Tableau Server on AWS enables analytics agility for Capital One
summary
Capital One runs Tableau Server on AWS with a parameterized CloudFormation pipeline that spins up a full cluster in under a minute, cuts manual steps one-click deployment, and shrinks deploy surface from about ~1000 clicks to <10. Design uses S3 for installers/backups, shell scripts for configuration, CloudFormation + S3 + shell scripts for environment parity, active/passive DR with cross-region S3 replication, monitoring via CloudWatch + Prometheus and PagerDuty, and an RPO of 3 hours plus biweekly recovery war‑games.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Intro
- 4:00Tableau and Capital One
- 7:295-point Tableau deployment
- 9:04Our deployment gives Capital One an edge
- 11:35Capital One's AWS infrastructure
- 16:08Parameterized scripts connect each component
- 18:55AWS CloudFormation template initiates creation
- 24:29Amazon EC2 runs automated shell scripts
- 27:45Amazon EC2 scripting is bifurcated to allow for testing
- 29:22Amazon CloudWatch and SNS topics alert admins
- 30:30Common mistakes to avoid when deploying Tableau
- 38:02Prometheus integration displays trending of key metrics and routes alarms to PagerDuty
- 39:28PagerDuty notifies on-call personnel when critical metrics are tripped
- 42:23Managing Tableau properly is critical for a healthy environment
- 48:07Governing Tableau ensures a solid platform going forward
- 51:55Upcoming Development
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