Amazon Redshift User Manual

Policy Elements for Amazon Redshift
The Element Descriptions section of the AWS Identity and Access Management Using IAM guide describes
elements you can use in a policy. For policies that you create for Amazon Redshift, note the following
about specific policy elements:
• Resource – Amazon Redshift does not differentiate among resources for purposes of IAM permissions.
Therefore you must specify a "*" as the value of the Resource element in a policy.
Action – Amazon Redshift supports policies to provide access to individual Amazon Redshift API
actions.The Action element identifies one or more Amazon Redshift actions that are allowed or denied.
For a complete list of Amazon Redshift actions, go to Actions in the Amazon Redshift API Reference.
API LinkAction
AuthorizeClusterSecurityGroupIngressredshift:AuthorizeClusterSecurityGroupIngress
CopyClusterSnapshotredshift:CopyClusterSnapshot
CreateClusterredshift:CreateCluster
CreateClusterParameterGroupredshift:CreateClusterParameterGroup
CreateClusterSecurityGroupredshift:CreateClusterSecurityGroup
CreateClusterSnapshotredshift:CreateClusterSnapshot
CreateClusterSubnetGroupredshift:CreateClusterSubnetGroup
DeleteClusterredshift:DeleteCluster
DeleteClusterParameterGroupredshift:DeleteClusterParameterGroup
DeleteClusterSecurityGroupredshift:DeleteClusterSecurityGroup
DeleteClusterSnapshotredshift:DeleteClusterSnapshot
DeleteClusterSubnetGroupredshift:DeleteClusterSubnetGroup
DescribeClusterParameterGroupsredshift:DescribeClusterParameterGroups
DescribeClusterParametersredshift:DescribeClusterParameters
DescribeClusterSecurityGroupsredshift:DescribeClusterSecurityGroups
DescribeClusterSnapshotsredshift:DescribeClusterSnapshots
DescribeClusterSubnetGroupsredshift:DescribeClusterSubnetGroups
DescribeClusterVersionsredshift:DescribeClusterVersions
DescribeClustersredshift:DescribeClusters
DescribeDefaultClusterParametersredshift:DescribeDefaultClusterParameters
DescribeEventsredshift:DescribeEvents
DescribeOrderableClusterOptionsredshift:DescribeOrderableClusterOptions
DescribeReservedNodeOfferingsredshift:DescribeReservedNodeOfferings
DescribeReservedNodesredshift:DescribeReservedNodes
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Amazon Redshift Management Guide
Policy Elements for Amazon Redshift

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