Metabase Open Source BI Platform

This is a repackaged open source software product wherein additional charges apply for cloudimg support services.

## Launch a PrivateBI Platform in Minutes - No Configuration Required

Metabase is the popular open source business intelligence and analytics platform that lets teams connect databases, ask questions with a point-and-click query builder or SQL, build dashboards and charts, and share insights across the organization. This AMI delivers Metabase Open Source Edition0.62 fully installed and production-hardened, so your team is building dashboards within minutes of launching an EC2 instance.

## Why This AMI Over Self-Managed Metabase

Deploying Metabase yourself means installing Java, configuring a production database, setting up a reverse proxy, generating encryption keys, and hardening the instance - a process that can take hours and introduces security risk if steps are missed. This image eliminates that work entirely:

• Production-grade application database - PostgreSQL replaces the default embedded H2 database, giving you crash recovery, durability, and the ability to back up Metabase metadata reliably.
• Reverse proxy included - nginx sits in front of Metabase, ready for TLS termination and proper HTTP handling.
• Zero shared credentials - Every instance generates its own unique encryption key and administrator password on first boot. No other deployment shares your secrets.
• Automated setup - A one-shot service completes the Metabase initial configuration automatically, so you skip the manual setup wizard.

## Use Case: Product Analytics for Growing Teams

A startup engineering team connects their Amazon RDS PostgreSQL instance in the same VPC and within minutes has a dashboard tracking user-funnel metrics, feature adoption, and weekly active users. An e-commerce operations team connects Redshift to build daily revenue dashboards and monitor inventory levels. Data analysts use the point-and-click query builder for ad-hoc exploration without writing SQL, while power users leverage the native SQL editor for complex analysis.

## Supported Data Sources

Sign in as the administrator and connect any supported database to start building questions and dashboards:

• Amazon RDS (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB)
• Amazon Redshift
• Google BigQuery
• Snowflake
• PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, and more

## Application Architecture

The instance runs a single-server stack:

• nginx - Reverse proxy on port 80, ready for TLS certificate configuration
• Metabase - Java application server
• PostgreSQL - Application metadata database (not your analytics data)
• All services bind to the loopback interface for security; only nginx is exposed externally

## Security by Default

On first boot, a one-shot initialization service:

1. Generates a unique encryption key for that instance - connected-database credentials are encrypted with a key no other deployment shares.

2. Creates a single administrator account with a random password written to a root-only file.

3. Completes the Metabase setup automatically.

No shared or default credentials ship in the image. The server and database bind to localhost, minimizing attack surface.

## cloudimg Support - Included With Your Subscription

24/7 technical support by email and live chat covers:

• Deployment and initial configuration
• Data source connection assistance
• TLS termination setup
• Upgrades to new Metabase releases
• Database administration and performance tuning
• Troubleshooting and incident response

Critical issues receive a one-hour average response time.

## Get Started

Launch this AMI, retrieve your administrator credentials, and connect your first data source. If you would like a guided walkthrough of your deployment, contact cloudimg support and our engineers will help you get dashboard-ready quickly.

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