Using aws elasticloadbalancingv2 with redshift

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If you're aiming to use AWS Elastic Load Balancing v2 (ELBv2) with Amazon Redshift, you'd typically be looking into creating a Redshift cluster and placing it behind an Application Load Balancer (ALB) to manage incoming connections. However, it's important to note that Amazon Redshift doesn't natively integrate with ALBs, as Redshift is not designed to be used as a load-balanced service in the way that web applications are. Instead, connections to Redshift are managed directly through the endpoint provided by the Redshift service.

Nevertheless, if you have a web application that communicates with the Redshift database and you want to balance that application's traffic, you would set up an ALB for the web application itself, not for the Redshift cluster. The web application would then handle making direct connections to the Redshift cluster based on its logic.

Below is a program written in TypeScript that will set up the following AWS infrastructure using Pulumi:
1. A new Amazon Redshift cluster configured with the necessary parameters.
2. Security groups for the Redshift cluster to control access.
3. An Application Load Balancer to balance traffic to a hypothetical web application.
4. Necessary target groups and listeners for the ALB.

Note that the program assumes you have a web application that will connect to the Redshift cluster and that this application's instances will be registered with the ALB. The actual registration of instances or services with the ALB's target groups would be dependent on your application's deployment, which is not covered here.

Please insert your values for `vpcId`, `subnetIds`, and any other necessary parameters such as database names and credentials where placeholders are shown.

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

const redshiftCluster = new aws.redshift.Cluster("my-redshift-cluster", {
    // Replace with your desired values
    clusterIdentifier: "redshift-cluster",
    nodeType: "dc2.large", // or your preferred node type
    masterUsername: "masteruser",
    masterPassword: "your_password_here",
    clusterType: "single-node", // choose 'multi-node' if needed and configure numberOfNodes
    dbName: "mydatabase",
    publiclyAccessible: true, // set to false if you want the cluster to be private
    skipFinalSnapshot: true,
    vpcSecurityGroupIds: [], // Attach security groups as needed
    // Reference other necessary parameters as needed from the Pulumi registry results
});

// Security group to control access to the Redshift cluster
const redshiftSg = new aws.ec2.SecurityGroup("redshift-sg", {
    vpcId: "vpc-12345678", // Replace with your actual VPC ID
    ingress: [
        {
            fromPort: 5439, // The default port for Redshift
            toPort: 5439,
            protocol: "tcp",
            cidrBlocks: ["0.0.0.0/0"], // Adjust to more restrictive CIDR blocks as needed
        },
    ],
    egress: [
        {
            fromPort: 0,
            toPort: 0,
            protocol: "-1", // Allow all outbound traffic
            cidrBlocks: ["0.0.0.0/0"],
        },
    ],
});

// Attach the security group to the Redshift cluster
new aws.redshift.ClusterSecurityGroupIngress("my-cluster-sg-ingress", {
    clusterSecurityGroupName: redshiftSg.id,
    cidrIp: "0.0.0.0/0",
});

// Define an Application Load Balancer to balance traffic to the web application
const appLoadBalancer = new aws.elbv2.LoadBalancer("app-lb", {
    loadBalancerType: "application",
    subnets: [], // Replace with the subnet IDs for your ALB
    securityGroups: [redshiftSg], // Security group defined above
});

// Define a target group for routing traffic to the web application
const appTargetGroup = new aws.elbv2.TargetGroup("app-tg", {
    port: 80,
    protocol: "HTTP",
    vpcId: "vpc-12345678", // Replace with your actual VPC ID
    targetType: "ip", // Change to 'instance' if you are using EC2 instances
});

// HTTP listener to forward traffic from the ALB to the target group
const appListener = new aws.elbv2.Listener("app-listener", {
    loadBalancerArn: appLoadBalancer.arn,
    port: 80,
    defaultActions: [{
        type: "forward",
        targetGroupArn: appTargetGroup.arn,
    }],
});

// Export the DNS name of the ALB and Redshift endpoint
export const albDnsName = appLoadBalancer.dnsName;
export const redshiftEndpoint = redshiftCluster.endpoint;
```

In this program, we've set up an AWS Redshift cluster with a designated security group that controls the access. Then, we've also created the components for an Application Load Balancer: the ALB itself, a target group which our web application will use, and a listener that routes HTTP traffic to the target group. The ALB part of the script sets up the basic structure necessary for a load-balanced web application, but in practice, your web application's architecture will determine how exactly the ALB is configured and used.

Please ensure that you replace the placeholders with actual values relevant to your AWS setup and that your web application is properly designed to connect to the Redshift cluster, taking into account factors like connection pooling and retry logic.

Remember to check the property names and values against the latest AWS provider documentation on [Pulumi AWS Redshift API Docs](https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/aws/api-docs/redshift/cluster/) to ensure your code is up-to-date.

Lastly, when setting this up, ensure that IAM roles and policies are correctly configured for any resources that need to interact with the Redshift cluster and ALB. This includes ensuring that your web application has the necessary permissions to call the Redshift API and perform actions on the cluster.