Requirements

These requirements are for all operating systems.

• Software/Hardware requirements

• Network requirements/domain name

• Security

• Database credentials

• SSL Certificate

• License

• Installation files

• Database drivers

Each operating system can have different requirements:

Windows requirements

Linux requirements

Software/Hardware Requirements

• Minimum hardware requirements:

  • 4 (v)CPU, processing power

  • 8Gb RAM

  • 50Gb application disk space

  • 100Mbps or 1Gbps network-interface

• Temporary Internet Access for downloading missing component

Network requirements

Firewall rules allow access to the port where the application will run. This applies to both internal and external networks, as well as server firewalls.

Ensure a valid web domain is available for the WritebackExtreme application to serve and distribute its content. When selecting a domain, it's important to consider how the application will be made available:

• Only within the internal/company network. This could be the machine/server name. The network DNS server will handle the request internally.

• Customers/users can use the WritebackExtreme application outside of the network. A web domain, for example, <https://extension.company.com> (create a DNS entry) which points to the host of WriteBackExtreme.

• Ensure the server is accessible solely via a VPN or within the company's internal network.

• Read the security page and make sure you are compliant: here

When using a network/internal domain, the traffic of WritebackExtreme is available exclusively within the network (e.g., via VPN). Users outside the network cannot access the WritebackExtreme application.

Repository database requirements

WriteBackExtreme requires a repository database to store its internal data. This is not the same as the database you write back to from Tableau.

You can use any of the supported databases below as your repository database. If you don’t have access to MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server, you can use the built-in SQLite option.

Supported repository databases

• SQL Server — version 2016 or newer

• MySQL — version 5.7 or newer

• PostgreSQL

• SQLite (built-in option)

We are supporting more databases! These databases are supported for storing our configuration and user data.

SSL Certificates

SSL certificates are required if the system is not behind a proxy/load-balancer. When the system is behind a load balancer, the SSL certificate needs to be configured in the Load balancer.

We support the following SSL certificates:

• Using a .key and .cer certificate via the public keys method. (The key needs to be unencrypted!)

• Using a .pfx Windows-style certificate.

Please note that Tableau requires extensions to be running on HTTPS/SSL connection and therefore required!

License Requirement

A valid License for WritebackExtreme. The license can be found in our portal.

Installation files

One-Click Executable files for easy installation. These files can be downloaded via our portal.

Database drivers

To use a database that connects through ODBC (such as Databricks, Snowflake, or Teradata), the appropriate drivers must be installed and configured separately. Please refer to the documentation of the specific database for detailed setup instructions for your platform.

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