In right now’s data-driven world, securely accessing, visualizing, and analyzing knowledge is crucial for making knowledgeable enterprise selections. Tens of 1000’s of shoppers use Amazon Redshift for contemporary knowledge analytics at scale, delivering as much as thrice higher price-performance and 7 occasions higher throughput than different cloud knowledge warehouses.
The Amazon Redshift Knowledge API simplifies entry to your Amazon Redshift knowledge warehouse by eradicating the necessity to handle database drivers, connections, community configurations, knowledge buffering, and extra.
With the newly launched characteristic of Amazon Redshift Knowledge API assist for single sign-on and trusted id propagation, you possibly can construct knowledge visualization functions that combine single sign-on (SSO) and role-based entry management (RBAC), simplifying consumer administration whereas implementing applicable entry to delicate data.
As an example, a worldwide sports activities gear firm promoting merchandise throughout a number of areas wants to visualise its gross sales knowledge, which incorporates country-level particulars. To keep up the suitable stage of entry, the corporate desires to limit knowledge visibility based mostly on the consumer’s position and area. Regional gross sales managers ought to solely see gross sales knowledge for his or her particular area, reminiscent of North America or Europe. Conversely, the worldwide gross sales executives require full entry to the whole dataset, protecting all international locations.
On this publish, we dive into the newly launched characteristic of Amazon Redshift Knowledge API assist for SSO, Amazon Redshift RBAC for row-level safety (RLS) and column-level safety (CLS), and trusted id propagation with AWS IAM Id Middle to let company identities hook up with AWS providers securely. We display the best way to combine these providers to create a knowledge visualization software utilizing Streamlit, offering safe, role-based entry that simplifies consumer administration whereas ensuring that your group could make data-driven selections with enhanced safety and ease.
Resolution overview
We use a number of AWS providers and open supply instruments to construct a easy knowledge visualization software with SSO to entry knowledge in Amazon Redshift with RBAC. The important thing parts that energy the answer are as follows:
- IAM Id Middle and trusted id propagation – IAM Id Middle can simplify consumer administration by enabling SSO throughout AWS providers. This enables customers to authenticate with their company credentials managed of their company id supplier (IdP) like Okta, offering seamless entry to the appliance. We discover how trusted id propagation allows managing application-level entry management at scale and exercise logging throughout AWS providers, like Amazon Redshift, by propagating and sustaining id context all through the workflow.
- Exterior IdP – We use Okta as an exterior IdP to handle consumer authentication. Okta connects to IAM Id Middle, permitting customers to authenticate from exterior programs whereas sustaining centralized id administration inside AWS. This makes certain that consumer entry and roles are constantly maintained throughout each AWS providers and exterior instruments.
- Amazon Redshift Serverless workgroup, Amazon Redshift Knowledge API, and Amazon Redshift RBAC – Amazon Redshift is a completely managed knowledge warehouse service that enables for quick querying and evaluation of huge datasets. On this resolution, we use the Redshift Knowledge API, which affords a easy and safe HTTP-based connection to Amazon Redshift, eliminating the necessity for JDBC or ODBC driver-based connections. The Redshift Knowledge API is the really useful technique to attach with Amazon Redshift for internet functions. We additionally use RBAC in Amazon Redshift to display entry restrictions on gross sales knowledge based mostly on the area column, ensuring that regional gross sales managers solely see knowledge for his or her assigned areas, whereas international gross sales managers have full entry.
- Streamlit software – Streamlit is a extensively used open supply device that allows the creation of interactive knowledge functions with minimal code. On this resolution, we use Streamlit to construct a user-friendly interface the place gross sales managers can view and analyze gross sales knowledge in a visible, accessible format. The applying will combine with Amazon Redshift, offering customers with entry to the info based mostly on their roles and permissions.
The next diagram illustrates the answer structure for SSO with the Redshift Knowledge API utilizing IAM Id Middle.
The consumer workflow for the info visualization software consists of the next steps:
- The consumer (whether or not a regional gross sales supervisor or international gross sales supervisor) accesses the Streamlit software, which is built-in with SSO to offer a seamless authentication expertise.
- The applying redirects the consumer to authenticate by way of Okta, the exterior IdP. Okta verifies the consumer’s credentials and returns an ID token to the appliance.
- The applying makes use of the token issued by Okta to imagine a job and momentary AWS Id and Entry Administration (IAM) session credentials to name the IAM Id Middle
AssumeRoleWithWebIdentity
API and IAMAssumeRole
API in later steps. - The applying exchanges the Okta ID token for a token issued by IAM Id Middle by calling the IAM Id Middle
CreateTokenWithIAM
API utilizing the momentary IAM credentials from the earlier step. This token makes certain that the consumer is authenticated with AWS providers and is tied to the IAM Id Middle consumer profile. - The applying requests an identity-enhanced IAM position session utilizing the IAM Id Middle token by calling the
AssumeRole
- The applying makes use of the identity-enhanced IAM position session credentials to securely question Amazon Redshift for gross sales knowledge. The credentials be sure that solely approved customers can work together with the Redshift knowledge.
- Because the question is processed, Amazon Redshift checks the id context offered by IAM Id Middle. It verifies the consumer’s position and group membership, reminiscent of being part of the North American area or the worldwide gross sales supervisor group.
- Based mostly on the consumer’s id and group membership, and utilizing Amazon Redshift RBAC and row-level safety, Amazon Redshift makes an authorization choice. The teams for the illustration will be broadly categorised into the next classes:
- Regional gross sales managers shall be granted entry to view gross sales knowledge just for the precise nation or area they handle. As an example, the AMER North American Gross sales Supervisor will solely see gross sales knowledge associated to North America. Equally, the entry management based mostly on EMEA and APAC areas will present row-level safety for the respective areas.
- The worldwide gross sales managers shall be granted full entry to all areas, enabling them to view the whole international dataset.
The setup consists of two important steps:
- Provision the sources for IAM Id Middle, Amazon Redshift and Okta:
- Allow IAM Id Middle and configure Okta because the IdP to handle consumer authentication and group provisioning.
- Create an Okta software to authenticate customers accessing the Streamlit software.
- Arrange an Amazon Redshift IAM Id Middle connection software to allow trusted id propagation for safe authentication.
- Provision an Amazon Redshift Serverless
- Create the tables and configure RBAC inside the Redshift workgroup to implement row-level safety for various IAM Id Middle federated roles, mapped to IAM Id Middle teams.
- Obtain, configure, and run the Streamlit software:
- Create a buyer managed software in IAM Id Middle for the Redshift Knowledge API shopper (Streamlit software) to allow safe API-based queries and create the required IAM roles
- Configure the Streamlit software.
- Run the Streamlit software.
Stipulations
It is best to have the next conditions:
Provision the sources for IAM Id Middle, Amazon Redshift, and Okta
On this part, we stroll by way of the steps to provision the sources for IAM Id Middle, Amazon Redshift, and Okta.
Allow IAM Id Middle and configure Okta because the IdP
Full the next steps to allow IAM Id Middle and configure Okta because the IdP to handle consumer authentication and group provisioning:
- Create the next customers and teams in Okta:
- Ethan World with e-mail
ethan@instance.com
, in groupexec-global
- Frank Amer with e-mail
frank@instance.com
, in groupamer-sales
- Alex Emea with e-mail
alex@instance.com
, in groupemea-sales
- Ming Apac with e-mail
ming@instance.com
, in groupapac-sales
- Ethan World with e-mail
- Create an IAM Id Middle occasion within the AWS Area the place Amazon Redshift goes to be deployed. A corporation occasion sort is really useful.
- Configure Okta because the id supply and allow automated consumer and group provisioning. The customers and teams shall be pushed to IAM Id Middle utilizing SCIM protocol.
The next screenshot exhibits the customers synced in IAM Id Middle utilizing SCIM protocol.
Create an Okta software
Full the next steps to create an Okta software to authenticate customers accessing the Streamlit software:
- Create an OIDC software in Okta.
- Copy and save the shopper ID and shopper secret wanted later for the Streamlit software and the IAM Id Middle software to attach utilizing the Redshift Knowledge API.
- Generate the shopper secret and set sign-in redirect URL and sign-out URL to
http://localhost:8501
(we’ll host the Streamlit software domestically on port 8501). - Underneath Assignments, Managed entry, grant entry to everybody.
- Create an OIDC IdP on IAM the console. The next screenshot exhibits an IdP created on the IAM console.
Arrange an Amazon Redshift IAM Id Middle connection software
Full the next steps to create an Amazon Redshift IAM Id Middle connection software to allow trusted id propagation for safe authentication:
- On the Amazon Redshift console, select IAM Id Middle connection within the navigation pane.
- Select Create software.
- Title the appliance
redshift-data-api-okta-app
. - Observe down the IdP namespace. The default worth
AWSIDC
is used for this publish. - Within the IAM position for IAM Id Middle entry part, it is advisable present an IAM position. You possibly can go to the IAM console and create an IAM position known as
RedshiftOktaRole
with the next coverage and belief relationship.RedshiftOktaRole
is utilized by the Amazon Redshift IAM Id Middle connection software to handle and work together with IAM Id Middle.- The coverage connected to the position wants the next permissions:
- The position makes use of the next belief relationship:
- Depart Trusted Id propagation part unchanged, then select Subsequent. You’ve the choice to decide on AWS Lake Formation or Amazon S3 Entry Grants to be used instances like utilizing Amazon Redshift Spectrum to question exterior tables in Lake Formation. In our use case, we solely use Amazon Redshift native tables so we don’t select both.
- Within the Configure shopper connections that use third-party IdPs part, select No.
- Evaluate and select Create software.
- When the appliance is created, navigate to your IAM Id Middle connection
redshift-data-api-okta-app
and select Assign so as to add the teams that have been synced in IAM Id Middle utilizing SCIM protocol from Okta.
We’ll allow trusted id propagation and third-party IdP (Okta) on the shopper managed software for the Redshift Knowledge API in a later step as an alternative of configuring it within the Amazon Redshift connection software.
The next screenshot exhibits the IAM Id Middle connection software created on the Amazon Redshift console.
The next screenshot exhibits teams assigned to the Amazon Redshift IAM Id Middle connection for the managed software.
Provision a Redshift Serverless workgroup
Full the next steps to create a Redshift Serverless workgroup. For extra particulars, discuss with Making a workgroup with a namespace.
- On the Amazon Redshift console, navigate to the Redshift Serverless dashboard.
- Select Create workgroup.
- Enter a reputation in your workgroup (for instance,
redshift-tip-enabled
). - Change the Base capability to eight RPU within the Efficiency and value management
- You possibly can configure community and safety based mostly in your digital non-public cloud (VPC) and subnet you need to create the workgroup.
- Within the Namespace part, create a brand new namespace in your workgroup. (For instance,
redshift-tip-enabled-namespace
). - Within the Database title and password part, choose Customise admin consumer credentials and set the admin consumer title and create a password. Observe them down to make use of in a later step to configure RBAC in Amazon Redshift.
- Within the Id Middle connections part, select Allow for the cluster choice and choose the Amazon Redshift IAM Id Middle software created within the earlier step (
redshift-data-api-okta-app
). - Affiliate an IAM position with the workgroup that has the next insurance policies connected. Make it the default position to make use of.
- Depart different settings as default and select Subsequent.
- Evaluate the settings and create the workgroup.
Wait till the workgroup is out there earlier than persevering with to the following steps.
Create the tables and configure RBAC inside the Redshift Serverless workgroup
Subsequent, you employ the Amazon Redshift Question Editor V2 on the Amazon Redshift console to hook up with the workgroup you simply created. You create the tables and configure the Amazon Redshift roles comparable to Okta teams for the teams in IAM Id Middle and use the RBAC coverage to grant customers privileges to view knowledge just for their areas. Full the next steps:
- On the Amazon Redshift console, open the Question Editor V2.
- Select the choices menu (three dots) subsequent to the Redshift workgroup title and select Edit connection.
- Choose Different methods to attach and use the database consumer title and password to attach.
- Within the question editor, run the next code to create the gross sales desk and cargo the info from Amazon Easy Storage Service (Amazon S3):
IAM Id Middle will map the teams into the Redshift roles within the format of Namespace:IDCGroupName
. Subsequently, create the position title as AWSIDC:emea-sales
and so forth to match them with Okta group names synced in IAM Id Middle. The customers shall be created routinely inside the teams as they log in utilizing SSO into Amazon Redshift.
Obtain, configure, and run the Streamlit software
On this part, we stroll by way of the steps to obtain, configure, and run the Streamlit software.
Create a buyer managed software in IAM Id Middle for the Redshift Knowledge API shopper
As a way to begin a trusted id propagation workflow and permit Amazon Redshift to make authorization selections based mostly on the customers and teams from IAM Id Middle (provisioned from the exterior IdP), you want an identity-enhanced IAM position session.
This requires a few IAM roles and a buyer managed software in IAM Id Middle to deal with the belief relationship between the exterior IdP and IAM Id Middle and management entry for the Redshift Knowledge API shopper, on this case, the Streamlit software.
First, you create two IAM roles, you then create a buyer managed software for the Streamlit software. Full the next steps:
- Create a brief IAM position (we named it
IDCBridgeRole
) to alternate the token with IAM Id Middle (assuming you don’t have an present IAM id to make use of). This position shall be assumed by the Streamlit software withAssumeRoleWithWebIdentity
to get a brief set of position credentials to name theCreateTokenWithIAM
andAssumeRole
APIs to get the identity-enhanced position session.- Connect the next coverage the position:
- Within the belief relationship, present your AWS account ID and IdP’s URL. The trusted principal to make use of is the Amazon Useful resource Title (ARN) of
oidc-provider
you created earlier.
- Create an IAM position with permissions to entry the Redshift Knowledge API (we named it
RedshiftDataAPIClientRole
). This position shall be assumed by the Streamlit software with the improved identities from IAM Id Middle after which used to authenticate requests to the Redshift Knowledge API.- Connect the AmazonRedshiftDataFullAccess AWS managed coverage. AWS recommends utilizing the precept of least privilege in your IAM coverage.
- Limit the belief relationship to the
IDCBridgeRole
ARN created within the earlier step), and supply your AWS account ID:
Now you possibly can create the shopper managed software.
- On the IAM Id Middle console, select Functions within the navigation pane.
- Select Add software.
- Select I’ve an software I need to setup, choose the OAuth 2.0 software sort, and select Subsequent.
- Enter a reputation for the appliance, for instance,
RedshiftStreamlitDemo
. - In Consumer and group task technique, select Don’t require task. This implies all of the customers provisioned in IAM Id Middle from Okta can use their Okta credentials to check in to the Streamlit software. You possibly can alternatively choose the Require assignments choice and decide the customers and teams you need to permit entry to the appliance.
- Within the AWS entry portal part, select Not seen, then select Subsequent.
- Within the Authentication with trusted token issuer part, choose Create trusted token issuer, then enter the Okta issuer URL and enter a reputation for the trusted token issuer.
- Within the map attribute, use the default e-mail to e-mail mapping between the exterior IdP attribute and IAM Id Middle attribute, then create the trusted token issuer.
- Choose the trusted token issuer you simply created.
- Within the Aud declare part, use the shopper ID of the Okta software you famous earlier, then select Subsequent.
- Within the Specify software credentials part, select Edit the appliance coverage and use the next coverage:
- Select Submit.
After the appliance is created, you possibly can view it in on the IAM Id Middle.
- Select Functions within the navigation pane, and find the Buyer managed functions tab.
- Select the appliance to navigate to the appliance particulars web page.
- Within the Trusted functions for id propagation part, select Specify trusted functions and choose the setup sort as Particular person functions and specify entry, then select Subsequent.
- Select Amazon Redshift because the service, then select Subsequent.
- Within the Utility that may obtain requests part, select the Amazon Redshift IAM Id Middle software you created, then select Subsequent.
- Within the Entry Scopes to use part, examine the redshift:join
- Evaluate after which select Belief software.
Configure and run the Streamlit software
Now that you’ve the roles and the shopper managed software in IAM Id Middle, you possibly can create an identity-enhanced IAM position session, which is probably the most crucial step to allow trusted id propagation. Following steps present an outline of Streamlit software code to create the identity-enhanced IAM position session.
- Authenticate with and retrieve the
id_token
from the exterior IdP (Okta). - Name
CreateTokenWithIAM
utilizing the exterior IdP issuedid_token
to acquire an IAM Id Middle issuedid_token
. - Use
AssumeRoleWithWebIdentity
to acquire momentary IAM credentials (by assumingIDCBridgeRole
, defined later). - Extract the
sts:identity_context
from the IAM Id Middle issuedid_token
. - Assume the position
RedshiftDataAPIClientRole
with theAssumeRole
API and insert thests:identity_context
to acquire the identity-enhanced IAM position session credentials.
Now you should use these credentials to make requests to the Redshift Knowledge API, and Amazon Redshift will have the ability to use the id context for authorization selections.
At this level, it is best to have all of the required sources for creating the Streamlit software. Full the next steps to check the Streamlit software:
- Obtain the Streamlit software code and modify the configuration part of the code based mostly on the sources provisioned earlier:
We advocate internet hosting this software on an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) occasion for manufacturing use instances, and utilizing AWS Secrets and techniques Supervisor for delicate data just like the CLIENT_ID
and CLIENT_SECRET
offered as configuration parameters within the code for simplicity.
For this instance, we use the Okta group URL (/oauth2/v1/
). You should use the shopper authorization servers as properly, for instance, the default authorization server, however make certain all URLs are utilizing the identical authorization server. Confer with Authorization servers for extra details about authorization servers in Okta.
After you modify the script for the Streamlit software, you possibly can run it utilizing a Python digital atmosphere.
- Create a Python digital atmosphere. The applying has been examined efficiently with variations v3.12.8 and v3.12.2.
It is advisable to set up the next packages, that are required libraries for the Streamlit software code you downloaded in your digital atmosphere:
streamlit
streamlit_oauth
boto3
pyjwt
pydeck
pandas
- You possibly can set up these libraries instantly utilizing the next command with the necessities file:
- Take a look at the Streamlit software within the Python digital atmosphere with the next command:
- Log in with the consumer ming@instance.com from the
apac-sales
group.
The identity-enhanced position session credentials will show on the highest of the web page after profitable authentication with Okta.
For the APAC area supervisor, it is best to solely see the info from the international locations within the Asia-Pacific area based mostly on the row-level safety filter you configured earlier.
- Sign off and log again in with the worldwide government consumer, ethan@instance.com from the
exec-global
It is best to see the info in all areas.
You possibly can strive different regional customers’ logins and it is best to see solely the info within the area they belong to.
Trusted id propagation deep dive
On this part, you stroll by way of the Python code of the Streamlit software and clarify how trusted id propagation works. The next is a proof of key elements of the appliance code.
important()
The important()
perform of the Streamlit software implements the previous steps to get the identity-enhanced IAM position session utilizing the get_id_enhanded_session()
perform, which wraps the login to get the identity-enhanced position session credentials:
We use the Streamlit st.session_state
offered by Streamlit to retailer essential session states, together with the authentication standing in addition to further data like consumer data and the AWS identity-enhanced position session credentials.
get_id_enhanced_session()
The get_id_enhanced_session()
perform code has three steps:
- We use the
id_token
(variable title:jwt_token
) from Okta in JWT format to name theAssumeRoleWithWebIdentity
API to imagine the positionIDCBridgeRole
. It is because the consumer doesn’t have any AWS credentials to work together with the IAM Id Middle API. For those who plan to host this software in an AWS atmosphere with an IAM position accessible, for instance, on an EC2 occasion, you should use the position related to Amazon EC2 to make the decision to the IAM Id Middle APIs with out creatingIDCBridgeRole
, however make certain the EC2 position has the required permissions we specified forIDCBridgeRole
. - After we’ve the credentials of the momentary position, we use them to make a name to the
CreateTokenWithIAM
API of IAM Id Middle. This API handles the alternate of tokens by taking within theid_token
from Okta and returning an IAM Id Middle issued token, which shall be used later to get the identity-enhanced position session. For extra data, discuss with the CreateTokenWithIAM API reference. - Lastly, we extract the
sts:identity_context
from the IAM Id Middle issuedid_token
and cross it to the AWS Safety Token Service (AWS STS)AssumeRole
That is performed by together with thests:identity_context
within theContextAssertion
parameter insideProvidedContexts
, together withProviderArn
set toarn:aws:iam::aws:contextProvider/IdentityCenter
.
assume_role_with_web_identity()
The assume_role_with_web_identity()
perform code is as follows. We initialize the STS shopper, decode the JWT token, after which assume the position with the net id.
create_token_with_iam()
The create_token_with_iam()
perform code known as to get the id_token
from IAM Id Middle. The jwt_token
is the id_token
in JWT format issued by Okta; the id_token
is the IAM Id Middle issued id_token
.
Within the CreateTokenWithIAM
name, we cross the next parameters:
- clientId – The ARN of the IAM Id Middle software for the Redshift Knowledge API shopper
- grantType –
urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:jwt-bearer
- assertion – The
id_token
(jwt_token
) issued by Okta
The idToken
issued by IAM Id Middle is returned.
assume_enhanced_role_session()
The assume_enhanced_role_session()
perform makes use of the ID token to imagine an identity-enhanced position session:
extract_identity_context_from_id_token()
The extract_identity_context_from_id_token()
perform extracts the sts:identity_context
:
Now you’ve the identity-enhanced position session credentials to name the Amazon Redshift Knowledge API.
execute_statement() and fetch_results()
The execute_statement()
and fetch_results()
capabilities display the best way to run Redshift queries and retrieve question outcomes with trusted id propagation for visualization:
Conclusion
On this publish, we confirmed the best way to create a third-party software backed by analytics insights arriving from Amazon Redshift securely utilizing OIDC. With Redshift Knowledge API assist of IAM Id Middle integration, you possibly can hook up with Amazon Redshift utilizing SSO from the IdP of your selection. You possibly can lengthen this technique to authenticate different AWS providers that assist trusted id propagation, reminiscent of Amazon Athena and Amazon QuickSight, enabling fine-grained entry management for IAM Id Middle customers and teams throughout your AWS ecosystem. We encourage you to arrange your software utilizing IAM Id Middle integration and unify your entry management instantly out of your IdP throughout all IAM Id Middle supported AWS providers.
For extra data on AWS providers and functions that assist trusted id propagation, discuss with Trusted id propagation overview.
Concerning the Authors
Songzhi Liu is a Principal Large Knowledge Architect with the AWS Id Options staff. On this position, he collaborates carefully with AWS clients and cross-functional groups to design and implement scalable knowledge architectures, specializing in integrating large knowledge and machine studying options to reinforce id consciousness inside the AWS ecosystem.
Rohit Vashishtha is a Senior Analytics Specialist Options Architect at AWS based mostly in Dallas, Texas. He has over 19 years of expertise architecting, constructing, main, and sustaining large knowledge platforms. Rohit helps clients modernize their analytic workloads utilizing the breadth of AWS providers and ensures that clients get the most effective value/efficiency with utmost safety and knowledge governance.
Fei Peng is a Senior Software program Growth Engineer working within the Amazon Redshift staff, the place he leads the event of Redshift Knowledge API, enabling seamless and scalable entry to cloud knowledge warehouses.
Yanzhu Ji is a Product Supervisor within the Amazon Redshift staff. She has expertise in product imaginative and prescient and technique in industry-leading knowledge merchandise and platforms. She has excellent talent in constructing substantial software program merchandise utilizing internet growth, system design, database, and distributed programming methods. In her private life, Yanzhu likes portray, pictures, and taking part in tennis.