PostgreSQL Connection Pooling and Load Balancing with PgPool-II Cluster (Updated)

In this post, I will walk you through on how to perform load balancing and connection pooling with PgPool-II, what are the benefits and motivation of having PgPool-II and most importantly, how to set up a PgPool-II cluster.

In this tutorial, you will find me using rds_pgpool, a Docker image for the sake of simplifying installation and configuration.

Motivation