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Connect to Amazon Redshift

Let's configure the Amazon Redshift V2 connection properties to connect to Amazon Redshift.

Before you begin

Before you get started, you'll need to get information from your Amazon Redshift account based on the authentication type you want to configure.

To configure the Default and Redshift IAM Authentication via AssumeRole authentication types, you need to complete the authentication prerequisites. To learn more, check out Prepare for authentication.

To create a connection using the AWS user name and password, you'll need to get these details from your AWS account.

The following video shows you how to get the information you need:

Connection details

The following table describes the basic connection properties:

Property	Description
Connection Name	Name of the connection. Each connection name must be unique within the organization. Connection names can contain alphanumeric characters, spaces, and the following special characters: _. + -, Maximum length is 255 characters.
Use Secret Vault	Stores sensitive credentials for this connection in the secrets manager that is configured for your organization. This property appears only if secrets manager is set up for your organization. When you enable the secret vault in the connection, you can select which credentials that the Secure Agent retrieves from the secrets manager. If you don't enable this option, the credentials are stored in the repository or on a local Secure Agent, depending on how your organization is configured. Note: If you’re using this connection to apply data access policies through pushdown or proxy services, you cannot use the Secret Vault configuration option. For information about how to configure and use a secrets manager, see Secrets manager configuration.
Runtime Environment	Informatica Cloud Hosted Agent, the runtime environment where you want to run tasks.

Authentication types

You can configure default and Redshift IAM AssumeRole authentication types to access Amazon Redshift.

Select the required authentication method and then configure the authentication-specific parameters.

Default authentication

The following table describes the basic connection properties for default authentication:

Properties	Description
JDBC URL	The JDBC URL to connect to the Amazon Redshift cluster. You can get the JDBC URL from your Amazon AWS Redshift cluster configuration page. Enter the JDBC URL in the following format: jdbc:redshift://<cluster_endpoint>:<port_number>/<database_name>, where the endpoint includes the Redshift cluster name and region. For example, jdbc:redshift://infa-rs-cluster.abc.us-west-2.redshift.amazonaws.com:5439/rsdb In the example, - infa-rs-qa-cluster is the name of the Redshift cluster. - us-west-2.redshift.amazonaws.com is the Redshift cluster endpoint, which is the US West (Oregon) region. - 5439 is the port number for the Redshift cluster. - rsdb is the specific database instance in the Redshift cluster to which you want to connect.
Username	User name of your database instance in the Amazon Redshift cluster.
Password	Password of the Amazon Redshift database user.
Use EC2 Role to Assume Role	This property doesn't apply to a data loader task.
S3 IAM Role ARN	The Amazon Resource Number (ARN) of the IAM role assumed by the IAM user or EC2 to use the dynamically generated temporary security credentials to stage data in Amazon S3. This property applies when you want to generate temporary security credentials to access the S3 staging buckets by using either the EC2 instance or the IAM user who assumes the S3 IAM role. Specify the S3 IAM role name to use the temporary security credentials to access the Amazon S3 staging bucket. For more information about how to get the ARN of the S3 IAM role, see the AWS documentation.

Advanced settings

The following table describes the advanced connection properties for default authentication:

Properties	Description
S3 Access Key ID	Access key ID of the IAM user to access the Amazon S3 staging bucket. Enter the access key ID when you use the following methods for S3 staging: - When the IAM user has access to S3 staging. - When the IAM user who assumes the S3 IAM role uses the temporary security credentials to access S3. The S3 access key ID is only validated at runtime, so verify its accuracy before saving the connection to prevent runtime errors.
S3 Secret Access Key	Secret access key to access the Amazon S3 staging bucket. The secret access key is associated with the access key ID and uniquely identifies the account. Enter the secret access key value when you use following methods for S3 staging: - When the IAM user has access to S3 staging. - When the IAM user who assumes the S3 IAM role uses the temporary security credentials to access S3. The S3 secret access key is only validated at runtime, so verify its accuracy before saving the connection to prevent runtime errors.
S3 VPC Endpoint Type	The type of Amazon Virtual Private Cloud endpoint for Amazon S3. You can use a VPC endpoint to enable private communication with Amazon S3. Select one of the following options: - Default. Select if you do not want to use a VPC endpoint. - Interface Endpoint. Select to establish private communication with Amazon S3 through an interface endpoint which uses a private IP address from the IP address range of your subnet. It serves as an entry point for traffic destined to an AWS service.
Endpoint DNS Name for Amazon S3	The DNS name for the Amazon S3 interface endpoint. Replace the asterisk symbol with the bucket keyword in the DNS name. Enter the DNS name in the following format: bucket.<DNS name of the interface endpoint> For example, bucket.vpce-s3.us-west-2.vpce.amazonaws.com
STS VPC Endpoint Type	The type of Amazon Virtual Private Cloud endpoint for AWS Security Token Service. You can use a VPC endpoint to enable private communication with Amazon Security Token Service. Select one of the following options: - Default. Select if you do not want to use a VPC endpoint. - Interface Endpoint. Select to establish private communication with Amazon Security Token Service through an interface endpoint which uses a private IP address from the IP address range of your subnet.
Endpoint DNS Name for AWS STS	The DNS name for the AWS STS interface endpoint. For example, vpce-01f22cc14558c241f-s8039x4c.sts.us-west-2.vpce.amazonaws.com
KMS VPC Endpoint Type	The type of Amazon Virtual Private Cloud endpoint for AWS Key Management Service. You can use a VPC endpoint to enable private communication with Amazon Key Management Service. Select one of the following options: - Default. Select if you do not want to use a VPC endpoint. - Interface Endpoint. Select to establish private communication with Amazon Key Management Service through an interface endpoint which uses a private IP address from the IP address range of your subnet.
Endpoint DNS Name for AWS KMS	The DNS name for the AWS KMS interface endpoint. For example, vpce-0e722f5c721e19232-g2pkm2r7.kms.us-west-2.vpce.amazonaws.com
External ID	The external ID associated with the IAM role. You can specify the external ID if you want to provide a more secure access to the Amazon S3 bucket. The Amazon S3 staging bucket and the IAM role can be in the same or different AWS accounts. If required, you also have the option to specify the external ID in the AssumeRole request to the AWS Security Token Service (STS) using an external ID condition in the assumed IAM role's trust policy. For more information about using an external ID, see External ID when granting access to your AWS resources.
Cluster Region	The AWS cluster region in which the Redshift cluster resides. Select the cluster region from the list if you choose to provide a custom JDBC URL with a different cluster region from that specified in the JDBC URL field property. To continue to use the cluster region name specified in the JDBC URL field property, select None as the cluster region in this property. You can only read data from or write data to the cluster regions supported by the AWS SDK. Select one of the following cluster regions: None Asia Pacific(Mumbai) Asia Pacific(Seoul) Asia Pacific(Singapore) Asia Pacific(Sydney) Asia Pacific(Tokyo) Asia Pacific(Hong Kong) AWS GovCloud (US) AWS GovCloud (US-East) Canada(Central) China(Bejing) China(Ningxia) EU(Ireland) EU(Frankfurt) EU(Paris) EU(Stockholm) South America(Sao Paulo) Middle East(Bahrain) US East(N. Virginia) US East(Ohio) US West(N. California) US West(Oregon) Default is None.
Connection Environment SQL	The SQL statement to set up the database environment that applies for the entire session. Separate multiple values with a semicolon (;). Specify only the configurations for the database environment in the SQL statement. Do not specify any DDL or DML commands in the SQL statement.
Master Symmetric Key	You cannot use client-side encryption type for Amazon Redshift V2 Connector. Hence, if you specify the master symmetric key, it is ignored.
Customer Master Key ID	The customer master key ID generated by AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) or the ARN of your custom key for cross-account access when you stage data in Amazon S3. The customer master key serves to encrypt your data at the destination before they are saved in Amazon S3. You can either enter the customer-generated customer master key ID or the default customer master key ID.

Redshift IAM Authentication via AssumeRole

The Redshift AssumeRole authentication enables the user to assume an IAM role or define an EC2 role configured with required trust policies to generate temporary security credentials to access Amazon Redshift.

The following table describes the basic connection properties for Redshift IAM AssumeRole authentication:

Properties	Description
JDBC URL	The JDBC URL to connect to the Amazon Redshift cluster. You can get the JDBC URL from your Amazon AWS Redshift cluster configuration page. Enter the JDBC URL in the following format: jdbc:redshift://<cluster_endpoint>:<port_number>/<database_name>, where the endpoint includes the Redshift cluster name and region. For example, jdbc:redshift://infa-rs-cluster.abc.us-west-2.redshift.amazonaws.com:5439/rsdb In the example, - infa-rs-qa-cluster is the name of the Redshift cluster. - us-west-2.redshift.amazonaws.com is the Redshift cluster endpoint, which is the US West (Oregon) region. - 5439 is the port number for the Redshift cluster. - rsdb is the specific database instance in the Redshift cluster to which you want to connect.
Username	User name of your database instance in the Amazon Redshift cluster.
Cluster Identifier	The unique identifier of the cluster that hosts Amazon Redshift. Specify the Amazon Redshift cluster name.
Database Name	Name of the Amazon Redshift database where the tables that you want to access are stored.
Redshift IAM Role ARN	The Amazon Resource Number (ARN) of the IAM role assumed by EC2 to use the dynamically generated temporary security credentials to access Amazon Redshift. Enter the Redshift IAM role ARN to access the Amazon Redshift cluster.
Use EC2 Role to Assume Role	This property doesn't apply to a data loader task.
S3 IAM Role ARN	The Amazon Resource Number (ARN) of the S3 IAM role assumed by the IAM user or EC2 to use the dynamically generated temporary security credentials to stage data in Amazon S3. This property applies when you want to generate the temporary security credentials to access the S3 staging buckets by using either the EC2 instance or the IAM user who assumes the S3 IAM role. Specify the S3 IAM role name to use the temporary security credentials to access the Amazon S3 staging bucket. For more information about how to get the ARN of the IAM role, see the AWS documentation.

Advanced settings

The following table describes the advanced connection properties for Redshift IAM AssumeRole authentication:

Properties	Description
Redshift Access Key ID	The access key of the IAM user that has permissions to assume the Redshift IAM AssumeRole ARN. This property doesn't apply to Amazon Redshift AssumeRole authentication with EC2 role.
Redshift Secret Access Key	The secret access key of the IAM user that has permissions to assume the Redshift IAM Assume Role ARN. This property doesn't apply to Amazon Redshift AssumeRole authentication with EC2 role.
Database Group	The name of the database group to which you want to add the database user when you select the Auto Create DBUser option in this connection property. The user that you add to this database group inherits the specified group privileges. If you do not specify a database group name, the user is added to the public group and inherits its associated privileges. You can also enter multiple database groups, separated by a comma, to add the user to each of the specified database groups.
Expiration Time	The time duration that the password for the Amazon Redshift database user expires. Specify a value between 900 seconds and 3600 seconds. Default is 900.
Auto Create DBUser	Select to create a new Amazon Redshift database user at run time. The agent adds the user you specified in the Username field to the database group. The added user assumes the privileges assigned to the database group. Default is disabled.
S3 Access Key ID	Access key of the IAM user to access the Amazon S3 staging bucket. Enter the access key ID when you use the following methods for S3 staging: - When the IAM user has access to S3 staging. - When the IAM user who assumes the S3 IAM role uses the temporary security credentials to access S3. The S3 access key ID is only validated at runtime, so verify its accuracy before saving the connection to prevent runtime errors.
S3 Secret Access Key	Secret access key to access the Amazon S3 staging bucket. The secret key is associated with the access key and uniquely identifies the account. Enter the secret access key value when you use following methods for S3 staging: - When the IAM user has access to S3 staging. - When the IAM user who assumes the S3 IAM role uses the temporary security credentials to access S3. The S3 secret access key is only validated at runtime, so verify its accuracy before saving the connection to prevent runtime errors.
S3 VPC Endpoint Type	The type of Amazon Virtual Private Cloud endpoint for Amazon S3. You can use a VPC endpoint to enable private communication with Amazon S3. Select one of the following options: - Default. Select if you do not want to use a VPC endpoint. - Interface Endpoint. Select to establish private communication with Amazon S3 through an interface endpoint which uses a private IP address from the IP address range of your subnet. It serves as an entry point for traffic destined to an AWS service.
Endpoint DNS Name for Amazon S3	The DNS name for the Amazon S3 interface endpoint. Replace the asterisk symbol with the bucket keyword in the DNS name. Enter the DNS name in the following format: bucket.<DNS name of the interface endpoint> For example, bucket.vpce-s3.us-west-2.vpce.amazonaws.com
STS VPC Endpoint Type	The type of Amazon Virtual Private Cloud endpoint for AWS Security Token Service. You can use a VPC endpoint to enable private communication with Amazon Security Token Service. Select one of the following options: - Default. Select if you do not want to use a VPC endpoint. - Interface Endpoint. Select to establish private communication with Amazon Security Token Service through an interface endpoint which uses a private IP address from the IP address range of your subnet.
Endpoint DNS Name for AWS STS	The DNS name for the AWS STS interface endpoint. For example, vpce-01f22cc14558c241f-s8039x4c.sts.us-west-2.vpce.amazonaws.com
KMS VPC Endpoint Type	The type of Amazon Virtual Private Cloud endpoint for AWS Key Management Service. You can use a VPC endpoint to enable private communication with Amazon Key Management Service. Select one of the following options: - Default. Select if you do not want to use a VPC endpoint. - Interface Endpoint. Select to establish private communication with Amazon Key Management Service through an interface endpoint which uses a private IP address from the IP address range of your subnet.
Endpoint DNS Name for AWS KMS	The DNS name for the AWS KMS interface endpoint. For example, vpce-0e722f5c721e19232-g2pkm2r7.kms.us-west-2.vpce.amazonaws.com
External ID	The external ID associated with the IAM role. You can specify the external ID if you want to provide a more secure access to the Amazon S3 bucket when the Amazon S3 staging bucket is in same or different AWS accounts. If required, you also have the option to specify the external ID in the AssumeRole request to the AWS Security Token Service (STS) using an external ID condition in the assumed IAM role's trust policy. For more information about using an external ID, see External ID when granting access to your AWS resources.
Cluster Region	The AWS geographical region in which the Redshift cluster resides. Select the cluster region from the list if you choose to provide a custom JDBC URL with a different cluster region from that specified in the JDBC URL field property. To continue to use the cluster region name specified in the JDBC URL field property, select None as the cluster region in this property. You can only read data from or write data to the cluster regions supported by the AWS SDK. Select one of the following cluster regions: None Asia Pacific(Mumbai) Asia Pacific(Seoul) Asia Pacific(Singapore) Asia Pacific(Sydney) Asia Pacific(Tokyo) Asia Pacific(Hong Kong) AWS GovCloud (US) AWS GovCloud (US-East) Canada(Central) China(Bejing) China(Ningxia) EU(Ireland) EU(Frankfurt) EU(Paris) EU(Stockholm) South America(Sao Paulo) Middle East(Bahrain) US East(N. Virginia) US East(Ohio) US West(N. California) US West(Oregon) Default is None.
Connection Environment SQL	The SQL statement to set up the database environment that applies for the entire session. Separate multiple values with a semicolon (;). Specify only the configurations for the database environment in the SQL statement. Do not specify any DDL or DML commands in the SQL statement.
Master Symmetric Key	You cannot use client-side encryption type for Amazon Redshift V2 Connector. Hence, if you specify the master symmetric key, it is ignored.
Customer Master Key ID	The customer master key ID generated by AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) or the ARN of your custom key for cross-account access when you stage data in Amazon S3. The customer master key serves to encrypt your data at the destination before they are saved in Amazon S3. You can either enter the customer-generated customer master key ID or the default customer master key ID. For more information about how to configure server-side encryption, see Enable encryption.