Private Connect for AWS

Applies to: Tableau Cloud

Private Connect for Amazon Web Services (AWS) allows cloud administrators to create secure, private, and dedicated connections between Tableau Cloud and data stored in AWS. These private connections are provisioned on top of AWS PrivateLink, avoiding the need for data traffic to traverse the public internet. The secure and private nature of these connections addresses a key requirement of restricting data traffic to private networks.

Private Connection Diagram, including AWS and Tableau clouds, endpoint, endpoint service, and data provider

Supported AWS data providers are:

  • Athena
  • Redshift
  • Snowflake

Your ability to work with private connections depends on your role:

  • Cloud administrators create private connections in Tableau Cloud Manager (TCM), and assign them to sites. They can also provide connection information to creators and the groups that support them.
  • Site administrators have read-only access to information about the private connections that are assigned to their site. They can also provide connection information to creators and the groups that support them.
  • Creators use private connections to securely connect to data stored in AWS. They create workbooks and data sources as they always have, but the data traffic doesn't traverse the public internet. Instead, data traffic is restricted to private connections in AWS Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs).
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