Service expert page · PostgreSQL 18

PostgreSQL 18 as a managed Data Service, not just a systemd unit

Sysaro connects PostgreSQL 18 inventory with databases, access, backup/restore and health. Privileged work is exposed as typed Agent operations rather than a generic SQL or root shell.

Verified against public version: 0.20.02026-09-15Deep · Data Services
Sysaro verifies PostgreSQL major version 18, manages lifecycle and provides Data Services workflows for databases, roles/access, backup/restore and health. Automatic postgresql.conf tuning is not claimed as shipped yet.
VersionMajor version 18 is checked explicitly
DepthDeep · Data Services
BackupManaged backup/restore workflow
BoundaryTuning schemas remain roadmap
Operational path

How the service fits into Sysaro

ApplicationPostgreSQL 18Database / rolesBackup / restoreHealth
01

What Sysaro already manages

Discovery and version policy do not treat an arbitrary PostgreSQL major as PostgreSQL 18.

Database and access operations live in the dedicated Data Services surface while service lifecycle remains tied to Agent jobs and the audit trail.

Backup and restore are managed workflows with observable state rather than an arbitrary pg_dump command exposed to the browser.

02

Management boundary

Sysaro does not equate PostgreSQL detection with automatic database tuning. Structured postgresql.conf tuning schemas remain a separate roadmap item.

Local operations use the postgres OS identity where required and do not expose a generic root shell.

Privileges on existing objects and future default privileges are distinct; the UI does not imply that future tables are covered unless explicitly configured.

03

Where this fits

PHP applications using nginx, PHP-FPM 8.5 and PostgreSQL 18.

Temporal workflow deployments where PostgreSQL is a persistence dependency.

Operations where reproducible backup/restore and auditability matter more than ad-hoc SSH administration.

Evidence boundary

What this page does not claim

Detection, lifecycle or a typed subset is not described as complete management of every upstream capability. The canonical current scope is also published in service-evidence.json and the 18-service catalog.