There are times when the built-in features of Apache Airflow just don’t quite cover everything you need. Whether it’s adding custom functionalitie

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There are times when the built-in features of Apache Airflow just don’t quite cover everything you need. Whether it’s adding custom functionalities or extending the user interface to suit your specific workflow, Airflow plugins offer a powerful way to do this. Plugins allow you to enhance and tailor Airflow to your unique requirements without needing to modify its core.

In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through how we built the airflow-edw-grants plugin, which simplifies the management of Redshift roles and users directly within Airflow. This plugin empowers teams to create users, assign roles, and manage access permissions easily, all from within the familiar Airflow interface. Even if you're not a database administrator, this plugin streamlines the process of handling permissions, making it accessible to more people in your team.

By the end of this guide, you’ll have a clear understanding of how to build your own Airflow plugin, and how you can leverage this flexibility to extend Airflow for your own use cases.

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