Amazon Redshift

Create an Amazon S3 Datasource
Navigate to: Resources > Data Sources
Select the Amazon Redshift Icon:
Data Source Inputs
Name (required)
Description (optional)
Host (required)
Redshift Cluster Endpoint
Do not add Port or Database to the end of the host url
Example: redshift-cluster.sda23451.us-west-1.redshift.amazonaws.com
Port (required)
Database (optional)
Credential Type: See Data Source Security​
Username (required - can be entered later)
A master username and password will be set upon creating the Redshift database
Password (required - can be entered later)
Use Amazon Redshift
Read
Python
Scala
PySpark
R
SQL
Python
%python
import pandas as pd
​
# Open a connection and create a cursor object to perform database operations
conn = z.getDatasource("zepl_docs_redshift")
cur = conn.cursor()
​
### Option 1: Read into Python Pandas DataFrame object ###
df = pd.read_sql_query("SELECT * FROM zepl_doc;", conn)
​
### Option 2: Read into Python list object ###
cur.execute("SELECT * FROM zepl_doc;")
res = cur.fetchall()
​
# Display Results from dataframe (df) or list object (res)
z.show(df)
​
# Make the changes to the database persistent
conn.commit()
​
# Close communication with the database
cur.close()
conn.close()
Use z.getDatasource()  to return Redshift connection object: psycopg2.extensions.connection​
Scala
%spark
val df = z.getDatasource("zepl_docs_redshift")
  .asInstanceOf[org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrameReader]
  .option("dbtable", "<table name>")
  .load()
​
z.show(df)
PySpark
Option 1: Using Python to connect to Redshift:
%pyspark
import pandas as pd
​
#Open a connection and create a cursor object to perform database operations
conn = z.getDatasource("zepl_docs_redshift")
cur = conn.cursor()
​
### Option 1: Read into Python Pandas DataFrame object ###
df = pd.read_sql_query("SELECT * FROM zepl_doc;", conn)
​
### Option 2: Read into Python list object ###
cur.execute("SELECT * FROM zepl_doc;")
res = cur.fetchall()
​
# Display Results from dataframe (df) or list object (res)
z.show(df)
​
# Make the changes to the database persistent
conn.commit()
​
# Close communication with the database
cur.close()
conn.close()
Option 2: Using Scala to connect to Redshift and Reading temp table in Pyspark
%spark
val df = z.getDatasource("zepl_docs_redshift")
  .asInstanceOf[org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrameReader]
  .option("dbtable", "zepl_doc")
  .load()
  
// Un comment if need Pyspark to use SparkSQL DataFrame
df.registerTempTable("pass_to_pyspark")
%pyspark
# Read dataframe from Scala
df = sqlContext.sql("select * from pass_to_pyspark")
​
z.show(df)
R
First, Install required packages and make connection to Redshift
%r
# Reference Doc: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/connecting-r-with-amazon-redshift/
install.packages("RJDBC")
library(RJDBC)
​
# download Amazon Redshift JDBC driver
download.file('http://s3.amazonaws.com/redshift-downloads/drivers/RedshiftJDBC41-1.1.9.1009.jar','RedshiftJDBC41-1.1.9.1009.jar')
​
# connect to Amazon Redshift
driver <- JDBC("com.amazon.redshift.jdbc41.Driver", "RedshiftJDBC41-1.1.9.1009.jar", identifier.quote="`")
# Fill in the values below: "jdbc:redshift://<JDBCURL>:<PORT>/<DBNAME>?user=<USER>&password=<PW>"
url <- "jdbc:redshift://redshift-cluster.sdcedksis89.us-west-1.redshift.amazonaws.com:5439/dev?user=<username>&password=<password>"
conn <- dbConnect(driver, url)
Then, Execute queries
%r
res = dbGetQuery(conn, "select * from zepl_doc")
z.show(res)
For more information, see AWS Reference Documentation​
SQL
%datasource.zepl_docs_redshift
​
SELECT * FROM zepl_doc
Write
Python
R
Python
%python
#Open a connection and create a cursor object to perform database operations
conn = z.getDatasource("zepl_docs_redshift")
cur = conn.cursor()
​
# Create table called zepl_doc if not exists
cur.execute(""" create table IF NOT exists zepl_doc(
	salesid integer not null,
	listid varchar not null distkey) """)
​
# Insert data (100, "xyz") into the table zepl_doc
cur.execute("INSERT INTO zepl_doc (salesid, listid) VALUES (%s, %s)", (100, "xyz"))
​
# Persist changes to the database
conn.commit()
​
# Close communication with the database
cur.close()
conn.close()
Returned connection object from z.getDatasource(string): psycopg2.extensions.connection​
R
First, Install required packages and make connection to Redshift
%r
# Reference Doc: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/connecting-r-with-amazon-redshift/
install.packages("RJDBC")
library(RJDBC)
​
# download Amazon Redshift JDBC driver
download.file('http://s3.amazonaws.com/redshift-downloads/drivers/RedshiftJDBC41-1.1.9.1009.jar','RedshiftJDBC41-1.1.9.1009.jar')
​
# connect to Amazon Redshift
driver <- JDBC("com.amazon.redshift.jdbc41.Driver", "RedshiftJDBC41-1.1.9.1009.jar", identifier.quote="`")
# Fill in the values below: "jdbc:redshift://<JDBCURL>:<PORT>/<DBNAME>?user=<USER>&password=<PW>"
url <- "jdbc:redshift://redshift-cluster.sdcedksis89.us-west-1.redshift.amazonaws.com:5439/dev?user=<username>&password=<password>"
conn <- dbConnect(driver, url)
Then, Write to Redshift
%r
# Append values from the res object into zepl_doc table in Redshift
dbWriteTable(conn, "zepl_doc", res, append='True')
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Configure Authentication
Redshift must be accessible to Zepl's whitelisted IP addresses. This should be done as a Security Group in the AWS Console.
For fast and simple access, set the Redshift host to be publicly accessible 
The user associated with your user name and password must have access to the desired databases and tables
User should have read and write permissions on the desired databases and tables
AWS is constantly evolving - please review their documentation to ensure best practice
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Amazon Redshift

Create an Amazon S3 Datasource

Data Source Inputs

Use Amazon Redshift

Read

Write

First, Install required packages and make connection to Redshift

Then, Write to Redshift

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Configure Authentication

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