Operations Guide

This guide contains detailed information about how to install and configure Metabase for production use. If you’d prefer we take care of the details of running Metabase for you, check out our paid plans.

Installing and upgrading

• How to install Metabase
• How to upgrade Metabase

Metabase application database

• Configuring the application database
• Migrating from the default H2 database to a production database
• Backing up Metabase Application Data
• Running database migrations manually

Connecting to databases

• Configuring settings using environment variables
• Connecting Metabase to databases in your organization
• Encrypting your database connection details at rest

Configuring Metabase

• Customizing the Metabase Jetty Webserver
• Changing password complexity
• Changing session expiration
• Handling timezones
• Configuring logging
• How to setup monitoring via JMX
• A word on Java versions

Scaling Metabase

• Metabase at scale