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Cluster Subnet Group

Select the Amazon Redshift subnet group in which to launch the cluster.

Note

This option is available only for clusters in a VPC.

Publicly Accessible

Click Yes to enable connections to the cluster from outside of the VPC in which you launch

the cluster. Click No if you want to limit connections to the cluster from only within the VPC.

Note

This option is available only for clusters in a VPC.

Choose a Public IP Address

If you set Publicly Accessible to Yes, click No here to have Amazon Redshift to provide

an Elastic IP (EIP) for the cluster, or click Yes if you want to use an EIP that you have

created and manage. If you have Amazon Redshift create the EIP, it is managed by Amazon

Redshift.

Note

This option is available only for clusters in a VPC where Publicly Accessible is

Yes.

Elastic IP

Select the EIP that you want to use to connect to the cluster from outside of the VPC.

Note

This option is available only for clusters in a VPC where Publicly Accessible and

Choose a Public IP Address are Yes.

Availability Zone

Click No Preference to have Amazon Redshift select the Availability Zone that the cluster

will be created in. Otherwise, select a specific Availability Zone.

c. Under Optionally, associate your cluster with one or more security groups, specify values

for the following options:

Cluster Security Groups

Select an Amazon Redshift security group or groups for the cluster. By default, the selected

security group is the default security group. For more information about cluster security

groups, see Amazon Redshift Cluster Security Groups (p. 43).

Note

This option is only available if you launch your cluster in the EC2-Classic platform.

VPC Security Groups

Select a VPC security group or groups for the cluster. By default, the selected security group

is the default VPC security group. For more information about VPC security groups, go to

Security Groups for Your VPC in the Amazon VPC User Guide.

Note

This option is only available if you launch your cluster in the EC2-VPC platform.

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Amazon Redshift Management Guide

Creating a Cluster