MCP Server for Amazon Redshift

Build 25.0.9440

Connection String Options

The connection string properties are the various options that can be used to establish a connection. This section provides a complete list of the options you can configure in the connection string for this provider. Click the links for further details.

Authentication


PropertyDescription
AuthSchemeThe type of authentication to use when connecting to Amazon Redshift.
ServerThe host name or IP address of the Amazon Redshift cluster.
PortThe port number of the Amazon Redshift server.
DatabaseThe name of the Amazon Redshift database.
UserSpecifies the authenticating user's user ID.
PasswordSpecifies the authenticating user's password.
UseSSLThis field sets whether SSL is enabled.
VisibilityFilters metadata for the user's permitted tables as a comma-separated list of queries. For example, to restrict visibility for SELECT and INSERT queries, specify 'SELECT,INSERT'. Permitted values: SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE.

AWS Authentication


PropertyDescription
AWSAccessKeyYour AWS account access key or the access key for an authorized IAM user.
AWSSecretKeyYour AWS account secret key or the secret key for an authorized IAM user.
AutoCreateSpecify true to create a database user with the name specified for User if one does not exist while connecting with IAM credentials. See AuthScheme .
DbGroupsA comma-delimited list of the names of one or more existing database groups the database user joins for the current session when connecting with IAM credentials. See AuthScheme .
AWSRoleARNThe Amazon Resource Name of the role to use when authenticating.
AWSPrincipalARNThe ARN of the SAML Identity provider in your AWS account.
AWSRegionThe hosting region for your Amazon Web Services.
AWSSessionTokenYour AWS session token.

Azure Authentication


PropertyDescription
AzureTenantIdentifies the Amazon Redshift tenant being used to access data. Accepts either the tenant's domain name (for example, contoso.onmicrosoft.com ) or its directory (tenant) ID.

SSO


PropertyDescription
SSOLoginURLThe identity provider's login URL.
SSOPropertiesAdditional properties required to connect to the identity provider, formatted as a semicolon-separated list.
SSOExchangeURLThe URL used for consuming the SAML response and exchanging it for service specific credentials.

OAuth


PropertyDescription
InitiateOAuthSpecifies the process for obtaining or refreshing the OAuth access token, which maintains user access while an authenticated, authorized user is working.
OAuthClientIdSpecifies the client ID (also known as the consumer key) assigned to your custom OAuth application. This ID is required to identify the application to the OAuth authorization server during authentication.
OAuthClientSecretSpecifies the client secret assigned to your custom OAuth application. This confidential value is used to authenticate the application to the OAuth authorization server. (Custom OAuth applications only.).
OAuthAccessTokenSpecifies the OAuth access token used to authenticate requests to the data source. This token is issued by the authorization server after a successful OAuth exchange.
OAuthSettingsLocationSpecifies the location of the settings file where OAuth values are saved.
CallbackURLIdentifies the URL users return to after authenticating to Amazon Redshift via OAuth (Custom OAuth applications only).
ScopeSpecifies the scope of the authenticating user's access to the application, to ensure they get appropriate access to data. If a custom OAuth application is needed, this is generally specified at the time the application is created.
OAuthVerifierSpecifies a verifier code returned from the OAuthAuthorizationURL . Used when authenticating to OAuth on a headless server, where a browser can't be launched. Requires both OAuthSettingsLocation and OAuthVerifier to be set.
PKCEVerifierThe PKCE code verifier generated from executing the GetOAuthAuthorizationUrl stored procedure for PKCE authentication schemes.
OAuthExpiresInSpecifies the duration in seconds, of an OAuth Access Token's lifetime. The token can be reissued to keep access alive as long as the user keeps working.
OAuthTokenTimestampDisplays a Unix epoch timestamp in milliseconds that shows how long ago the current access token was created.

SSL


PropertyDescription
SSLClientCertSpecifies the TLS/SSL client certificate store for SSL Client Authentication (2-way SSL). This property works in conjunction with other SSL-related properties to establish a secure connection.
SSLClientCertTypeSpecifies the type of key store containing the TLS/SSL client certificate for SSL Client Authentication. Choose from a variety of key store formats depending on your platform and certificate source.
SSLClientCertPasswordSpecifes the password required to access the TLS/SSL client certificate store. Use this property if the selected certificate store type requires a password for access.
SSLClientCertSubjectSpecifes the subject of the TLS/SSL client certificate to locate it in the certificate store. Use a comma-separated list of distinguished name fields, such as CN=www.server.com, C=US. The wildcard * selects the first certificate in the store.
SSLServerCertSpecifies the certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL.

SSH


PropertyDescription
SSHAuthModeThe authentication method used when establishing an SSH Tunnel to the service.
SSHClientCertA certificate to be used for authenticating the SSHUser.
SSHClientCertPasswordThe password of the SSHClientCert key if it has one.
SSHClientCertSubjectThe subject of the SSH client certificate.
SSHClientCertTypeThe type of SSHClientCert private key.
SSHServerThe SSH server.
SSHPortThe SSH port.
SSHUserThe SSH user.
SSHPasswordThe SSH password.
SSHServerFingerprintThe SSH server fingerprint.
UseSSHWhether to tunnel the Amazon Redshift connection over SSH. Use SSH.

Firewall


PropertyDescription
FirewallTypeSpecifies the protocol the provider uses to tunnel traffic through a proxy-based firewall.
FirewallServerIdentifies the IP address, DNS name, or host name of a proxy used to traverse a firewall and relay user queries to network resources.
FirewallPortSpecifies the TCP port to be used for a proxy-based firewall.
FirewallUserIdentifies the user ID of the account authenticating to a proxy-based firewall.
FirewallPasswordSpecifies the password of the user account authenticating to a proxy-based firewall.

Proxy


PropertyDescription
ProxyAutoDetectSpecifies whether the provider checks your system proxy settings for existing proxy server configurations, rather than using a manually specified proxy server.
ProxyServerIdentifies the hostname or IP address of the proxy server through which you want to route HTTP traffic.
ProxyPortIdentifies the TCP port on your specified proxy server that has been reserved for routing HTTP traffic to and from the client.
ProxyAuthSchemeSpecifies the authentication method the provider uses when authenticating to the proxy server specified in the ProxyServer connection property.
ProxyUserProvides the username of a user account registered with the proxy server specified in the ProxyServer connection property.
ProxyPasswordSpecifies the password of the user specified in the ProxyUser connection property.
ProxySSLTypeSpecifies the SSL type to use when connecting to the proxy server specified in the ProxyServer connection property.
ProxyExceptionsSpecifies a semicolon-separated list of destination hostnames or IPs that are exempt from connecting through the proxy server set in the ProxyServer connection property.

Logging


PropertyDescription
LogfileSpecifes the file path to the log file where the provider records its activities, such as authentication, query execution, and connection details.
VerbositySpecifies the verbosity level of the log file, which controls the amount of detail logged. Supported values range from 1 to 5.
LogModulesSpecifies the core modules to include in the log file. Use a semicolon-separated list of module names. By default, all modules are logged.
MaxLogFileSizeSpecifies the maximum size of a single log file in bytes. For example, '10 MB'. When the file reaches the limit, the provider creates a new log file with the date and time appended to the name.
MaxLogFileCountSpecifies the maximum number of log files the provider retains. When the limit is reached, the oldest log file is deleted to make space for a new one.

Schema


PropertyDescription
LocationSpecifies the location of a directory containing schema files that define tables, views, and stored procedures. Depending on your service's requirements, this may be expressed as either an absolute path or a relative path.
BrowsableSchemasOptional setting that restricts the schemas reported to a subset of all available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA,SchemaB,SchemaC .
TablesOptional setting that restricts the tables reported to a subset of all available tables. For example, Tables=TableA,TableB,TableC .
ViewsOptional setting that restricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA,ViewB,ViewC .
IgnoredSchemasVisibility restriction filter which is used to hide the list of schemas by metadata quering. For example, 'information_schema, pg_catalog'. Schema names are case sensitive.

Caching


PropertyDescription
AutoCacheSpecifies whether the content of tables targeted by SELECT queries is automatically cached to the specified cache database.
CacheDriverThe driver class of a JDBC driver. The specified driver is used to connect to the target database for all caching operations.
CacheConnectionSpecifies the connection string for the specified cache database.
CacheLocationSpecifies the path to the cache when caching to a file.
CacheToleranceNotes the tolerance, in seconds, for stale data in the specified cache database. Requires AutoCache to be set to True.
OfflineGets the data from the specified cache database instead of live Amazon Redshift data.
CacheMetadataDetermines whether the provider caches table metadata to a file-based cache database.

Miscellaneous


PropertyDescription
AllowPreparedStatementPrepare a query statement before its execution.
BatchSizeSpecifies the maximum number of rows included in each batch submitted during batch operations. To submit the entire batch as a single request, set BatchSize to 0 .
ConnectionLifeTimeSpecifies the maximum lifetime of a connection in seconds. When the specified time elapses, the provider closes the connection.
ConnectOnOpenSpecifies whether the provider establishes a connection to Amazon Redshift immediately upon opening the connection. Set ConnectOnOpen to True if immediate connectivity verification is necessary.
COPYConversionParametersSpecifies the coma separated list of parameter to use in the COPY command when InsertMode is S3Staging or S3StagingWithIAM. Supported parameters are: BLANKSASNULL DELIMITER EMPTYASNULL EXPLICIT_IDS NULL AS TRIMBLANKS TRUNCATECOLUMNS.
FetchResultSetMetadataThis field sets whether the provider retrieves metadata pertaining to the schema and table name for resultset columns returned by the server.
IncludeTableTypesIf set to true, the provider will query for the types of individual tables and views.
InsertModeSpecifies what method to use when inserting bulk data. By default DML mode is used.
IsServerlessThe provider cannot detect endpoint to connect, if you are using a custom domain names for connections. Set this property to True when you are connecting to the Amazon Redshift serverless instance, as well specify the property AWSRegion in this case.
LZ4CompressionWhen set the driver notifies the server to compress data packets with lz4 compression algorithm.
MaxRowsSpecifies the maximum number of rows returned for queries that do not include either aggregation or GROUP BY.
OtherSpecifies additional hidden properties for specific use cases., to be used only when our Support team advises it, to address specific issues. See Remarks for details.
PoolIdleTimeoutSpecifies the maximum idle time, in seconds, that a connection can remain in the pool before being closed. Requires UseConnectionPooling=True.
PoolMaxSizeSpecifies the maximum number of connections allowed in the connection pool.
PoolMinSizeSpecifies the minimum number of connections to be maintained in the connection pool at all times.
PoolWaitTimeSpecifies the maximum number of seconds a connection request waits for an available connection in the pool. If the wait exceeds this time, an error is returned.
QueryPassthroughThis option passes the query to the Amazon Redshift server as is.
ReadonlyToggles read-only access to Amazon Redshift from the provider.
RedshiftToS3RoleARNThe Amazon Resource Name of the role to use when authenticating S3 with IAM role by the COPY command for the bulk inserts.
RTKSpecifies the runtime key for licensing the provider. If unset or invalid, the provider defaults to the standard licensing method. This property is only required in environments where the standard licensing method is unsupported or requires a runtime key.
S3BucketSpecifies the name of AWS S3 bucket to upload bulk data for staging.
S3BucketFolderSpecifies the name of the folder in AWS S3 bucket to upload bulk data for staging. By default bulk data are staged in the root folder.
StripOutNullsWhen set the null characters are stripped out from character values in bulk operations.
TimeoutSpecifies the maximum time, in seconds, that the provider waits for a server response before throwing a timeout error.
TimeZoneSet time zone for the current session.
UseConnectionPoolingEnables the connection pooling feature, which allows the provider to reuse existing connections instead of creating new ones for each request.
UseUIDForStagingUse this property in combination with InsertMode assigned with S3Staging or S3StagingWithIAM. By default the the driver creates staging files with names that prepend the targeted table's name, so the files are overwritten between sessions. When the property is set to True , the provider additionally attaches temporary unique identifiers to these names. It may be required if you use parallel jobs to insert rows into the same table. Thus, the staging files are not overwritten by the jobs. A caveat is that using this property adds to the number of staging files put onto S3 bucket, since the file names are not controlled by the driver between different sessions. In this case you may want to define an AWS S3 policy on the bucket to remove staging files that were stored in a bucket automatically.

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