In this recipe, we will learn how to self-deploy Tableau Server on AWS using Windows. Self-deploy offers the most flexibility in security, scaling, and capacity. Also, the total cost of ownership and the amount of time to deploy in the cloud versus on-premise solutions should be much less.
Deploying Tableau Server in Windows
Getting ready
To complete this recipe, please have an AWS account and the Tableau Server product key.
For a single production instance, please be prepared to build an EC2 instance using the recommended resource requirements:
- Windows Server 2012 R2, 64-bit or Windows Server 2016, 64-bit
- 16+ vCPU
- 64+ GB RAM (4 GB RAM per vCPU)
- 30-50 GB for the the OS
- 100+ GB for Tableau Server
- EBS Storage type (SSD (gp2...