---
schema_version: "1"
id: e2c1675a0d417c953805e8dbdb27e570a94cb1855cbb8d4ce81b3b6cfb55a8b2
title: Install Switches and Properties for Tableau Server Independent Gateway
collection: tableau
version: next
locale: en-gb
portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/tableau/next/en-gb/server/server_tsig_install_switches.md
canonical_url: https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/server/en-gb/server_tsig_install_switches.htm
source_site: help.tableau.com
content_type: documentation
content_hash: 3ed24e9d605dc8479d04e029deb5f6ef5ae5d778d183be925e6954148696968e
description: Reference for install switches and properties for Independent Gateway.
---
[Skip to main content](#main-content)

# Install Switches and Properties for Tableau Server Independent Gateway

<table class="simple-table"><colgroup><col><col><col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>Switch</td><td>Description</td><td>Comments</td></tr><tr><td><code>/install</code> | <code>/repair</code> | <code>/uninstall</code> | <code>/layout</code> "<code>&lt;directory&gt;</code>"</td><td><p>Run Setup to either install, repair or uninstall Tableau Server Independent Gateway, or with <code>/layout</code>, create a complete local copy of the installation bundle in the directory specified.</p></td><td>Default is to install, displaying UI&nbsp;and all prompts. If no directory is specified on a fresh install, <code>C:\Program Files\Tableau\Tableau Server\ independentgateway</code> is assumed. If TSIG is already installed, Setup will assume the same location as the current installation.</td></tr><tr><td><code>/passive</code></td><td><p>Run Setup with minimal UI and no prompts.</p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><code>/quiet</code> | <code>/silent</code></td><td><p>Run Setup in unattended, fully silent mode. No UI or prompts are displayed.</p></td><td><p class="note"><b>Note:</b> Use either <code>/silent</code> or <code>/quiet</code>, not both.</p></td></tr><tr><td><code>/norestart</code></td><td><p>Run Setup without restarting Windows, even if a restart is necessary.</p></td><td><p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong>&nbsp;In certain rare cases, a restart cannot be suppressed, even when this option is used. This is most likely when an earlier system restart was skipped, for example, during installation of other software.</p></td></tr><tr><td><code>/log "&lt;drive&gt;\&lt;path&gt;\&lt;log-file&gt;.&lt;ext&gt;"</code></td><td>Log information to the specified file and path.</td><td><p>Use this switch with a path and log file name to make the log available after installation is complete.</p><p>If this switch is used with a log file name but no path, the log file is written to a temporary location and deleted at the end of the installation.</p><p>If this switch is used but no log file name is specified, the switch is ignored and the file is written to <code>%TEMP%</code>.</p><p>If this switch is not used, the log file is written to <code>%TEMP%</code>.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>

<table class="simple-table"><colgroup><col style="width: 30%;"><col><col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>Properties</td><td>Description</td><td>Comments</td></tr><tr><td><code>ACCEPTEULA=1|0</code></td><td>Accept the End User Licence Agreement (EULA). Required for quiet, silent and passive install on both initial and additional nodes. 1 = true, accept the EULA, 0 = false, do not accept the EULA.</td><td><p>If not included when using <code>/passive</code>, <code>/silent</code> or <code>/quiet</code>, Setup fails silently.</p><p>If included but set to 0, Setup fails.</p></td></tr><tr><td><code>DATADIR="&lt;path\to\data\directory&gt;"</code></td><td>Optional. The location where the TSIG software configuration and data are stored. If you don't provide a data directory path and TSIG is being installed to the default location (INSTALLDIR is not specified), the default data directory is used: <code>C:\ProgramData\Tableau\Tableau Server</code>. If you don't provide a data directory path and INSTALLDIR is specified, DATADIR is also set to the INSTALLDIR location.</td><td>Example: <code>DATADIR="D:\TableauServerData"</code></td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td><code>HKPORT="&lt;port&gt;"</code></td><td>Port listening for housekeeping requests from the Tableau Server cluster.<p>Default is <code>21319</code>.</p></td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td><code>HKPROTOCOL="&lt;protocol&gt;"</code></td><td>Protocol for housekeeping requests.<p>Options are <code>http</code> or <code>https</code>. Default is <code>http</code>.</p></td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td><code>INSTALLDIR="&lt;path\to\installation\directory&gt;"</code></td><td>Install to the specified non-default install location.</td><td>Specifies the location to install server. If not used, Tableau Server Independent Gateway is installed to <code>C:\Program Files\Tableau\Tableau Server\independentgateway
</code><p>Example: <code>&lt;Setup file&gt; /silent INSTALLDIR="D:\Tableau\Tableau Server\independentgateway"
					</code></p></td></tr><tr><td><code>INSTANCEID="&lt;computer_identifier&gt;"</code></td><td>A unique identifier for this TSIG instance.<p>Default is "%COMPUTERNAME%".</p></td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td><p><code>PORT="&lt;port&gt;"</code></p></td><td>Port listening for external requests.<p>Default is "80".</p></td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td><code>PROTOCOL="&lt;protocol&gt;"</code></td><td>Protocol for external requests. Choices are <code>http</code> or <code>https</code>. Default is <code>http</code>.</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td><code>TSCLUSTER="&lt;nodes&gt;"</code></td><td>Network location(s) of the Tableau Server nodes from which TSIG housekeeping requests can be received.<p>These are all nodes with Cluster Controller or Administration Agent, which includes all nodes in the cluster.</p><p>This is required. There is no default for this option.</p></td><td>Must be one of the forms acceptable to Apache HTTPD mod_authz_host "Require" directive (<a href="https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_authz_host.html" target="_blank">https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_authz_host.html</a>).<p>Examples:<code> "ip 192.1.168.0/24"</code>, <code>"host ts.example.org"</code>.</p><p>Use quotes if there are embedded spaces.</p></td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table>