AWS RedShift

In this article, you'll learn how to set up your AWS Redshift account to work with the Alloy platform.

For the credentials, you will need the following:

• AWS Access Key ID
• AWS Secret Access Key
• Redshift Cluster Identifier
• Redshift Database
• Redshift User
• Redshift Cluster Region

As you can see below, Alloy will need this information to make queries to your Pub/Sub instance. You'll want to copy/paste that information in Alloy once you have it. In this guide, we'll explore how to obtain these keys.

How to get the AWS Access Key And Secret Access Key

Please follow the link to set up your credentials.

Make sure your IAM user has necessary permissions to access to AWS Redshift, the said cluster and database

How to get the Redshift Details

To obtain your AWS Redshift details, first navigate to AWS Redshift and select the desired cluster.

Once there, click on the Properties tab. You can get your cluster identifier, database name and database admin user name.

To find the Region, click on the top right corner. There you can see the region code. In our example, we're using the us-east-1 region, or North Virginia.

Configuring the Service Account

Next, you'll need to configure the Service Account. To do so, follow the simple steps below:

1. Go to the project principals list in your Google Cloud Console

2. Click on +Add

3. In the New Principals field, enter the service account. The service account is the entire email address.
   In the Role field, search for the role Pub/Sub Admin and select that.Then click on the Save button.

Complete Block Credentials

1. Input the Access Key ID and Secret Access Key that you have retrieved in the previous steps.
2. Also input the Cluster Identifier, Database, User and Cluster Region
3. Then click on the Validate button to save.