When you install Tableau Server on an Alibaba Cloud Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instance, you still have the advanced capabilities of Tableau Server in a local environment. Running Tableau Server on an ECS instance is an excellent choice if you want the flexibility of scaling up and scaling out without having to purchase and maintain an expensive fleet of servers. For instance, you can configure Tableau Server to be highly available, and integrate with all of the common enterprise applications (for example, Active Directory) that many organizations rely on.
Looking for Tableau Server on Windows? See Install Tableau Server on the Alibaba Cloud(Link opens in a new window).
You can store the data you use with Tableau Server in the following Alibaba databases:
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Apsara DB RDS for Microsoft SQL Server(Link opens in a new window): An on-demand database hosting service for Microsoft SQL Server.
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Apsara DB RDS for MySQL(Link opens in a new window): An on-demand database hosting service for MySQL.
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Apsara DB RDS for PostgreSQL(Link opens in a new window): An on-demand database hosting service for PostgreSQL.
You can use the following native data connectors(Link opens in a new window) to connect to your data in the Alibaba Cloud:
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Microsoft SQL Server(Link opens in a new window): Connect to a Microsoft SQL Server database.
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MySQL(Link opens in a new window): Conntect to a MySQL database.
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PostgreSQL(Link opens in a new window): Connect to a PostgreSQL database.
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Other Databases (JDBC)(Link opens in a new window): Conntect to a database using the Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) standard.
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Other Databases (ODBC)(Link opens in a new window): Connect to a database using the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) standard.