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# Amazon Redshift Connector 1.2

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Anypoint Connector for Amazon Redshift (Amazon Redshift Connector) is a bulk-load connector that
enables you to connect to Amazon Redshift database to perform inserts, deletes, updates, and to
execute SQL queries.

For compatibility information and fixed issues, see the Amazon Redshift Connector Release Notes.

## Before You Begin

To use this connector, you must be familiar with:

- The Amazon Redshift API

- Anypoint Connectors

- Mule runtime (Mule)

- Elements and global elements in a Mule flow

- Creating a Mule app using Anypoint Studio or Anypoint Code Builder

Before creating an app, you must have:

- Credentials to access the Amazon Redshift target resource

- Anypoint Platform

- Anypoint Studio or Anypoint Code Builder

## Common Use Cases for the Connector

Some possible uses for this connector include:

- Analytics

  Amazon Redshift operates as an optimized data warehouse that can store large volumes of data,
  which can then be analyzed using a business intelligence (BI) tool such as Tableau.

- Real-time processing of social media feeds

  Stream data from your social media feeds, such as a Twitter feed, into Amazon Kinesis Data
  Streams, and then store that data in a data warehouse, such as Amazon Redshift to perform
  real-time analytics.

## Authentication Types

Amazon Redshift Connector uses the following connection methods:

- Basic authentication, which uses **user** and **password** field values to connect to the database

- IAM authentication, which uses **access key** and **secret key** field values to retrieve the
  temporary password for the specified user in order to connect to the database

## See Also

- [Introduction to Anypoint Connectors](https://docs.mulesoft.com/connectors/introduction/introduction-to-anypoint-connectors)

- [Use Exchange to Discover Connectors, Templates, and Examples](https://docs.mulesoft.com/connectors/introduction/intro-use-exchange)

- [Amazon Redshift Reference](https://docs.mulesoft.com/amazon-redshift-connector/latest/amazon-redshift-connector-reference)

- [Salesforce Help](https://help.salesforce.com)