How to connect to AWS EC2 MySQL in Tableau using SSH Tunnel

Learn how to connect to a MySQL instance in AWS EC2 in Tableau using SSH Tunnel.

Unfortunately, Tableau doesn’t yet have a connector to enable us to pass our EC2 Key Pair and connect to a database inside EC2 this way. However, using an SSH Tunnel we can work around that as a potential solution which works as intended!

In this step-by-step guide on how to connect Tableau with AWS EC2, I provide all the requirements and direction that you need to establish a successful connection to MySQL or MariaDB.

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