Before you install...

Make sure the computer on which you’re installing Tableau Server meets the following requirements:

Supported operating systems—You can install Tableau Server on Windows Server 2003 (SP1 or higher), Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, or Windows 7.
4 GB or more of RAM—The computer on which you install Tableau Server must have at least one dual core processor with 4 GB of RAM.
IIS and port 80—If you want to use the default port, port 80, the computer can’t be running Internet Information Services (IIS). You can modify the gateway port number to avoid conflict with IIS. See TCP/IP Ports.
Administrative account—The account under which you install Tableau Server must have permission to install software and services.
Optional: Run As Account—A Run As User account for the Tableau Server service to run under is useful if you’re using NT Authentication with data sources or if you’re planning on doing SQL Server impersonation. For more information, see Run As User and SQL Server Impersonation.

Configuration Information

When you install and configure Tableau Server you may be asked for the following information:

Option	Description	Your Information
Server Account	The server must have a user account that the service can use. The default is the built-in Windows Network Service account. If you use a specific user account you’ll need the domain name, user name, and password.	Username: Password: Domain:
Active Directory	Instead of using Tableau’s built-in user management system, you can authenticate through Active Directory. If so, you’ll need the fully-qualified domain name.	Active Directory Domain:
Open port in Windows firewall	When selected Tableau Server will open the port used for http requests in the Windows Firewall software to allow other machines on your network to access the server.	__ - Yes __ - No

Option

Description

Your Information

Server Account

The server must have a user account that the service can use. The default is the built-in Windows Network Service account. If you use a specific user account you’ll need the domain name, user name, and password.

Username:

Password:

Domain:

Active Directory

Instead of using Tableau’s built-in user management system, you can authenticate through Active Directory. If so, you’ll need the fully-qualified domain name.

Active Directory Domain:

Open port in Windows firewall

When selected Tableau Server will open the port used for http requests in the Windows Firewall software to allow other machines on your network to access the server.

__ - Yes

__ - No

Ports

By default Tableau Server requires the following TCP/IP ports to be available to the server: 80, 8000 (plus the specified number of application server processes), 8060, 8080, 8085, 9100 (plus the specified number of VizQL server processes), 9700 (plus the specified number of data server processes), and 27042. The default configuration can be changed if there is a conflict. See Editing the Default Ports to learn how.

Drivers

You may need to install additional database drivers. Download drivers from www.tableausoftware.com/support/drivers.