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Management interfaces

Management interfaces

- [Instructor] Our two database servers are currently running, isolated from one another and the rest of our computer inside of their respective docker containers. And while we can use the command line tools that they ship with inside of the container, it's easier to use a graphical interface client, they can work with both the SQL server and PostgreSQL platforms simultaneously. This way we can log into each server from outside of the container, exactly the same way that we would log into a traditional database server, that was running on standalone hardware on our organization's network. The Docker containers allow us to simulate a much more complex multi-server environment. The other nice thing about using a single graphical interface, is that we only have to learn one set of tools, to communicate with both servers and experiment with their features. This will help us compare the two platforms together to see where…

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