windows_tableau

Simple way to install Tableau Server on target system.

Available options

• version - You must define Tableau Server version(short format). During setup this will used to locate proper tabadmin
• trusted_host - Used to setup wgserver.trusted_hosts and open correspondent TCP rule in windows firewall.
• type - Installation type. Possible options: local or remote. Based on this puppet will download TablueServer installer from url or from puppet server.
• from - URL or filename from puppet server

How to use

Setup from remote url. Tableau official download site/

  class {'windows_tableau':
    ensure        =>  'present',
    version       =>  '8.3',
    trusted_host  =>  '192.168.1.1',
    type          =>  'remote',
    from          =>  'https://downloads.tableausoftware.com/tssoftware/TableauServer-64bit.exe'
  }

Setup from puppet server

  class {'windows_tableau':
    ensure        =>  'present',
    version       =>  '8.3',
    trusted_host  =>  '192.168.1.1',
    type          =>  'local',
    from          =>  'TableauServer-64bit.exe'
  }

What if I need to make additional setup in Tableau?

Not a problem! You are free to edit templates/initial_setup.ps1.erb and add your additions.

• How to use tabcmd http://onlinehelp.tableausoftware.com/current/server/en-us/tabcmd_cmd.htm
• How to use tabadmin http://onlinehelp.tableausoftware.com/current/server/en-us/tabadmin_cmd.htm

Limitations

If you are going to download Tableau with puppet from remote server, make sure that it will be fast enough. Puppet download known to be fussy about timeout. I'v made changes there but pull request is still pending https://github.com/opentable/puppet-download_file/pull/17