Aptible is releasing PostgreSQL versions 15 and 16 as a part of our managed database service offering.

Please make note of the following significant changes related to this release:

• Aptible will not offer in-place upgrades to PostgreSQL 15 and 16 because of a dependent change in glibc on the underlying Debian operation system. Instead, the following options are available to migrate existing pre-15 PostgreSQL databases to PostgreSQL 15+.

  • Dump and restore PostgreSQL

  • Upgrade PostgreSQL with logical replication

• contrib images are being consolidated. Previously, we have maintained two separate PostgreSQL images: a contrib image that included commonly requested extensions and a standard image with only a few critical extensions like pglogical. Starting with PostgreSQL 15, we will no longer maintain a separate image. Instead, we will be bundling extensions into our standard PostgreSQL image. If there is an extension you’d like to see added, please reach out to the team through our support portal.