Amazon Redshift User Manual

Creating a Security Group
To create a security group
1. Sign into the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon Redshift console at
https://console.aws.amazon.com/redshift.
2. In the navigation pane, click Security Groups.
3. Click Create Cluster Security Group.
4. In the Create Cluster Security Group dialog box, specify a cluster security group name and
description.
5. Click Create.
The new group will be displayed in the list of security groups.
Managing Ingress Rules for a Security Group
To manage ingress rules for a security group
1. Sign into the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon Redshift console at
https://console.aws.amazon.com/redshift.
2. In the navigation pane, click Security Groups.
3. In the security group list, click the row of the security group whose rules you want to manage.
In the example below, securitygroup1 is selected. It has no ingress rules defined.
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Amazon Redshift Management Guide
Creating a Security Group

Amazon Redshift Specifications

General

Provider	Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Query Language	SQL
Data Storage	Columnar storage
Security	Encryption at rest and in transit, VPC, IAM
Backup	Automated and manual snapshots
Deployment	Cloud-based
Type	Cloud-based data warehouse service
Primary Use	Data warehousing, analytics
Integration	Integrates with AWS services, BI tools, and ETL tools
Pricing Model	On-demand and reserved instance pricing
Data Compression	Columnar storage with data compression
Performance Optimization	Query optimization