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# Best Practices for Installing Tableau Server on Amazon Web Services

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Deployments on public clouds continue to be supported but the content for third-party public cloud deployments is no longer updated.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

The following best practices make installing Tableau Server in the cloud a better experience.

- Read the Tableau Server [Plan Your Deployment](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/server/en-us/plan.htm) section.
- Read [What You Need Before You Begin](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/server/en-us/ts_aws_prerequisites.htm).
- Read the Tableau Server [Security Hardening Checklist](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/server/en-us/security_harden.htm).
- If you’re new to the cloud, use the [AWS Free Tier](https://aws.amazon.com/free/) to get familiar with working in the cloud before you deploy Tableau Server on AWS.
- Read about and understand [network topology on AWS](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/gettingstarted/latest/awsgsg-intro/gsg-aws-compute-network.html) and how to architect it.
- Use an [Amazon elastic network interface](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/VPC_ElasticNetworkInterfaces.html) to provide a static MAC address for your Amazon EC2 instance.

## Keeping Costs Down

AWS offers cloud-based services on a pay-as-you-go basis. Costs are determined by the services you run and amount of time you use them. Different combinations of instance types and sizes have different costs. For more information about services pricing, see [AWS Pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/pricing/) at the AWS website. You can estimate your total monthly costs using the [AWS Simple Monthly Calculator](http://calculator.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html) at the AWS website. You can also compare on-premises vs the cloud using the [AWS Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculators](https://aws.amazon.com/tco-calculator/) at the AWS website.

To help monitor and control usage costs on an ongoing basis, you can use Amazon CloudWatch to alert you when your monthly AWS costs reach your predefined spending threshold. For more information, see [Monitor Your Estimated Charges Using Cloudwatch](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/gs_monitor_estimated_charges_with_cloudwatch.html) in the _Amazon CloudWatch User’s Guide_ at the AWS website.