Enable Kerberos Run As Authentication for JDBC Connectors


As of version 2020.2, Tableau Server supports Kerberos authentication for JDBC connectors.

You can configure Tableau Server to use a Kerberos service account to access a database. In this scenario, Tableau Server connects to databases with a service account, also referred to as a "Run As service account". This scenario is referred to as "Run As authentication"

To use Run As authentication on Tableau Server you must first create a workbook or datasource in Tableau Desktop that uses integrated authentication. When you publish to Tableau Server you will get the option to use Run As authentication. When creating a datasource with Web Authoring, Run As authentication is the default operation if you select integrated authentication.

Supported data sources

Tableau supports JDBC Kerberos delegation with the following data sources:

  • Oracle
  • PostgreSQL

Both native and JDBC-based connectors use the same configuration on Tableau Server on Linux. To configure Run As authentication see Enable Kerberos Service Account Access.

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