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Introduction
You can deploy Tableau Server on an Alibaba Cloud Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instance. A Tableau Server deployment on Alibaba Cloud supports the following:
| Tableau Server | Alibaba Cloud ECS Self-Deployment |
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| Production ready |
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| Upgrade Tableau without replacing the instance |
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| Install on Linux |
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| Install on Windows |
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| Scale-up |
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| Scale-out (add nodes) |
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| Active Directory support |
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| BYOL license |
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The self-deployment option is described in more detail below:
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Self-Deploy to Alibaba Cloud Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instance - Provides the most flexibility and options to customize Tableau Server to your environment.
Self-deployment of Tableau Server on an ECS instance is recommended for development, test, and production environments that start simple but may need to scale later.
For more information about self-deployment, see Self-Deploy a Single Tableau Server on the Alibaba Cloud. For more information about deploying in a distributed environment, see Self-Deploy Tableau Server on the Alibaba Cloud in a Distributed Environment.
For more information about Tableau Server licensing options, see Licensing Overview.