Table of Contents
Preface
Section 1: Installing and Deploying Metabase
Chapter 1: Overview of Metabase
Technical requirements 4
Introducing Metabase 5
Finding answers in your database5
Who should use Metabase?6
What is Metabase good for?8
What kind of data does Metabase accept?9
Metabase's origins 9
Why open source? 10
It's free10
You are in control of your data10
What's the catch?11
Installing Metabase locally 11
Installing on Mac11
Installing on Windows or Linux11
Limitations of installing locally13
Installing and deploying Metabase via the cloud 13
Running software in the cloud13
Heroku – an easy platform for cloud-based applications14
Signing up for a Heroku account14
Deploy Metabase to Heroku with one click16
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