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Elasticsearch to PostgreSQL integration — real-time, two-way sync

Keep Elasticsearch and PostgreSQL in sync without custom scripts. Cut weeks of integration work, eliminate silent data drift, and give your team a single, reliable source of truth.

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Why teams connect Elasticsearch and PostgreSQL

Keep Elasticsearch and PostgreSQL synchronized in real time, across engines, regions, or services, in one or both directions.

Two databases that must agree is one of the oldest problems in engineering: different engines for different workloads, separate services with overlapping reference data, a migration in flight, or regional instances that share a subset of records. Hand-rolled replication across systems means change capture, conflict handling, and type mapping, all built and maintained by your team.

Stacksync syncs tables or collections between Elasticsearch and PostgreSQL continuously and bi-directionally, translating types between the two engines and resolving conflicts by rules you configure. Rows written on either side appear on the other within seconds.

Common use cases

  • Sync CRM accounts and contacts into an Elasticsearch index to power internal search across customer records.
  • Push product catalog data from an ERP or commerce database into Elasticsearch for storefront search.
  • Expose SaaS objects (CRM contacts, ERP invoices, support tickets) as Postgres tables that internal tools can query and join
  • Let an application write to its own database and have those rows appear as records in business systems in near real time

Shared reference data between services

Services that own separate databases stay consistent on the records they share, without a custom replication layer.

Regional or environment copies

Mirror selected tables to another region or environment continuously, filtered to just the rows that should travel.

Cross-engine sync

Keep the same dataset live in both Elasticsearch and PostgreSQL, so each workload runs on the engine that suits it.

What you can sync between Elasticsearch and PostgreSQL

Representative objects on each side — any object or custom field can map to any target. Schemas are auto-detected; types are converted between the two systems.

Elasticsearch objects PostgreSQL objects
Data streams Append-only targets for time-series or event data pushed from source systems. Views Read-side projections used to expose joined or filtered data to a sync.
Ingest pipelines Server-side transforms applied to documents as a sync writes them. Materialized Views Precomputed result sets synced outward on a refresh schedule.
Index templates Reusable settings and mappings applied automatically to new indices a sync creates. Schemas Namespaces that scope which tables a sync reads and writes.
Indices Target containers for synced records; each holds a table-like collection of JSON documents. Columns Field-level mapping targets; types are mapped to the connected system's field types.
Documents The unit of sync; JSON records created, updated, and deleted by _id. Primary and Unique Keys Used as match keys for idempotent upserts and conflict resolution.
Index mappings Field type definitions that determine how synced fields are indexed and queried. JSONB Columns Hold semi-structured payloads such as nested SaaS objects or metadata.
What ships with Elasticsearch ⇄ PostgreSQL

Connect Elasticsearch and PostgreSQL for flexible, real-time data sync.

Real-time sync, workflow automation, event queues, EDI, and monitoring, for every Elasticsearch–PostgreSQL connection.

Real-time

Two-way sync

Changes in Elasticsearch or PostgreSQL instantly reflect in both systems. No stale data, no manual imports.

No-code + pro-code

Workflow automation

Trigger automated workflows whenever Elasticsearch or PostgreSQL data changes, update records, fire webhooks, or kick off sequences without brittle API scripts.

At scale

Event queues

Handle millions of events per minute without losing a single Elasticsearch or PostgreSQL record.

Observability

Monitoring

Track your Elasticsearch ⇄ PostgreSQL sync health, view errors, and replay failed events in one click.

Trading partners

EDI

Transform legacy EDI complexity into simple database interactions between Elasticsearch and PostgreSQL.

How the Elasticsearch and PostgreSQL connectors work

Elasticsearch

Integration surface
REST API (JSON over HTTP)
Authentication
API keys or basic authentication; Elastic Cloud also issues service account tokens
Change detection
Polling on timestamp or sequence fields; Elasticsearch does not expose a native change feed or webhooks
Capabilities
read · write
Rate limits
No fixed request quota; throughput is bounded by cluster sizing, thread pools, and bulk queue capacity

PostgreSQL

Integration surface
SQL wire protocol (PostgreSQL frontend/backend protocol)
Authentication
Database credentials (connection string or parameters), with optional SSL root certificate upload and optional SSH tunnel (SSH user + host); a least-privilege DB user
Change detection
Logical replication (wal_level = logical) for change data capture via the "Postgres" connector; database triggers (TRIGGER grant + stacksync_logging schema) via the trigger-based "Postgres Heroku" connector where
Capabilities
read · write · CDC
Rate limits
No API rate limits; throughput is bounded by connection limits, instance resources, and replication slot throughput
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How it works

How to connect Elasticsearch to PostgreSQL — three steps, no code

Configure and sync within minutes, no code. Whether you sync 50k or 100M+ records, Stacksync handles the queues, infra, and plumbing. Integrations are non-invasive and need zero setup on your systems.

  1. 01

    Connect your apps

    Authenticate Elasticsearch and PostgreSQL with each platform's native method — OAuth, API keys, or service accounts — plus secure options like SSH tunneling, IP whitelisting, and VPC peering.

    • OAuth 2.0
    • SSH tunnel
    • VPC peering
    Elasticsearch connected
    PostgreSQL connected
    OAuth 2.0
    SSH tunnel
    SSL certificate
    VPC peering
  2. 02

    Choose tables

    Pick the Elasticsearch and PostgreSQL objects to sync — Stacksync auto-detects both schemas, including custom fields where the platform exposes them. Sync to existing tables, or let Stacksync create new ones with ideal data types.

    • Standard objects
    • Custom objects
    • Auto-schema
    objects · Elasticsearch ⇄ PostgreSQL
    Customers 12,480
    Sales Orders 8,213
    Invoices 5,902
    Items 1,344
  3. 03

    Map fields

    Fields map automatically even when names and types differ. Stacksync handles transformation and type casting for you, zero configuration required.

    • Auto-map
    • Type casting
    • Transforms
    Elasticsearch PostgreSQL
    Company company_name text
    Email email text
    Amount amount numeric
    Created created_at timestamp
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FAQ

Elasticsearch and PostgreSQL integration FAQ

SECURITY

Security teams love Stacksync

As a data company, we understand the importance of keeping your data secure. Stacksync is built with security best practices to keep your data safe at every layer, and is DPF-certified for US, EU, UK and CH data transfers.

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SSO & SCIM

Let your users access Stacksync from your centralized user management systems. Works with Okta, Azure, Google SSO and more.

Alerts

Immediately get alerted about record syncing issues over email, Slack, PagerDuty and WhatsApp. Resolve issues from a centralized dashboard with retry and revert options.

Secure connection options

Securely connects to your systems with:

OAuth 2 SSH Tunnelling SSL certificates IP Whitelisting VPN gateway VPC peering and more

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