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layout: docs
page_title: Redshift - Database - Secrets Engines
description: |-
  Redshift is a supported plugin for the database secrets engine.
  This plugin generates database credentials dynamically based on configured
  roles for the AWS Redshift database service.
---

# Redshift Database Secrets Engine

Redshift is a supported plugin for the database secrets engine. This
plugin generates database credentials dynamically based on configured roles for
the AWS Redshift database service, and also supports [Static
Roles](/vault/docs/secrets/databases#static-roles).

See the [database secrets engine](/vault/docs/secrets/databases) docs for
more information about setting up the database secrets engine.

## Capabilities

| Plugin Name                | Root Credential Rotation | Dynamic Roles | Static Roles | Username Customization |
| -------------------------- | ------------------------ | ------------- | ------------ | ---------------------- |
| `redshift-database-plugin` | Yes                      | Yes           | Yes          | Yes (1.8+)             |

## Setup

1.  Enable the database secrets engine if it is not already enabled:

    ```text
    $ vault secrets enable database
    Success! Enabled the database secrets engine at: database/
    ```

    By default, the secrets engine will enable at the name of the engine. To
    enable the secrets engine at a different path, use the `-path` argument.

1.  Configure Vault with the proper plugin and connection information to access your Redshift database:

    ```text
    $ vault write database/config/my-redshift-database \
        plugin_name=redshift-database-plugin \
        allowed_roles="my-role" \
        connection_url="postgresql://{{username}}:{{password}}@localhost:5432/<optional: db-name>" \
        username="vaultuser" \
        password="vaultpass"
    ```

1.  Configure a role that maps a name in Vault to a SQL statement to execute which
    creates the database credential:

    ```text
    $ vault write database/roles/my-role \
        db_name=my-redshift-database \
        creation_statements="CREATE USER \"{{name}}\" WITH PASSWORD '{{password}}' VALID UNTIL '{{expiration}}'; \
            GRANT SELECT ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA public TO \"{{name}}\";" \
        default_ttl="1h" \
        max_ttl="24h"
    Success! Data written to: database/roles/my-role
    ```

## Usage

After the secrets engine is configured and a user/machine has a Vault token with
the proper permission, it can generate credentials.

1.  Generate a new credential by reading from the `/creds` endpoint with the name
    of the role:

    ```text
    $ vault read database/creds/my-role
    Key                Value
    ---                -----
    lease_id           database/creds/my-role/2f6a614c-4aa2-7b19-24b9-ad944a8d4de6
    lease_duration     1h
    lease_renewable    true
    password           FFdcFM1vSFc-9sVhyTPY
    username           v-vaultuse-my-role-zi0460sr1hwm98qugxu8-1602542706
    ```

## API

The full list of configurable options can be seen in the [Redshift database
plugin API](/vault/api-docs/secret/databases/redshift) page.

For more information on the database secrets engine's HTTP API please see the
[Database secrets engine API](/vault/api-docs/secret/databases) page.
