Managing infrastructure security
Amazon VPC allows you to launch Amazon Redshift clusters in a logically isolated virtual network in which you define the IP address range and subnets and configure the infrastructure security. When you provision an Amazon Redshift cluster, it is locked down by default, so nobody has access to it. To grant inbound access to an Amazon Redshift cluster, you associate the cluster using the security group. Having your Amazon Redshift cluster by following the least access security principle is a best practice.
Getting ready
To complete this recipe, you will need the following setup:
- An IAM user with access to Amazon VPC, Amazon EC2, and Amazon Redshift
- Access to any SQL interface such as a SQL client or the Amazon Redshift Query Editor
How to do it
In this recipe, you will launch an Amazon Redshift cluster inside a custom VPC and subnet using the following steps:
- Navigate to the AWS Console and select the VPC service...