Install Switches and Properties for Tableau Server
You can use the following installer switches when installing Tableau Server on Windows from the command line.
| Switch | Description | Comments |
/install | /repair | /uninstall | /layout "<directory>" | Run Setup to either install, repair, or uninstall Tableau Server, or with | Default is to install, displaying UI and all prompts. If no directory is specified on a fresh install, C:\Program Files\Tableau\Tableau Server is assumed. If Tableau Server is already installed, Setup will assume the same location as the current installation. |
/passive | Run Setup with minimal UI and no prompts. | Tableau Server does not start automatically when installed in /passive mode. To start Tableau Server, use tsm start. |
/quiet | /silent | Run Setup in unattended, fully silent mode. No UI or prompts are displayed. | Tableau Server does not start automatically when installed in /silent or /quiet mode. To start Tableau Server, use tsm start.Note: Use either |
/norestart | Run Setup without restarting Windows, even if a restart is necessary. | Note: In certain rare cases, a restart cannot be suppressed, even when this option is used. This is most likely when an earlier system restart was skipped, for example, during installation of other software. |
/log "<drive>\<path>\<log-file>.<ext>" | Log information to the specified file and path. Note: The behaviour when using the | Use this switch with a path and log file name to make the log available after installation is complete. If this switch is used with a log file name but no path, the log file is written to a temporary location and deleted at the end of the installation. If this switch is used but no log file name is specified, the switch is ignored and the file is written to If this switch is not used, the log file is written to |
| Properties | Description | Comments |
ACCEPTEULA=1|0 | Accept the End User Licence Agreement (EULA). Required for quiet, silent and passive install on both initial and additional nodes. 1 = true, accept the EULA, 0 = false, do not accept the EULA. | If not included when using If included but set to 0, Setup fails. |
ACTIVATIONSERVICE="1"|"0" | Activate Tableau Server using the authorisation-to-run (ATR) service. "1" = use Server ATR. "0" = don't use Server ATR. | This option is for new installs only, not upgrades. Select this option if:
Do not use this option if:
For more information, see Activate Tableau Server Using the Authorisation-To-Run (ATR) Service(Link opens in a new window). |
BOOTSTRAPFILE="<path\to\bootstrap\file>" | Required when adding a node to a cluster. The bootstrap file contains the configuration used by additional nodes. | Example: <Setup file> /silent ACCEPTEULA=1 BOOTSTRAPFILE="C:\Users\tableauadmin\Downloads\bootstrap.json" |
CONTROLLERPORT= | Optional. The port on which the Tableau Services Manager (TSM) Controller should run. | If not included, defaults to 8850. |
COORDINATIONSERVICECLIENTPORT= | Optional. The port on which the Tableau Services Manager (TSM) Coordination Service client should run. | If not included, defaults to a dynamically mapped port. For more information, see Tableau Services Manager Ports. |
COORDINATIONSERVICEPEERPORT= | Optional. The port on which the Tableau Services Manager (TSM) Coordination Service peer should run. | If not included, defaults to a dynamically mapped port. For more information, see Tableau Services Manager Ports. |
COORDINATIONSERVICELEADERPORT= | Optional. The port on which the Tableau Services Manager (TSM) Coordination Service Leader should run. | If not included, defaults to a dynamically mapped port. For more information, see Tableau Services Manager Ports. |
DATADIR="<path\to\data\directory>" | Optional. The location where the Tableau Server software configuration and data are stored. If you don't provide a data directory path and Tableau Server is being installed to the default location (INSTALLDIR is not specified), the default data directory is used: C:\ProgramData\Tableau\Tableau Server. If you don't provide a data directory path and INSTALLDIR is specified, DATADIR is also set to the INSTALLDIR location. | Example: DATADIR="D:\TableauServerData" |
EMBEDDEDCREDENTIAL=1|0 | Required when adding a node to a cluster and the bootstrap file contains the embedded credentials of an administrator on the TSM computer. 1=true, 0=false. Default is 0. | Must be used with /silent or /quiet and with BOOTSTRAPFILEExample: |
INSTALLDIR="<path\to\installation\directory>" | Install to the specified non-default install location. | Specifies the location to install server. If not used, Tableau Server is installed to Example: |
LICENSESERVICEVENDORDAEMONPORT= | Optional. The port on which the Licence service vendor daemon should run. This is used in multi-node installations for licensing-related communication between nodes. | If not included, defaults to a dynamically mapped port. For more information, see Tableau Services Manager Ports. |
SKIPPYTHONINSTALL=1|0Added in version 2021.3.0 | Optional. If set to 0 (the default), the Setup program installs the included Python package. If set to 1, specifies that the Setup program should not install the Python package as part of Tableau Server. Note: Python will be used in future releases of Tableau Server to support advanced analytics features. If you choose to skip installation of Python, Tableau Server users will not have access to those advanced analytics features when those features are available. | If not included, defaults to installing Python as part of Tableau Server. |