Simplify access management with Amazon Redshift and AWS Lake Formation for users in an External Identity Provider
Big Data Blog
This article discusses how to simplify access management by propagating user identity from an external identity provider across Amazon Redshift and AWS Lake Formation using AWS IAM Identity Center.
Specifically, the article covers:
- Solution overview and prerequisites
- Use case 1: Setting up Redshift Spectrum with Lake Formation to allow access based on external identities
- Use case 2: Setting up Redshift data sharing with Lake Formation to allow access based on external identities
- Clean up steps to delete the resources created
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