Tableau Resource Monitoring Tool Security Log Files

Applies to: Tableau Advanced Management

Beginning with version 2025.3.4, Tableau Resource Monitoring Tool (RMT) on Linux logs a variety of events that customers may need to track for security compliance. These events include logins, user management (create/update/delete users), and configuration file changes. This logging is enabled automatically and cannot be disabled or turned off.

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Supported operating systems

Security logging in RMT is on the following operating systems:

  • Linux

  • Windows

Security log locations

Security logs are written to sub-folders in these locations:

Linux:

/var/opt/tableau/tabrmt/master/logs/Activity/Security/<folder>
/var/opt/tableau/tabrmt/agent/logs/Activity/Security/<folder>

Windows:

C:\Program Files\Tableau\Tableau Resource Monitoring Tool\master\logs\Activity\Security\<folder>
C:\Program Files\Tableau\Tableau Resource Monitoring Tool\agent\logs\Activity\Security\<folder>

Components

Security

Description
Logins Logs generated by user sign in or sign out.
User Management (create/update/delete) Logs generated when a user is created, updated, or deleted.
rmtadmin commands

Logs generated by any rmtadmin command. Logs are located in folders with names based on the command issued. For example, for rmtadmin cleanup would generate logs in a folder rmtadmin_cleanup.

How security logging works

When any of the triggering events occurs, an entry is added to one of the security logs. Triggering events that result in a log entry include:

  • User logins and logouts

    Any time a user, including admin users, sign in or sign out.

  • User management

    Any time a user is created, updated, or deleted.

  • Configuration changes

    Any time an action updates the configuration file.

Who can do this

Resource Monitoring Tool Administrator or a Resource Monitoring Tool user with Server/Environment Management role.

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