kubernetes clusters.
Key Benefits
- Simplified Operations: Mature operator capabilities for orchestrating distributed Postgres in Kubernetes.
- Flexible Deployment: Choice of image flavors and a configurable Helm chart with best practice defaults.
- Community Standards: Built on CNCF-backed tools with proven adoption.
- 100% Postgres Compatible: No vendor lock-in, fully open source under OSI-approved PostgreSQL License.
- Enterprise Features: Multi-master replication, high availability, low latency, and access to over 20 popular extensions.
- Production Ready: Same-day security updates and 24×7×365 global support from seasoned Postgres experts.
Multi-Cluster and Multi-Cloud Support
Organizations deploying pgEdge Distributed Postgres often operate nodes across various regions and cloud providers to enhance performance and availability. This new release supports multi-cluster Kubernetes deployments, utilizing standard Kubernetes tools for cross-cluster networking and certificate management. While a typical Kubernetes cluster operates within a single region across multiple availability zones, pgEdge customers frequently deploy nodes in diverse regions for improved performance and availability, sometimes spanning multiple cloud providers.
David Mitchell, President and CEO of pgEdge, remarked, “These updates mark an important step toward making pgEdge simpler, more flexible, and easier to integrate into Kubernetes environments. Whether you’re running in a single region or operating a multi-cluster deployment across clouds, pgEdge now provides the open source foundation and tools to achieve your requirements in Kubernetes.”
Availability
The new images and Helm chart are accessible today on GitHub. For further information and to explore pgEdge for free, visit www.pgedge.com/get-started or access documentation here.
About pgEdge
pgEdge is a pioneering open source enterprise Postgres company that simplifies the development and deployment of highly scalable and distributed database applications across global networks. Founded by industry veterans with extensive PostgreSQL expertise, pgEdge provides fully distributed PostgreSQL solutions for high availability, addressing requirements for low latency, ultra-high availability, multi-master distributed deployments, data residency, and geographic scale-out. The company offers 24×7×365 global support from experienced Postgres experts, with direct contributions to the PostgreSQL community and optional Forward Deployed Engineer services for dedicated assistance. Notable customers include Bertelsmann, Qube RT, Jobot, the European Parliament, and various U.S. government agencies.
