Redshift

Connect to Amazon Redshift using the PostgreSQL connector.

Amazon Redshift is a columnar OLAP database compatible with PostgreSQL. To connect Redshift to Spice, use the PostgreSQL data connector and specify the Redshift cluster connection parameters.

Configuration

from

Use the format postgres:schema.table to reference a Redshift table. The connector parameters should match your Redshift cluster settings.

Example Spicepod

version: v1beta1
kind: Spicepod
name: tpch-read
datasets:
  - from: postgres:public.customer
    name: customer
    params:
      pg_host: ${secrets:PG_HOST}
      pg_port: 5439
      pg_sslmode: prefer
      pg_db: dev
      pg_user: ${secrets:PG_USER}
      pg_pass: ${secrets:PG_PASS}
    acceleration:
      enabled: true

  - from: postgres:public.lineitem
    name: lineitem
    params:
      pg_host: ${secrets:PG_HOST}
      pg_port: 5439
      pg_sslmode: prefer
      pg_db: dev
      pg_user: ${secrets:PG_USER}
      pg_pass: ${secrets:PG_PASS}
    acceleration:
      enabled: true

  - from: postgres:public.nation
    name: nation
    params:
      pg_host: ${secrets:PG_HOST}
      pg_port: 5439
      pg_sslmode: prefer
      pg_db: dev
      pg_user: ${secrets:PG_USER}
      pg_pass: ${secrets:PG_PASS}
    acceleration:
      enabled: true

  - from: postgres:public.orders
    name: orders
    params:
      pg_host: ${secrets:PG_HOST}
      pg_port: 5439
      pg_sslmode: prefer
      pg_db: dev
      pg_user: ${secrets:PG_USER}
      pg_pass: ${secrets:PG_PASS}
    acceleration:
      enabled: true

  - from: postgres:public.part
    name: part
    params:
      pg_host: ${secrets:PG_HOST}
      pg_port: 5439
      pg_sslmode: prefer
      pg_db: dev
      pg_user: ${secrets:PG_USER}
      pg_pass: ${secrets:PG_PASS}
    acceleration:
      enabled: true

  - from: postgres:public.partsupp
    name: partsupp
    params:
      pg_host: ${secrets:PG_HOST}
      pg_port: 5439
      pg_sslmode: prefer
      pg_db: dev
      pg_user: ${secrets:PG_USER}
      pg_pass: ${secrets:PG_PASS}
    acceleration:
      enabled: true

  - from: postgres:public.region
    name: region
    params:
      pg_host: ${secrets:PG_HOST}
      pg_port: 5439
      pg_sslmode: prefer
      pg_db: dev
      pg_user: ${secrets:PG_USER}
      pg_pass: ${secrets:PG_PASS}
    acceleration:
      enabled: true

  - from: postgres:public.supplier
    name: supplier
    params:
      pg_host: ${secrets:PG_HOST}
      pg_port: 5439
      pg_sslmode: prefer
      pg_db: dev
      pg_user: ${secrets:PG_USER}
      pg_pass: ${secrets:PG_PASS}
    acceleration:
      enabled: true

Parameters

Parameter Name	Description
pg_host	Hostname or IP address of the Redshift cluster
pg_port	Port for Redshift (default: 5439)
pg_sslmode	SSL mode (e.g., prefer)
pg_db	Database name
pg_user	Username for authentication
pg_pass	Password for authentication (use secret reference)

Supported Types

Redshift types are mapped to PostgreSQL types. See the PostgreSQL connector documentation for details on supported types and configuration.

References

• Amazon Redshift Documentation

• PostgreSQL Connector Documentation