v0.39.0.1 / Operations Guide / Installing Metabase
Metabase has the flexible ability to allow variables in native (SQL) queries. This lets you dynamically replace values in your queries using filter widgets or through the query's URL. Options and settings for your variables will appear in the Variables side panel of the native query builder once you've defined a. Command-line tool to access Weave Flux, the Kubernetes GitOps operator: flvmeta: 1.2.2: Manipulate Adobe flash video files (FLV) flvstreamer: 2.1c1: Stream audio and video from flash & RTMP Servers: flyway: 7.8.1: Database version control to control migrations: fmdiff: 20150915: Use FileMerge as a diff command for Subversion and Mercurial: fmpp. Metabase is an SQL-based interface equipped with a GUI query builder with use cases applying to streaming data (including music streams), security investigations, fraud prevention and onboarding. Many of their users apply it to data warehouses for microservices and even the lifecycle of software development. Metabase is built and maintained by a dedicated team and is open source, so the community can help improve it too. You get new features, interface improvements, and bug fixes for free, and can forget about building or maintaining your own analytics platform. Free and simple to set up.
Metabase is built and packaged as a Java jar file and can be run anywhere that Java is available. Below we provide detailed instructions on how to install and run Metabase in a variety of common configurations.
Running the Jar File
This is the simplest and most basic way of running Metabase. Here we’ll cover the general requirements for running Metabase and provide some information about how to customize your installation for any scenario.
Running the Mac Application
Metabase provides a binary Mac OS X application for users who are interested in trying Metabase on a Mac system.
Metabase On Kubernetes And Google
Running on Docker
If you are using Docker containers and prefer to manage your Metabase installation that way then we’ve got you covered. This guide discusses how to use the Metabase Docker image to launch a container running Metabase.
Cloud Platforms
Running on AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Step-by-step instructions on how to deploy Metabase on Elastic Beanstalk using RDS. This is the most common way to run Metabase in production.
Running on Heroku
Currently in beta. We’ve run Metabase on Heroku and it works just fine, but it’s not hardened for production use just yet. If you’re up for it then give it a shot and let us know how we can make it better!
Running on Debian as a service
Community support only at this time, but learn how to deploy Metabase as a service on Debian (and Debian-based) systems. Simple, guided, step-by-step approach that will work on any VPS.
Running on Kubernetes
Metabase On Kubernetes Using
Community Helm chart for running Metabase on Kubernetes