Exploring RedShift

Sign in to **AWS Management Console** as an **IAM User** **Pre-requisite** - Ensure you have selected the AWS region closest to your location\ For this guide, we will be using us-east-1 (N. Virginia) as a preferred choice

Type **Amazon Redshift** in the search bar and click on **Amazon Redshift** to view the Amazon Redshift page

On the **Amazon Redshift** page click on **Create cluster** on the right side of the page

The Cluster creation wizard will open, under the **Cluster configuration** section give the **Cluster identifier** as "**redshift-cluster-1**" Choose the size of the cluster as **I'll choose** and select the Node type

Scroll to the **Configuration summary** section to review the cluster's configuration details and its cost

Scroll to the **Database configurations** section and specify the Admin user name as "**awsuser**", and under the Admin password section select **Manage admin credentials in AWS Secrets Manager**

Scroll to the **Cluster permissions** section, Here you can manage the permissions for the clusters, including configuring **IAM roles** as needed

Scroll to the **Additional configurations** section and configure any additional settings for the cluster as needed, or leave them as default

Scroll the page and click on **Create Cluster** button to initiate the Cluster creation process

To set or view Queries and Loads, click on the **Queries and Loads** option from the left bar

**Queries and Loads** wizard will open, where you can view and manage your queries and loads

To edit your query, click on the **Query editor** option from the left bar

The Query Editor wizard will open, where you can add queries On the right side, you can click on the **Connect to database** button to connect to the database

To view the Endpoints of the cluster, click on the **Configurations** option from the left bar

The Configurations wizard will open. On the right side, click on the **Create endpoint** button to create an endpoint