Amazon Redshift

Setting Up Amazon Redshift

Step 1: We need to first sign in and launch a Redshift Cluster.

1. First sign in to AWS management console. We need to open the Redshift console using https://console.aws.amazon.com/redshift/.
2. Then using the region menu on the top corner we need to select the region for where we need to make the Redshift Cluster.
3. Now, click the launch cluster button.
   
4. We need to provide the required details and click the continue button until the review page.
   
5. Now, the confirmation page would open. Click on the close button, and now the cluster would be visible in the clusters list.
6. We can select our cluster from the clusters list and review the cluster status information.
   

Step 2: We need to authorize the client connections to the cluster by configuring the security group. The authorizing access to Redshift mainly depends on whether the client authorizes the EC2 instance.

1. First, we need to open the Redshift console and click clusters on the navigation pane.
2. Now, We need to choose our cluster, and its configuration tab will open.
   
3. Now, we need to open the security page, and then click the Inbound tab.
   
4. Now, we need to edit the configuration by clicking the edit button. We need to set the fields as shown below in the screenshot:

Step 3: Now, we need to connect to the Redshift cluster. There are two ways of doing this: 

Steps to connect directly:-

1. We need to first connect the cluster using the SQL client tool(It must be compatible with PostgreSQL, JDBC, or ODBC drivers.).
2. We can get the connection string by following the following steps:-
   • Select cluster in the navigation pane of the Redshift console.
   • Select your cluster and click the Configuration tab.
   • The following page would open with JDBC URL. Copy this URL.
     
3. Follow the following steps to connect the cluster with SQL Workbench.
   • Open the SQL workbench and then select the file and click on connect window.
   • Now, create a new connection profile and fill in all the required fields.
   • Open the Manage Drivers dialog box by clicking on Manage Drivers.
   • Now, click on “Create the new entry button” and fill in all the details.
     
   • Now, click on the folder icon and move to the driver's location. Now, click on the open button.
   • Leave the Classname box and Sample URL box blank. Click OK.
   • Choose the Driver from the list.
   • In the URL field, paste the JDBC URL copied.
   • You have to enter the username and password to their respective fields.
   • Then select the Autocommit box and click Save profile list.

FAQs

1. What is Amazon Redshift?

It is a data warehouse product part of Amazon Web Services. The range of its datasets is from 100s of gigabytes to a petabyte.

2. How is Amazon Redshift cost-effective?

Amazon Redshift is a cost-effective alternative as there are no up-front costs, no long-term commitments, and an on-demand pricing structure.

Key Takeaways

In this blog, we have extensively discussed the following things:

1. We first discussed what Amazon Redshift is.
2. Then we discussed how to setup Amazon Redshift.

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