Prepare to run the Amazon Redshift collector

Create a Redshift user and configure permissions before running the collector.

Before you begin

Role required: admin

About this task

Run the following SQL statements to set up a new user with appropriate permissions to harvest from Redshift. For information about Redshift permissions, see the Redshift GRANT documentation.

Procedure

1. Create a user.

   CREATE USER ddw_user PASSWORD '<password>';

   Replace <password> with a secure password.

2. Grant permissions to the user.

   Run these commands for each schema you want to collect. Replace <schemaName> with your schema name.

   -- Grant USAGE access to the target schema
                 GRANT USAGE ON SCHEMA <schemaName> TO ddw_user;
             -- Grant USAGE access to pg_catalog schema for stored procedures and extended metadata
                 GRANT USAGE ON SCHEMA pg_catalog TO ddw_user;
             -- Grant SELECT access on all tables in the target schema
                 GRANT SELECT ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA <schemaName> TO ddw_user;
             -- Grant SELECT access on all tables in pg_catalog schema for stored procedures and extended metadata
                 GRANT SELECT ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA pg_catalog TO ddw_user;