1 Reply Latest reply on Nov 27, 2018 6:52 AM by Zach Leber

Tableau Server, SSL, & GoDaddy certificates

gareth.crawford Nov 26, 2018 12:47 PM

Dear All!

We're using Tableau Server 2018.3 in our organisation and would like to deploy an SSL certificate to improve the security. When inside TSM we can see that SSL certificate and SSL certificate key files are required.

We already have certificates, but their file extensions are .crt and so I'm not sure which file is the certificate and which one is the key.

Does anyone know which file is which? GoDaddy provide two .crt files: one with a filename consisting of random letters & numbers, and another with a filename of gd_bundle-g2-g1.crt.

Many thanks in advance for your help!

1. Re: Tableau Server, SSL, & GoDaddy certificates

Zach Leber Nov 27, 2018 6:52 AM (in response to gareth.crawford)

Hi Gareth,

Tableau Server SSL requires one key file (.key), one certificate (.crt), and sometimes a certificate chain file (also .crt extension). You may not have the private key file you need.

Configure SSL for External HTTP Traffic to and from Tableau Server - Tableau

You can view the encrypted file contents directly in a text editor, look for either

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----

or

-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

You can also use the openssl command available on many OSs to check the files.

openssl x509 -in certificate.crt -text -noout
openssl rsa -in privateKey.key -check

Regards,
Zach
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