Tableau Server on Windows Help

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Deployments on public clouds continue to be supported but the content for third-party public cloud deployments is no longer updated.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

The following best practices make installing Tableau Server in the cloud a better experience.

• Read the Tableau Server Plan Your Deployment section.

• Read the Tableau Server on Alibaba Cloud Prerequisites(Link opens in a new window).

• Read the Tableau Server Security Hardening Checklist(Link opens in a new window).

• If you’re new to the cloud, use the Alibaba Cloud free trial(Link opens in a new window) to get familiar with working in the cloud before you deploy Tableau Server on the Alibaba Cloud.

• Read about and understand network topology(Link opens in a new window) on the Alibaba Cloud and how to architect it.

Keeping Costs Down

The Alibaba Cloud offers cloud-based services on a pay-as-you-go basis. Costs are determined by the services you run and amount of time you use them. Different combinations of instance types and sizes have different costs. For more information about services pricing, see Alibaba Cloud pricing(Link opens in a new window). You can estimate your total monthly costs using the Alibaba Cloud price calculator(Link opens in a new window).

To help monitor and control usage costs on an ongoing basis, you can set up a billing alert on the Alibaba Cloud to send email when your monthly Alibaba Cloud costs reach your predefined spending threshold:

1. In the Alibaba Cloud console, click Billing Management.

2. On the Account Overview page, next to Monthly Spending Alert, click Setting.

3. In the Monthly Spending Alert dialog box, turn on monthly spending alerts, enter the spending threshold, and set the email recipient who should be notified when spending reaches the threshold you've set.

4. Click Save.

For more information about how to track your spending, see How to see the instance spending(Link opens in a new window) at the Alibaba website.