Cluster identifiers must meet the following conditions:
• Must contain from 1 to 63 alphanumeric characters or hyphens.
• Alphabetic characters must be lowercase.
• First character must be a letter.
• Cannot end with a hyphen or contain two consecutive hyphens.
• Must be unique for all clusters within an AWS account.
b.
(Optional) In the Database Name box, type a name for the first database that will be created
for the cluster. If you leave this box empty, the database will be named dev. If you choose a
name it must meet the following conditions:
• Must contain 1 to 64 alphanumeric characters.
• Must contain only lowercase letters.
• Cannot be a reserved word. A list of reserved words can be found in
Reserved Words
in
the Amazon Redshift Developer Guide.
c.
In the Database Port box, type a database port through which you will connect to the database
instance.
d.
In the Master User Name box, specify an account name for the master user of the database.
Master user names must meet the following conditions:
• Must contain from 1 to 128 alphanumeric characters.
• First character must be a letter.
• Cannot be a reserved word. For a list of reserved words, go to
Reserved Words
in the Amazon
Redshift Developer Guide.
e.
In the Master User Password and Confirm Password boxes, type a password for the master
user account and confirm the password.
Passwords must meet the following conditions:
• Must be between 8 and 64 characters in length.
• Must contain at least one uppercase letter.
• Must contain at least one lowercase letter.
• Must contain one number.
• Can be any printable ASCII character (ASCII code 33 to 126) except ' (single quote), " (double
quote), \, /, @, or space.
In the following example,
examplecluster
is the cluster identifier, no database name is
specified, 5439 is the port and
masteruser
is the master user name.
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Amazon Redshift Management Guide
Creating a Cluster
