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Deploy Apache Superset

Apache Superset is an open-source data exploration and visualization platform that offers a wide array of features and capabilities. Its user-friendly interface, coupled with its powerful functionality, makes it a go-to choice for businesses seeking to gain meaningful insights from their data.

Deploy Apache Superset in the ExyData Platform

Considerations

  • Size: The size of the instance that you want to deploy. You can see the available sizes here. The size of the instance will affect the performance of your queries. You will want to choose the size that fits your needs.

  • Region: The region where you want to deploy your instance. You can see the available regions here. This is important because the region will affect the latency of your queries. You will want to deploy your instance in the region that is closer to your users and yours data sources.

Deploy

Deploying a new Apache Superset instance is very easy. You just need to run the following command:

exy deploy \
--cloud aws \
--database superset \
--org_id your-org_id \
--token your-awesome-token \
--plan professional \
--region us-east-1

The response will be a JSON object with the following properties:

{
  "cloud": "aws",
  "resource_id": "5c9f5b5c",
  "database": "superset",
  "org_id": "your-org_id",
  "plan": "professional",
  "region": "us-east-1",
  "created_at": "2019-03-27T12:34:56.789Z",
}

You will receive an email with the information that you need to start to use the service.

The deployment process can take a few minutes. Up to five minutes.

Access your Apache Superset instance

You can access your Superset instance using the following URL:

You can find the URL of your instance in the email that you received after deploying your instance.

You will receive a unique URL to connect to Superset, go to the URL and you will see the following screen:

superset - exy

Introduce the credentials that you received in the email and you will see the following screen:

superset exy

At this point, you can start to use Superset.

Change the password of your Apache Superset instance

Is highly recommended that you change the password of your Superset instance. You can do it using the following steps:

Login to your Superset instance using the credentials that you received in the email.

Click on the settings button in the top right corner and select the option "Info".

superset exy

Then, click on the "Reset My Password" button.

superset exy

Introduce your new password and click on the "Save" button.

superset exy

Ready to roll?

Now that you have your Superset instance up and running, you can start to use it. You can find more information about how to use Superset in the official documentation.

If you have any questions, please contact us at support@exy.com or sign up to the Time Series Community Slack.