Enterprise RAG with pgvector
Build an enterprise RAG system using PostgreSQL with pgvector extension as an alternative to dedicated vector databases.
Lab Overview
This optional lab teaches you to use PostgreSQL with the pgvector extension for vector similarity search in RAG systems.
You'll learn to:
- Deploy PostgreSQL with pgvector on Kubernetes
- Create optimized vector indexes using HNSW
- Build a complete RAG pipeline using pgvector
- Compare performance between pgvector and Chroma
- Understand when to choose pgvector for enterprise RAG
pgvector is ideal for organizations already using PostgreSQL who want to add vector search without introducing new infrastructure.
What You'll Learn
Deploy PostgreSQL with pgvector extension on Kubernetes using Helm
Create HNSW indexes for fast vector similarity search
Build a complete RAG pipeline using pgvector for storage and retrieval
Compare performance characteristics between pgvector and dedicated vector databases
Prerequisites
vector-database-selection
deploy-vector-database
kubernetes-basics
Technologies Covered
Part of a Course
This lab is part of the RAG Architectures and Vector Databases course
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