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Database multi-cloud strategy

Databases as a service, DaaS, is fast becoming the preferred way of running databases. The advantages are obvious: scalability, fast deployments, less need for a DBA, no need to buy servers, global access, low cost, and so on.

How Anyone Can Automate Data Reporting: From Spreadsheets To Free Cloud Database (Holistics-ElephantSQL)

This blog show how to build automated reports using scheduled imports of spreadsheets files to an ElephantSQL’s PostgreSQL database.

Google Cloud Stackdriver Logging

Check out how to ship your PostgreSQL logs from ElephantSQL dedicated instances to Stackdriver Logging! Stackdriver Logging makes it easy to centralize, search and monitor your log data from any environment. All you need to do...

AWS CloudWatch Logs

Check out how to ship your PostgreSQL logs from ElephantSQL dedicated instances to CloudWatch Logs! CloudWatch Logs makes it easy to centralize, search and monitor your log data from any environment. All you need to do...

Terraform provider for ElephantSQL

Manage your ElephantSQL cluster as code with Terraform

Preparing for the GDPR

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is approaching and will set the bar high in regards to protecting the integrity of the individual in the EU. ElephantSQL is currently working with preparing our business for compliance. This post is intended to give our customers an update on our current status in regards to GDPR.

ElephantSQL releases external metrics integration

The ElephantSQL team are happy to announce that you're now able to ship monitoring data from your dedicated instances to an integrated monitoring service.

Get Alarm-notifications in VictorOps and/or OpsGenie

Introducing VictorOps and OpsGenie as additional alternatives for receiving alarm notifications from your instance.

Enable CPU, Memory usage and Disk space alarms

Introducing alarms based on CPU, Memory usage, and disk space for ElephantSQL.

New regions supported in AWS!

We are happy to announce that we new support 3 new regions, EU Paris, AP Seoul and AP Mumbai!