Unload from Redshift to S3 fails

Question

I'm running the following command in Redshift:

myDB=> unload ('select * from (select * from myTable limit 2147483647);')
       to 's3://myBucket/'
       credentials 'aws_access_key_id=***;aws_secret_access_key=***';

Here is what I get back:

ERROR:  S3ServiceException:The bucket you are attempting to access must be addressed
        using the specified endpoint. Please send all future requests to this 
        endpoint.,Status 301,Error PermanentRedirect,Rid 85ACD9FFAFC5CE8F,
        ExtRid vsz4/0NdOAYbaJ48WYCnrYBCvuuL0cBTdcEN

DETAIL:  
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error:  S3ServiceException:The bucket you are attempting to access must be addressed
        using the specified endpoint. Please send all future requests to this 
        endpoint.,Status 301,Error PermanentRedirect,Rid 85ACD9FFAFC5CE8F,
        ExtRid vsz4/0NdOAYbaJ48WYCnrYBCvuuL0cBTdcEN
code:      8001
context:   Listing bucket=myBucket prefix=
query:     0
location:  s3_unloader.cpp:181
process:   padbmaster [pid=19100]
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Any thoughts? Or maybe ideas how to dump data from Redshift into MySQL or something similar?

Answer 1

The error message is returned when using path like syntax with a non US bucket. Create a new bucket in the same region as your redshift cluster and everything should work.

Answer 2

You are missing the prefix part of the filename. Try using s3://myBucket/myPrefix