Google Cloud Platform deployment example
Google Cloud Platform provides a cloud infrastructure with all the services and computing power you need to provide a reliable, cloud deployment platform for Qlik Sense that can perform regardless of unexpected changes in demand and concurrency.
Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows single-node deployment on Google Cloud Platform
Components in a typical Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows deployment on Google Cloud Platform:
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VPC - Virtual Private Cloud
A logically isolated virtual network that shares a common security configuration that you define.
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Subnet
You need at least one subnet within the VPC. This could be a public, or private subnet.
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Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL
You can use the PostgreSQL option of the Cloud SQL database service to provide high availability as an alternative to the PostgreSQL repository database embedded in Qlik Sense. PostgreSQL version 11.5 is required.
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Persistent Disk
Block storage that may be attached to instances of Google Compute Engine. Use this to store apps, log files and other common content.
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Compute Engine (GCE)
You deploy a GCE inside the default subnet to host your Qlik Sense installation.
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Cloud VPN
You can make your on-premise Active Directory available in the VPC through an IPsec VPN tunnel to an external IdP.
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Google BigQuery
You can access data sources using the BigQuery data warehouse.
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Qlik Sense Server node
A single Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows node deployed on Windows Server in the Compute Engine. This includes the Engine, Proxy, Repository and Scheduler services.
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TCP Load Balancer
You can put your resources behind a single anycast IP and scale your resources with intelligent autoscaling if you have deployed several nodes running the proxy service.
Deployment options:
- Qlik Sense node in a public subnet with direct Internet access.
- Qlik Sense node in a private subnet without Internet access.
The decision whether to choose a public or private subnet in your deployment depends on your overall solution requirements.
The following example shows a complete Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows single node deployment on Google Cloud.