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Set up cross-account AWS Glue Data Catalog access using AWS Lake Formation and AWS IAM Identity Center with Amazon Redshift and Amazon QuickSight

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This article covers how to set up cross-account access to AWS Glue Data Catalog using AWS Lake Formation and AWS IAM Identity Center, allowing Amazon Redshift and Amazon QuickSight to access data across different AWS accounts.

Specifically, the article covers:

  • Configuring AWS Lake Formation in the account hosting the data lake, including creating AWS Glue resources, registering the S3 bucket location, enabling IAM Identity Center integration, and granting permissions to IAM Identity Center groups
  • Configuring Amazon Redshift in another account to access the cross-account AWS Glue resources using IAM Identity Center users and groups
  • Subscribing to Amazon QuickSight in the same account as Redshift, enabling trusted identity propagation, and testing the integration with IAM Identity Center and Redshift
  • Conclusion and clean-up steps
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