Creating an Amazon Redshift cluster using the AWS Console
The AWS Management Console allows you to interactively create an Amazon Redshift cluster via a browser-based user interface. It also recommends the right cluster configuration based on the size of your workload. Once the cluster has been created, you can use the Console to monitor the health of the cluster and diagnose query performance issues from a unified dashboard.
Getting ready
To complete this recipe, you will need the following:
- A new or existing AWS Account. If new AWS accounts need to be created, go to https://portal.aws.amazon.com/billing/signup, enter the necessary information, and follow the steps on the site.
- An IAM user with access to Amazon Redshift.
How to do it…
Follow these steps to create a cluster with minimal parameters:
- Navigate to the AWS Management Console and select Amazon Redshift: https://console.aws.amazon.com/redshiftv2/.
- Choose the AWS region (
eu-west...