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1 Introduction
1.1 What’s New
1.2 Typographical Conventions Used in this Guide
2 EDB Ark - Overview
2.1 Architecture Overview
2.2 Using Ark as a Template Only User
3 Accessing the Ark Console
3.1 Using Self-Registration on an Amazon Hosted Console
4 Using the Ark Console
4.1 The Dashboard Tab
4.1.1 Using the Console Switcher Feature
4.2 The Clusters Tab
4.2.1 The Details Panel
4.2.2 The Monitoring Panel
4.2.3 The Events Panel
4.3 The Backups Tab
4.4 The User Tab
4.4.1 Updating a Password on Amazon AWS
5 Creating a Server Cluster
5.1 Manually Creating a Cluster
5.1.1 Using a Template to Create a Cluster
5.2 Cloning a Server Cluster
5.2.1 Using a Template to Clone a Cluster
5.3 Modifying a Cluster’s Administrative Settings
6 Connecting an Application to an EDB Ark Cluster
6.1 Using iptables Rules
7 Managing Backups and Recovery
7.1 Performing a Base Backup for Point-In-Time Recovery
7.2 Reviewing Stored Backups
7.3 Restoring a Cluster from Backup
7.3.1 Using a Template to Restore from Backup
8 Automatic Failover
9 Manual Scaling
9.1 Manually Adding Replicas and Storage
9.2 Manually Removing a Replica
9.3 Manually Changing the Server Class
10 Automatic Scaling
10.1 Adjusting the Automatic Scaling Thresholds
11 Load Balancing
12 Customizing Your Cluster
12.1 Adding an Extension to a New Cluster
13 Database Management
13.1 Connecting to the Cluster
13.1.1 Using ssh to Access a Server
13.1.2 Connecting to EDB Ark with the psql Client
13.2 Moving an Existing Database into a New Cluster
13.2.1 Using Migration Toolkit to Migrate to an Ark Cluster
13.3 Manually Modifying Configuration Files
13.3.1 Best Practices for Modifying Configuration Files
13.4 Controlling the Database Server
13.5 Updating the Server Version on the EDB Ark Cluster
13.5.1 Performing a Minor Version Upgrade
13.5.2 Performing a Major Version Upgrade
14 Troubleshooting
14.1 Frequently Asked Questions
14.2 The EDB Ark Email Notification System
15 AWS Policies
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