Tableau Server on Amazon EC2: Technical Guide

Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides a reliable, scalable, secure, and high performance infrastructure for the most demanding web applications and an infrastructure that matches IT costs with customer traffic patterns in real time. As an enterprise business intelligence platform, Tableau Server provides comprehensive and robust capabilities for all aspects of business intelligence. These capabilities are quick and easy to deploy, and require minimal, if any, customizations. The core architecture of Tableau Server also runs two of the largest data platforms in the world: Tableau Cloud and Tableau Public.

This whitepaper provides technical guidance on how to deploy and configure Tableau Server on AWS. It also outlines key integrations and configurations unique to AWS products that enable you to use Tableau Server to best meet your needs.