Apr 06
Tableau SSL Certificate Generation

To generate and SSL in Tableau, follow these steps.

From the Windows command line “cd..’ twice to get to C:\

Change to E:\ (This is your server installation location)

  • Cd to  E:\Tableau\Tableau Server\8.0\apache\bin\openssl
  • OpenSSL> genrsa –des3 –out <env>tableau.key 4096
    • Enter password = password
    • Copy/Paste E:\Tableau\Tableau Server\8.0\apache\bin\<env>tableau.key to C:\Certificates
  • rsa –in <env>tableau.key –out <env>tableau.key
    • Enter password = password
  • OpenSSL> req –new –key <env>tableau.key –out <env>tableau.csr –config ..\conf\openssl.cnf
    • Country: US
      State: Indiana
      Locality: City
      Org: Company Name
      Org Unit: Group or Division
      Common Name: <env>.tableau.bi.domain.com
      Email: bi@domain.edu
      Challenge password: password

Adding SSL to Tableau Server:

  • -Stop IIS Service
  • -Stop Tableau Server
  • -Configure Tableau Server

Manage Computer Certs

  • Cert File - C:\Certificates\<env>_tableau_bi_domain_com_cert.cer
  • Cert key File – C:\Certificates\<env>-tableau-13.pfx
 
Copy <env>tableau.csr and use this for your CA Tomcat registration.  Make certain your request is for Tomcat, not Winodws even though its installed on the Windows platform.
 
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