Using aws fsx with redshiftdata

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Integrating Amazon FSx with Amazon Redshift generally involves storing and managing your file system data and using Redshift to run queries on that data for analysis. While Redshift is typically used with its own highly optimized columnar storage, it's possible to interact with data stored on FSx if you're using FSx for Lustre, which is useful for high-performance computing workloads.

Below is a Pulumi TypeScript program that demonstrates creating an Amazon FSx for Lustre file system and an Amazon Redshift cluster. The program doesn't directly connect FSx with Redshift but sets up the infrastructure you might use when loading data from FSx into Redshift using other AWS services or manual data loading processes.

```typescript
import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi";
import * as aws from "@pulumi/aws";

// Create an Amazon FSx for Lustre file system
const fsxLustreFileSystem = new aws.fsx.LustreFileSystem("fsxLustreFileSystem", {
    storageCapacity: 1200,
    subnetIds: ["subnet-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"], // Replace with the ID of a subnet in your VPC
    // For additional options, refer to the Pulumi documentation:
    // https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/aws/api-docs/fsx/lustrefilesystem/
});

// Create an Amazon Redshift cluster
const redshiftCluster = new aws.redshift.Cluster("redshiftCluster", {
    clusterIdentifier: "redshift-cluster",
    databaseName: "mydatabase",
    masterUsername: "myusername",
    masterPassword: "mypassword",
    nodeType: "dc2.large",
    clusterType: "single-node", // Adjust based on your scaling needs
    skipFinalSnapshot: true,
    // For additional options, refer to the Pulumi documentation:
    // https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/aws/api-docs/redshift/cluster/
});

// Export the FSx DNS name and Redshift endpoint
export const fsxDnsName = fsxLustreFileSystem.dnsName;
export const redshiftEndpoint = redshiftCluster.endpoint;
```

In this program:
- An Amazon FSx for Lustre file system is created that can be used to store and retrieve the datasets you plan to analyze.
- An Amazon Redshift cluster is created that will be used to perform data warehousing and analytics operations.

The file system is created in a specified subnet; you'll need to provide your own subnet ID. This subnet should be part of a VPC that is configured according to your requirements, such as having appropriate routes and network ACLs.

The Redshift cluster is also created with minimal configuration: specifying an identifier, database name, master username, and password. The `clusterType` is set to `single-node` for simplicity but can be adjusted for actual production workloads by selecting different node types and cluster configurations.

After setting up both the FSx and Redshift, you might need additional steps to ingest data from FSx into Redshift, such as setting up AWS Data Pipeline jobs or other data transformation and loading operations.

The final `export` statements will output the crucial endpoint and DNS names you’ll need to connect to your Redshift cluster and FSx file system respectively.

This code does not handle the details of how you'll use the file system with Redshift once the resources are created; it simply sets up the infrastructure. To use FSx data with Redshift, you would typically export data from FSx to S3 and then copy it from S3 to Redshift. This code should be considered a starting point for building a more comprehensive data pipeline.