

Licensing – Tableau Server needs to connect to the internet in order to activate product keys. For more details, see Displaying Maps in an Air-Gapped Environment.
Air media server install#
With earlier versions of Tableau, maps are unavailable in an air-gapped environment unless you also install a map server in your air-gapped environment. Beginning with version 2020.4.0, you can configure Tableau Server to use offline maps. Maps – Tableau Server uses externally hosted map data by default. The following Tableau Server features will be unavailable or will have reduced functionality in an air-gapped environment:

Installing Tableau Server in an air-gapped environment is an advanced task for IT administrators who are familiar with the security considerations, best practices, and pitfalls of installing software in air-gapped environments.

The only means of getting software and data into or out of an air-gapped environment is by using removable media such as USB sticks or writable optical CDs or DVDs. Air-gapped environments have no internet access, no outside network access, no outside wireless access, etc. Such disconnected environments, commonly referred to as air-gapped, are used when high security is needed to prevent data breaches or to guard against hacking. You can install Tableau Server in a disconnected environment that has no outside network access of any kind.
