Amazon Redshift connection
Last updated: May 06, 2025
To access your data in Amazon Redshift, create a connection asset for it.
Amazon Redshift is a data warehouse product that forms part of the larger cloud-computing platform Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Create a connection to Amazon Redshift
To create the connection asset, you need these connection details:
- Database name
- Hostname or IP address
- Port number
- Username and password
- SSL certificate (if required by the database server)
Choose the method for creating a connection based on where you are in the platform
- In a project
- Click Assets > New asset > Connect to a data source. See Adding a connection to a project.
- In a catalog
- Click Add to catalog > Connection. See Adding a connection asset to a catalog.
- In a deployment space
- Click Import assets > Data access > Connection. See Adding data assets to a deployment space.
- In the Platform assets catalog
- Click New connection. See Adding platform connections.
Next step: Add data assets from the connection
Amazon Redshift setup
See Amazon Redshift setup prerequisites for setup information.
Running SQL statements
To ensure that your SQL statements run correctly, refer to the Amazon Redshift documentation for the correct syntax.
Learn more
Parent topic: Supported connections
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