Redshift

Select the “Connectors” tab on the top page and press the “Create” button.

Enter the credentials for the database you want to connect to in the displayed form. If connecting via a remote server, check the “SSH” box and fill in the necessary fields.

After entering the information, press the Create button to complete the creation. If there are any errors in the parameters, an error message will be displayed, so please check the connection details again.

Once created successfully, you can get the connector name from the list display. The string next to the icon is connection_name. You can use this to connect to the database in your code.

Enter the created connector name in your SQL or Python code to retrieve data.

{{
    config(
        connection="connection_name"
    )
}}

select * from table_name

Run the morph init command to save the DB connection information in ~/.morph/connections.yml.

morph init

pip install morph-data

A list of database types will be displayed in the interactive interface, so select Redshift.

Select your database type:
1. PostgreSQL
2. MySQL
3. Redshift
4. SQLServer
5. Snowflake (User/Password)
6. BigQuery (Service Account)
Enter the number corresponding to your database type: 3

Redshift selected.

Next, enter the database credentials. slug is treated as the connector name, which you specify in SQL or Python.

Replace the following input examples with actual values that can connect.

Create a slug for your connection: redshift-connection
Enter your Redshift host (default: localhost): localhost
Enter your Redshift username: your_user_name
Enter your Redshift password: your_password
Enter your Redshift port (default: 5439): 5439
Enter your Redshift database name: your_database_name
Enter your Redshift schema name (default: public): public
Select if you are using SSH tunneling (y/n): n

Once the credentials are saved, the following message will be displayed.

Successfully initialized! 🎉
You can edit your connection details in `path_to_connections.yml`

connections.yml is saved as follows. If you create other connectors, they will be added under connections.

cat ~/.morph/connections.yml

connections:
  redshift-connection: # Connector name
    dbname: your_database_name
    host: localhost
    password: your_password
    port: 5439
    schema_: public
    ssh_host: null
    ssh_password: null
    ssh_port: null
    ssh_private_key: null
    ssh_user: null
    type: redshift # Fixed
    user: your_user_name

Enter the created connector name in your SQL or Python code to retrieve data.

{{
    config(
        connection="connection_name"
    )
}}

select * from table_name