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# Install Tableau Server on the Alibaba Cloud

## 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Deployments on public clouds continue to be supported but the content for third-party public cloud deployments is no longer updated.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-us/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-us/emg_intro.htm)
- [Tableau Cloud Trial for Admin](https://help.tableau.com/current/server-linux/en-us/install.htm)
- [Tableau Cloud: Get Started for Admin](https://www.tableau.com/learn/get-started/online-admin)

## Introduction

When you install Tableau Server on an Alibaba Cloud Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instance, you still have the advanced capabilities of Tableau Server in a local environment. Running Tableau Server on an ECS instance is an excellent choice if you want the flexibility of scaling up and scaling out without having to purchase and maintain an expensive fleet of servers. For instance, you can configure Tableau Server to be highly available, and integrate with all of the common enterprise applications (for example, Active Directory) that many organizations rely on.

Looking for Tableau Server on Windows? See [Install Tableau Server on the Alibaba Cloud](https://help.tableau.com/current/server/en-us/ts_alibaba_welcome.htm "Opens topic in a new browser tab").

You can store the data you use with Tableau Server in the following Alibaba databases:

- [Apsara DB RDS for Microsoft SQL Server](https://www.alibabacloud.com/product/apsaradb-for-rds-sql-server): An on-demand database hosting service for Microsoft SQL Server.
- [Apsara DB RDS for MySQL](https://www.alibabacloud.com/product/apsaradb-for-rds-mysql): An on-demand database hosting service for MySQL.
- [Apsara DB RDS for PostgreSQL](https://www.alibabacloud.com/product/apsaradb-for-rds-postgresql): An on-demand database hosting service for PostgreSQL.

You can use the following native data [connectors](https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/help.htm#exampleconnections_overview.htm) to connect to your data in the Alibaba Cloud:

- [Microsoft SQL Server](https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/examples_sqlserver.htm): Connect to a Microsoft SQL Server database.
- [MySQL](https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/examples_mysql.htm): Conntect to a MySQL database.
- [PostgreSQL](https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/examples_postgresql.htm): Connect to a PostgreSQL database.
- [Other Databases (JDBC)](https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/examples_otherdatabases_jdbc.htm): Conntect to a database using the Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) standard.
- [Other Databases (ODBC)](https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/examples_otherdatabases.htm): Connect to a database using the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) standard.

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