# Community website **URL:** https://forums.percona.com/c/community-website/80.md?page=1 [Latest](https://forums.percona.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.percona.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forums.percona.com/tags.md) **Page:** 2 --- ## [Guide Multi-Cluster MongoDB on GKE with MCS, Percona … | Percona Community](https://forums.percona.com/t/guide-multi-cluster-mongodb-on-gke-with-mcs-percona-percona-community/40916)
**Author:** [@daniil.bazhenov](https://forums.percona.com/u/daniil.bazhenov)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2026, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/guide-multi-cluster-mongodb-on-gke-with-mcs-percona-percona-community/40916 "2026-06-12T11:45:31Z")
Deploying the Percona Operator for MongoDB across two GKE clusters using Multi-Cluster Services (MCS) This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://percona.community/blog/2026/06/12/multi-clust… --- ## [The Percona Community Slack is open — come hang out | Percona Community](https://forums.percona.com/t/the-percona-community-slack-is-open-come-hang-out-percona-community/40867)
**Author:** [@daniil.bazhenov](https://forums.percona.com/u/daniil.bazhenov)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2026, 1:08pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/the-percona-community-slack-is-open-come-hang-out-percona-community/40867 "2026-06-09T13:08:10Z")
There’s a new place for the people behind the databases to actually talk to each other. The Percona Community Slack is open. Right now it’s one channel — General — and that’s intentional. It’s a place for DBAs, developer… --- ## [Building Smart Semantic Search using PostgreSQL and … | Percona Community](https://forums.percona.com/t/building-smart-semantic-search-using-postgresql-and-percona-community/40855)
**Author:** [@daniil.bazhenov](https://forums.percona.com/u/daniil.bazhenov)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/building-smart-semantic-search-using-postgresql-and-percona-community/40855 "2026-05-31T15:26:06Z")
I’ll explain how I built the Postgres layer for semantic vector search on the Percona Community website: pgvector, chunks, two table modifications, the database schema, how the indexer populates Postgres, and what the SE… --- ## [Building Smart Semantic Search using PostgreSQL and … | Percona Community](https://forums.percona.com/t/building-smart-semantic-search-using-postgresql-and-percona-community/40847)
**Author:** [@daniil.bazhenov](https://forums.percona.com/u/daniil.bazhenov)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2026, 8:37pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/building-smart-semantic-search-using-postgresql-and-percona-community/40847 "2026-05-29T20:37:14Z")
Type “zero downtime database migration” into the site’s search bar and you’ll get articles and talks about database migration with minimal downtime, even if those words aren’t in the titles or content. This is semantic s… --- ## [Write for the Percona Community | Percona Community](https://forums.percona.com/t/write-for-the-percona-community-percona-community/40832)
**Author:** [@daniil.bazhenov](https://forums.percona.com/u/daniil.bazhenov)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/write-for-the-percona-community-percona-community/40832 "2026-05-25T15:40:02Z")
You’ve fixed something gnarly in production this year. You’ve migrated a database that nobody wanted to touch. You’ve built something on top of Percona Operators, or Percona Toolkit, or Percona Monitoring and Management … --- ## [Backrest's back, alright! | Percona Community](https://forums.percona.com/t/backrests-back-alright-percona-community/40831)
**Author:** [@daniil.bazhenov](https://forums.percona.com/u/daniil.bazhenov)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/backrests-back-alright-percona-community/40831 "2026-05-21T14:40:14Z")
Events unfolded quickly over the course of a couple of weeks starting on 27 April 2026, when a message appeared on the pgBackRest project announcing: that the repository would be archived and active maintenance would sto… --- ## [Our Experience at MongoDB.local London 2026: The Era of AI … | Percona Community](https://forums.percona.com/t/our-experience-at-mongodb-local-london-2026-the-era-of-ai-percona-community/40788)
**Author:** [@daniil.bazhenov](https://forums.percona.com/u/daniil.bazhenov)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2026, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/our-experience-at-mongodb-local-london-2026-the-era-of-ai-percona-community/40788 "2026-05-12T11:20:05Z")
On May 7th, Keith (Quality Engineer, Percona for MongoDB) and I had the super cool opportunity to head over to MongoDB.local London! The event was amazing and packed with insights about where the database ecosystem is he… --- ## [Two projects, one mission - hackorum and pginbox join forces | Percona Community](https://forums.percona.com/t/two-projects-one-mission-hackorum-and-pginbox-join-forces-percona-community/40787)
**Author:** [@daniil.bazhenov](https://forums.percona.com/u/daniil.bazhenov)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2026, 11:17am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/two-projects-one-mission-hackorum-and-pginbox-join-forces-percona-community/40787 "2026-05-12T11:17:57Z")
Last week, Zsolt and I jumped on a call with someone who had been building something remarkably similar to what we had been working on, completely independently. That someone is Jack Bonatakis, the creator of pginbox.dev,… --- ## [Our Experience at MongoDB.local London 2026: The Era of AI … | Percona Community](https://forums.percona.com/t/our-experience-at-mongodb-local-london-2026-the-era-of-ai-percona-community/40779)
**Author:** [@daniil.bazhenov](https://forums.percona.com/u/daniil.bazhenov)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2026, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/our-experience-at-mongodb-local-london-2026-the-era-of-ai-percona-community/40779 "2026-05-11T11:29:42Z")
On May 7th, Keith (Quality Engineer, Percona for MongoDB) and I had the super cool opportunity to head over to MongoDB.local London! The event was amazing and packed with insights about where the database ecosystem is he… --- ## [Meet the Percona Community team | Percona Community](https://forums.percona.com/t/meet-the-percona-community-team-percona-community/40757)
**Author:** [@daniil.bazhenov](https://forums.percona.com/u/daniil.bazhenov)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2026, 2:59pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/meet-the-percona-community-team-percona-community/40757 "2026-05-07T14:59:59Z")
We’ve just landed on X and Mastodon, and before the first real post goes out, we wanted to do something we don’t do often enough: introduce ourselves. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at http… --- ## [How I Stopped Babysitting My Coding Agent (With Dotfiles) | Percona Community](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-i-stopped-babysitting-my-coding-agent-with-dotfiles-percona-community/40745)
**Author:** [@daniil.bazhenov](https://forums.percona.com/u/daniil.bazhenov)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2026, 2:51pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-i-stopped-babysitting-my-coding-agent-with-dotfiles-percona-community/40745 "2026-05-05T14:51:07Z")
Most developers at least try to use coding agents for development-related tasks, but babysitting LLMs and managing their permissions is no fun. Completely skipping permission checks is a dangerous idea on your main machi… --- ## [InnoDB Redo Log Sizing: Stop Guessing, Start Measuring | Percona Community](https://forums.percona.com/t/innodb-redo-log-sizing-stop-guessing-start-measuring-percona-community/40744)
**Author:** [@daniil.bazhenov](https://forums.percona.com/u/daniil.bazhenov)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2026, 1:53pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/innodb-redo-log-sizing-stop-guessing-start-measuring-percona-community/40744 "2026-05-05T13:53:23Z")
Many MySQL configurations inherit redo log sizing from defaults, aging blog posts, or configuration folklore. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://percona.community/blog/2026/05/02/inn… --- ## [OIDC error scenarios | Percona Community](https://forums.percona.com/t/oidc-error-scenarios-percona-community/40733)
**Author:** [@daniil.bazhenov](https://forums.percona.com/u/daniil.bazhenov)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2026, 9:09am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/oidc-error-scenarios-percona-community/40733 "2026-04-30T09:09:56Z")
Last time, in OIDC in PostgreSQL: With Keycloak, we created a working demo setup that was able to successfully authenticate a user using OIDC. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://perc… --- ## [Open source doesn’t die. It gets unfunded. | Percona Community](https://forums.percona.com/t/open-source-doesn-t-die-it-gets-unfunded-percona-community/40732)
**Author:** [@daniil.bazhenov](https://forums.percona.com/u/daniil.bazhenov)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2026, 7:53am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/open-source-doesn-t-die-it-gets-unfunded-percona-community/40732 "2026-04-30T07:53:18Z")
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 do backups has annou… --- ## [Open source doesn’t die. It gets unfunded. | Percona Community](https://forums.percona.com/t/open-source-doesn-t-die-it-gets-unfunded-percona-community/40731)
**Author:** [@daniil.bazhenov](https://forums.percona.com/u/daniil.bazhenov)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2026, 7:35am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/open-source-doesn-t-die-it-gets-unfunded-percona-community/40731 "2026-04-30T07:35:56Z")
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 do backups has annou… --- ## [pgBackRest is archived, what now? | Percona Community](https://forums.percona.com/t/pgbackrest-is-archived-what-now-percona-community/40726)
**Author:** [@daniil.bazhenov](https://forums.percona.com/u/daniil.bazhenov)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2026, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pgbackrest-is-archived-what-now-percona-community/40726 "2026-04-28T12:30:42Z")
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. This is a companion discussion topic for the orig… --- ## [Incremental backups in Percona Kubernetes Operator for MySQL | Percona Community](https://forums.percona.com/t/incremental-backups-in-percona-kubernetes-operator-for-mysql-percona-community/40668)
**Author:** [@daniil.bazhenov](https://forums.percona.com/u/daniil.bazhenov)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2026, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/incremental-backups-in-percona-kubernetes-operator-for-mysql-percona-community/40668 "2026-04-17T18:35:14Z")
Starting with version 1.1.0, the Percona Kubernetes Operator for MySQL now supports incremental backups. This feature lets you backup only the changed data since the last backup, instead of copying your entire dataset ea… --- ## [Percona Bug Report: March 2026 | Percona Community](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-bug-report-march-2026-percona-community/40559)
**Author:** [@daniil.bazhenov](https://forums.percona.com/u/daniil.bazhenov)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-bug-report-march-2026-percona-community/40559 "2026-04-03T17:02:01Z")
At Percona, we operate on the premise that full transparency makes a product better. We strive to build the best open-source database products, but also to help you manage any issues that arise in any of the databases th… --- ## [InnoDB Buffer Pool Tuning: From Rule-of-Thumb to Real … | Percona Community](https://forums.percona.com/t/innodb-buffer-pool-tuning-from-rule-of-thumb-to-real-percona-community/40558)
**Author:** [@daniil.bazhenov](https://forums.percona.com/u/daniil.bazhenov)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/innodb-buffer-pool-tuning-from-rule-of-thumb-to-real-percona-community/40558 "2026-04-03T15:44:08Z")
Many MySQL setups begin life with a familiar incantation: …and then nothing changes. That’s not tuning. That’s a starting guess. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://percona.community/… --- ## [Configuring the Component Keyring in Percona Server and PXC … | Percona Community](https://forums.percona.com/t/configuring-the-component-keyring-in-percona-server-and-pxc-percona-community/40047)
**Author:** [@daniil.bazhenov](https://forums.percona.com/u/daniil.bazhenov)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/configuring-the-component-keyring-in-percona-server-and-pxc-percona-community/40047 "2026-03-25T17:20:01Z")
(Or: how to make MySQL encryption boring, which is the goal) Encryption is one of those things everyone agrees is important, right up until MySQL refuses to start and you’re staring at a JSON file wondering which brace r… --- ## [Running pgBackRest with pg\_tde: A Practical Percona … | Percona Community](https://forums.percona.com/t/running-pgbackrest-with-pg-tde-a-practical-percona-percona-community/40382)
**Author:** [@daniil.bazhenov](https://forums.percona.com/u/daniil.bazhenov)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2026, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/running-pgbackrest-with-pg-tde-a-practical-percona-percona-community/40382 "2026-03-20T12:15:13Z")
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 this rigorous, you … --- ## [I Built an AI That Impersonates Me on Slack, and It Was … | Percona Community](https://forums.percona.com/t/i-built-an-ai-that-impersonates-me-on-slack-and-it-was-percona-community/40341)
**Author:** [@daniil.bazhenov](https://forums.percona.com/u/daniil.bazhenov)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2026, 5:58pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/i-built-an-ai-that-impersonates-me-on-slack-and-it-was-percona-community/40341 "2026-03-06T17:58:03Z")
I spend a lot of time in Slack. Most people in tech do. It’s where a lot of “work” happens such as quick questions, async decisions, the “hey can you look at this?” threads that never seem to end. It feels personal. You … --- ## [PostgreSQL 18 OIDC Authentication with Ping Identity using … | Percona Community](https://forums.percona.com/t/postgresql-18-oidc-authentication-with-ping-identity-using-percona-community/40329)
**Author:** [@daniil.bazhenov](https://forums.percona.com/u/daniil.bazhenov)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2026, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/postgresql-18-oidc-authentication-with-ping-identity-using-percona-community/40329 "2026-03-03T19:13:00Z")
PostgreSQL 18 introduced native OAuth 2.0 authentication support, marking an important step towards modern, centralized identity-based access control. However, since every identity provider implements OpenID Connect (OID… --- ## [Hardening MySQL: Practical Security Strategies for DBAs | Percona Community](https://forums.percona.com/t/hardening-mysql-practical-security-strategies-for-dbas-percona-community/40324)
**Author:** [@daniil.bazhenov](https://forums.percona.com/u/daniil.bazhenov)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2026, 9:17am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/hardening-mysql-practical-security-strategies-for-dbas-percona-community/40324 "2026-03-03T09:17:28Z")
MySQL runs just about everywhere. I’ve seen it behind small personal projects, internal tools, SaaS platforms, and large enterprise systems handling serious transaction volume. When your database sits at the center of ev… --- ## [A reponsible role for AI in Open Source projects? | Percona Community](https://forums.percona.com/t/a-reponsible-role-for-ai-in-open-source-projects-percona-community/40299)
**Author:** [@daniil.bazhenov](https://forums.percona.com/u/daniil.bazhenov)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/a-reponsible-role-for-ai-in-open-source-projects-percona-community/40299 "2026-02-26T14:28:07Z")
AI-driven pressure on open source maintainers, reviewers and, even, contributors, has been very much in the news lately. Nobody needs another set of edited highlights on the theme from me. For a Postgres-specific view, a… --- ## [Meet Percona at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 | Percona Community](https://forums.percona.com/t/meet-percona-at-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-percona-community/40291)
**Author:** [@daniil.bazhenov](https://forums.percona.com/u/daniil.bazhenov)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2026, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/meet-percona-at-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-percona-community/40291 "2026-02-25T13:23:31Z")
The Percona team is heading to KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe in Amsterdam, and we’d love to meet you in person! This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://percona.community/blog/2026/02/25… --- ## [PostgreSQL coffee break: version upgrade related reindexing … | Percona Community](https://forums.percona.com/t/postgresql-coffee-break-version-upgrade-related-reindexing-percona-community/40290)
**Author:** [@daniil.bazhenov](https://forums.percona.com/u/daniil.bazhenov)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2026, 9:01am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/postgresql-coffee-break-version-upgrade-related-reindexing-percona-community/40290 "2026-02-25T09:01:15Z")
During FOSDEM I had a chance to join a presentation of the backup procedure that the engineers from GitLab followed to decrease the downtime during major upgrades. I highly recommend the talk, definitely worth watching! … --- ## [PostgreSQL minor release postponed in Q1’ 2026 | Percona Community](https://forums.percona.com/t/postgresql-minor-release-postponed-in-q1-2026-percona-community/40241)
**Author:** [@daniil.bazhenov](https://forums.percona.com/u/daniil.bazhenov)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2026, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/postgresql-minor-release-postponed-in-q1-2026-percona-community/40241 "2026-02-18T13:31:07Z")
In case you are awaiting the February PostgreSQL Community minor update released on plan on February 12 we want to make sure that our users and customers are up to date and aware of what to expect. This is a companion … --- ## [Pre-FOSDEM & FOSDEM 2026, Community, Databases, and Open … | Percona Community](https://forums.percona.com/t/pre-fosdem-fosdem-2026-community-databases-and-open-percona-community/40177)
**Author:** [@daniil.bazhenov](https://forums.percona.com/u/daniil.bazhenov)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2026, 1:09pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pre-fosdem-fosdem-2026-community-databases-and-open-percona-community/40177 "2026-02-09T13:09:42Z")
Before FOSDEM officially started, the database community gathered for MySQL Belgium Days (Pre-FOSDEM), a two-day event bringing together MySQL developers, DBAs, engineers, tool builders, and open-source enthusiasts. It w… --- ## [PGDay and FOSDEM Report from Kai | Percona Community](https://forums.percona.com/t/pgday-and-fosdem-report-from-kai-percona-community/40151)
**Author:** [@daniil.bazhenov](https://forums.percona.com/u/daniil.bazhenov)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pgday-and-fosdem-report-from-kai-percona-community/40151 "2026-02-04T12:19:07Z")
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