ansible-tableau-server

Overview

This repo contains all Ansible roles for installing and configuring a Tableau Server cluster on Amazon Linux 2.

Requirements

The machine must meet the Minimum Hardware Requirements for Tableau Server, which is currently:

• Processor: 64-bit
• RAM: 16GB
• CPU: 4-core
• Free Disk Space: 15GB

The role has only been tested on the following software:

• Amazon Linux 2

Playbooks

tableau-server-install

This role installs Tableau Server 2019.04.1+ and drivers on Amazon Linux 2.

Required Vars

• tableau_server_version
  • Version of Tableau Server to be installed.
• drivers
  • List of drivers to be installed (RPM package urls).
• tsm_user and tsm_password
  • Username and password for TSM.
  • TSM is used to manage installation and configuration of Tableau Server.

Using Role Example

tableu-server-install.yml

    - hosts: all
      become: yes
      roles:
        - tableau-server-install

Run Example

ansible-playbook -i 10.0.10.100, -u ec2-user --key-file=tableau-server.pem -e '{"tableau_server_version":"2019.4.1", "tsm_user":"tsmadmin", "tsm_password":"coxinha123", "drivers":["https://downloads.tableau.com/drivers/linux/yum/tableau-driver/tableau-postgresql-odbc-09.06.0500-1.x86_64.rpm"]}' tableau-server-install.yml

tableau-server-primary-setup

This role configures Tableau Server previously installed as the primary machine in the cluster.

Dependencies

• A successful execution of the role table-server-install, as demonstrated in the previous example.
• Create file registration.json in roles/tableau-server-primary-setup/files. Check registration.json.example in project.
• Create file settings.json in roles/tableau-server-primary-setup/files. Check settings.json.example in project.

Required Vars

• tsm_user
  • Username for TSM.
  • TSM is used to manage installation and configuration of Tableau Server.
• licenses
  • List of licenses provided by Tableau.
• tableau_admin_user and tableau_admin_password
  • Username and password for Tableau Server.
  • As a administrator on Tableau Server, you can access admin settings to configure users, projects, and to do other content-related tasks.

Using Role Example

tableu-server-primary-setup.yml

    - hosts: all
      become: yes
      roles:
        - tableau-server-primary-setup

Run Example

ansible-playbook -i 10.0.10.100, -u ec2-user --key-file=tableau-server.pem -e '{"tsm_user":"tsmadmin", "tableau_admin_user": "admin", "tableau_admin_password":"coxinha123", "licenses": ["XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX"]}' tableau-server-primary-setup.yml

tableau-server-worker-setup

This role configures Tableau Server previously installed as the worker machine in the cluster.

Dependencies

• A successful execution of the role table-server-install, as demonstrated in the previous example.
• Primary machine running TSM.
• Download bootstrap.json file with credentials and copy to roles/tableau-server-worker-setup/files
• Worker machine needs access primary machine ports:
  • 22
  • 8000 - 9000
  • 27000 - 27009

Required Vars

• tsm_user
  • Username for TSM.
  • TSM is used to manage installation and configuration of Tableau Server.

Using Role Example

tableu-server-worker-setup.yml

    - hosts: all
      become: yes
      roles:
        - tableau-server-worker-setup

Run Example

ansible-playbook -i 10.0.10.100, -u ec2-user --key-file=tableau-server.pem -e '{"tsm_user":"tsmadmin"}' tableau-server-worker-setup.yml

License

MIT

Author Information

This roles was created in 2020 by Alex Pereira.