SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is a standard security technology that establishes an encrypted link between a web server and clients. To use SSL, you need to install an SSL certificate on Tableau Server.
You can configure Tableau Server to use SSL in the following ways:
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Use SSL for external HTTP traffic.
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Use mutual (two-way) SSL between clients (Tableau Desktop, web browsers, and tabcmd.exe) and Tableau Server.
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Use SSL for all HTTP traffic between internal server components and the repository.
If you are using mutual SSL, each client also needs a certificate.
Note: Tableau Server uses SSL for user authentication. SSL is not used to handle permissions and authorization to content (data sources and workbooks) hosted on Tableau Server.