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# What You Need Before You Begin

## This is archived content

Deployments on public clouds continue to be supported but the content for third-party public cloud deployments is no longer updated.

For the latest Tableau Server deployment content, see the [Deploy](https://help.tableau.com/current/server-linux/en-gb/install.htm) section of Tableau Server help.

For those customers who have access, we recommend Tableau Cloud. For more details, see:

- [Tableau Cloud Manual Migration Guide](https://help.tableau.com/current/guides/migration/en-gb/emg_intro.htm)
- [Tableau Cloud Trial for Admin](https://help.tableau.com/current/server-linux/en-gb/install.htm)
- [Tableau Cloud: Get Started for Admin](https://www.tableau.com/en-gb/learn/get-started/online-admin)

## Introduction

Before deploying Tableau Server on AWS, you must have the following:

- An AWS account.
- An Amazon EC2 key pair.
    
    For more information, see [Amazon EC2 Key Pairs](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-key-pairs.html) in the _Amazon EC2 User Guide for Linux Instances_ at the AWS website.
- A Tableau Server licence.
    
    - For a standalone Tableau Server deployment, you must [contact sales](https://www.tableau.com/en-gb/about/contact#contact_sales) for a product key.
    - For a cluster-based deployment, you need a user-based licence (which covers all authorised users of Tableau Server), a core-based licence (with a minimum of 16 cores) or a Tableau Server subscription licence. To obtain a product key, [contact sales](https://www.tableau.com/en-gb/about/contact#contact_sales).
    
    For more information about Tableau Server licensing options, see [Licensing Overview](https://help.tableau.com/current/server-linux/en-gb/license_server_overview.htm).
- (Optional) A domain managed by Amazon Route 53.
- (Optional) An SSL certificate managed by AWS Certificate Manager in the region where you are deploying Tableau Server.
- Storage on Amazon EC2 instance (a general purpose SSD (gp2) is recommended).
- (Optional) An Elastic IP address if you aren't using ELB or Amazon Route53.