# Before you create an Amazon Redshift workspace

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Required AWS instance profile permissions</strong></td><td>Configure the required permissions for Structural to work with AWS components.</td><td></td><td><a href="initial-tonic-setup/redshift-aws-instance-profile-permissions">redshift-aws-instance-profile-permissions</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Required database permissions</strong></td><td>Configure the required permissions for source and destination databases.</td><td></td><td><a href="initial-tonic-setup/source-and-destination-database-permissions">source-and-destination-database-permissions</a></td></tr></tbody></table>