Re: PostGreSQL TDE encryption patch

Hi Patrick,

Thanks for the information. I was looking for out of box postgre solution
so wanted to know how to apply following patch on top of my postgre 12
installation:
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAD21AoBjrbxvaMpTApX1cEsO%3D8N%3Dnc2xVZPB0d9e-VjJ%3DYaRnw%40mail.gmail.com

Regards,
Chirag.

On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 3:33 PM Patrick FICHE <Patrick(dot)Fiche(at)aqsacom(dot)com>
wrote:

> Hi
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> CYBERTEC provided good installation guide (
> https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com/en/products/postgresql-transparent-data-encryption/
> ).
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> Here is their answer to your question :
>
> *Q: Can I upgrade to an encrypted database?*
> A: In place encryption of existing clusters is currently not supported. A
> dump and reload to an encrypted instance is required, or logical
> replication can be used to perform the migration online.
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> Regards,
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>
>
> *Patrick Fiche*
>
> Database Engineer, Aqsacom Sas.
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> *From:* Bhalodiya, Chirag <chirag(dot)bhalodiya(at)contractors(dot)roche(dot)com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 25, 2020 9:50 AM
> *To:* pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
> *Subject:* PostGreSQL TDE encryption patch
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> We are migrating our product to PostGreSQL from Oracle and as part of
> HIPPA(
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_Insurance_Portability_and_Accountability_Act)
> guidelines, we have a requirement to encrypt entire tablespace/specific
> tables using Transparent data encryption(TDE).
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> I was looking at TDE solution in PostGreSQL and went through following
> wiki:
>
> https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Transparent_Data_Encryption
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> I found following TDE patch from this wiki:
>
>
> https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAD21AoBjrbxvaMpTApX1cEsO%3D8N%3Dnc2xVZPB0d9e-VjJ%3DYaRnw%40mail.gmail.com
>
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> However, I am not sure how to apply this patch and I had the
> following questions:
>
> 1. We are using PostGreSQL 12. Is it possible to apply patches on top of
> existing PostGreSQL installation?
>
> 2. Will it be available anytime sooner with a major release like
> PostGreSQL 13?
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>
>
> Regards,
>
> Chirag.
>