Tableau Server on Windows Help

This is archived content

Deployments on public clouds continue to be supported but the content for third-party public cloud deployments is no longer updated.

For the latest Tableau Server deployment content, see the Enterprise Deployment Guide(Link opens in a new window) and the Deploy(Link opens in a new window) section of Tableau Server help.

For those customers who have access, we recommend Tableau Cloud. For more details, see:

• Tableau Cloud Manual Migration Guide
• Tableau Cloud Trial for Admin(Link opens in a new window)
• Tableau Cloud: Get Started for Admin(Link opens in a new window)

Introduction

The following best practices make installing Tableau Server in the cloud a better experience.

• Read the Tableau Server Plan Your Deployment section.

• Read What You Need Before You Begin.

• Read the Tableau Server Security Hardening Checklist(Link opens in a new window).

• If you’re new to the cloud, use the AWS Free Tier(Link opens in a new window) to get familiar with working in the cloud before you deploy Tableau Server on AWS.

• Read about and understand network topology on AWS(Link opens in a new window) and how to architect it.

• Use an Amazon elastic network interface(Link opens in a new window) to provide a static MAC address for your Amazon EC2 instance.

Keeping Costs Down

AWS offers cloud-based services on a pay-as-you-go basis. Costs are determined by the services you run and amount of time you use them. Different combinations of instance types and sizes have different costs. For more information about services pricing, see AWS Pricing at the AWS website. You can estimate your total monthly costs using the AWS Simple Monthly Calculator at the AWS website. You can also compare on-premises vs the cloud using the AWS Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculators(Link opens in a new window) at the AWS website.

To help monitor and control usage costs on an ongoing basis, you can use Amazon CloudWatch to alert you when your monthly AWS costs reach your predefined spending threshold. For more information, see Monitor Your Estimated Charges Using Cloudwatch(Link opens in a new window) in the Amazon CloudWatch User’s Guide at the AWS website.