Tableau Server on Linux Help

You can use the tsm register command to register Tableau Server. This command lets you either display the registration file template (using the --template option) or provide the path to a completed registration file (using the --file option). You must use one of these two options when calling the tsm register command.

Synopsis

tsm register --template | --file <registration-filename> [global options]

Options

--file <registration-filename>

Required.

Path to the file that contains the registration data.

--template

Required.

Displays the registration file template.

Registration fields

The registration file contains these fields.

first_name

The first name of the person registering Tableau Server.

last_name

The last name of the person registering Tableau Server.

phone

The phone number of the contact person for this registration.

email

The email address of the contact person for this registration.

company

The name of the organization registering Tableau Server.

industry

The industry of the organization.

company_employees

The number of employees in the organization.

department

The department of the person registering Tableau Server within the organization.

title

The job title of the person registering Tableau Server.

city

The city where the organization or the registering individual is located.

state

The state or province where the organization or the registering individual is located.

zip

The postal or ZIP code where the organization or the registering individual is located.

country

The country where the organization or the registering individual is located.

opt_in

Indicates your preference for receiving marketing communications from Tableau. The default value is false for many countries. Country-specific laws can impact the default for this field. For more information, see Privacy Information(Link opens in a new window) on the Salesforce website.

eula

Confirms you accept the End User License Agreement (EULA). The default value is accept. You must accept the EULA to use Tableau Server. If you don't accept, you can't run Tableau Server.

Global options

-h, --help

Optional.

Show the command help.

-p, --password <password>

Required, along with -u or --username if no session is active.

Specify the password for the user specified in -u or --username.

If the password includes spaces or special characters, enclose it in quotes:

--password 'my password'

-s, --server https://<hostname>:8850

Optional.

Use the specified address for Tableau Services Manager. The URL must start with https, include port 8850, and use the server name not the IP address. For example https://<tsm_hostname>:8850. If no server is specified, https://<localhost | dnsname>:8850 is assumed.

--trust-admin-controller-cert

Optional.

Use this flag to trust the self-signed certificate on the TSM controller. For more information about certificate trust and CLI connections, see Connecting TSM clients.

-u, --username <user>

Required if no session is active, along with -p or --password.

Specify a user account. If you do not include this option, the command is run using credentials you signed in with.