What You Need Before You Begin
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Deployments on public clouds continue to be supported but the content for third-party public cloud deployments is no longer updated.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
Before deploying Tableau Server on AWS, you must have the following:
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An AWS account.
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An Amazon EC2 key pair.
For more information, see Amazon EC2 Key Pairs(Link opens in a new window) in the Amazon EC2 User Guide for Linux Instances at the AWS website.
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A Tableau Server license.
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For a standalone Tableau Server deployment, you must contact sales(Link opens in a new window) for a product key.
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For a cluster-based deployment, you need a user-based license (which covers all authorized users of Tableau Server), a core-based license (with a minimum of 16 cores), or a Tableau Server subscription license. To obtain a product key, contact sales.
For more information about Tableau Server licensing options, see Licensing Overview(Link opens in a new window).
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(Optional) A domain managed by Amazon Route 53.
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(Optional) An SSL certificate managed by AWS Certificate Manager in the region where you are deploying Tableau Server.
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Storage on Amazon EC2 instance (a general purpose SSD (gp2) is recommended).
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(Optional) An Elastic IP address if you aren't using ELB or Amazon Route53.