Large-scale Data Aggregation for AI with Redshift

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To achieve large-scale data aggregation for AI with Amazon Redshift using Pulumi, we will create a Redshift cluster which can be used as a data warehouse. Amazon Redshift is a fast, scalable data warehouse that can extend queries to your data lake and allows you to use standard SQL to analyze your data.

The following Pulumi program will create a Redshift cluster on AWS. Please ensure you have AWS credentials configured for Pulumi to use, which is usually done via the AWS CLI with `aws configure` or by setting environment variables.

In the program, we will:
1. Create a new Redshift cluster.
2. Set up the necessary parameters such as node type, number of nodes, and database information.
3. Configure a master username and password for the cluster.

We'll use the `aws_native.redshift.Cluster` resource from the `pulumi_aws_native` package, which corresponds to the AWS native CloudFormation-based provider. We choose this resource because it allows direct mapping to AWS CloudFormation, ensuring that all the properties supported by AWS are available. Also, we'll set `publiclyAccessible` to `True` for the demonstration purpose, but in a production environment, this should be set to `False` or should be properly secured.

Here's how you can set up a typical Redshift cluster with Pulumi:

```python
import pulumi
import pulumi_aws_native as aws_native

# Initialize a new Redshift Cluster
redshift_cluster = aws_native.redshift.Cluster("my-redshift-cluster",
    # Replace these parameters with your desired settings
    cluster_identifier="my-redshift-cluster",
    master_username="adminuser",
    master_user_password="Admin123",  # This should be stored in Pulumi configuration or AWS Secrets Manager for security
    node_type="dc2.large",
    number_of_nodes=2,
    db_name="mydatabase",
    publicly_accessible=True,
    encrypted=False,  # Set to True for encryption at rest
    cluster_type="multi-node"  # multi-node clusters are necessary for larger scale operations.
)

# Export the Redshift cluster endpoint
pulumi.export("redshift_endpoint", redshift_cluster.endpoint.apply(lambda endpoint: endpoint.address))

```

**Note:**
- Replace `adminuser` and `Admin123` with your own secure master username and password. For a production environment, it's crucial to handle these credentials securely, for instance, by using AWS Secrets Manager or Pulumi's secret management. Passwords should follow the AWS password policy for Redshift.
- The node type `dc2.large` is given as an example. Choose your node type based on the data workloads and performance requirements.
- The number of nodes is set to 2. You can adjust this according to your scaling needs.
- `publicly_accessible` is set to `True` here but should usually be `False` to prevent public internet access to your database. If needed, proper security groups and rules should be configured.
- For encrypted data at rest, set `encrypted` to `True`.

This program assumes a single-region deployment without additional complexities like cross-region snapshots, IAM roles for Redshift, or VPC configurations. Those would be next steps optimizing for production and ensuring security and scalability.

Remember to handle all sensitive credentials securely, and fine-tune your Redshift cluster configuration parameters to cater to your specific use case and compliance requirements.