AWS RDS PostgreSQL: Operational Ownership Checklist

Owning PostgreSQL on RDS means more than connectivity: you’re responsible for availability, performance, safe schema evolution, and predictable maintenance.

Operational checklist: monitoring and alerting, backups and restore validation, maintenance windows, connection management, query performance, schema change discipline, and access control.

Patterns: use migrations, keep privilege separation, validate restores periodically, and align changes to release governance.

If you need a tailored checklist aligned to your platform, Coastonia can provide a lightweight assessment and roadmap.