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Spilo

What it is

Spilo is Zalando's open-source Docker image for running PostgreSQL under Patroni high-availability orchestration (github.com/zalando/spilo). It is the container Zalando's Postgres Operator runs by default.

Spilo bundles Postgres + Patroni + WAL-E/WAL-G for backups + a standard extension set pre-compiled — notably PostGIS, so PostGIS-enabled clusters need no custom image build. This is what makes the preparedDatabases.<db>.extensions.postgis: <schema> declaration on the operator's Postgresql custom resource work end-to-end from a stock manifest.

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  • sources/2021-12-01-zalando-maps-with-postgresql-and-postgis — named as the image underlying the Postgres Operator deployment. "The Postgres cluster is based on the Spilo docker image which includes the PostGIS extension." Canonicalises Spilo as the PostGIS-pre-installed substrate that enables declarative geospatial-Postgres-on-Kubernetes. First wiki canonical page.
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