About installation and upgrades

As administrator, you are responsible for setting up and configuring ThoughtSpot. This guide explains how. It will also assist you in troubleshooting some common problems, finding additional resources, and contacting ThoughtSpot.

Your ThoughtSpot application software is already installed for you in a ThoughtSpot appliance. This is true for both physical and virtual appliances.

The ThoughtSpot software is updated by ThoughtSpot Support. ThoughtSpot Support will contact you to schedule an update when one becomes available.

As administrator, you are responsible for setting up and configuring ThoughtSpot. This guide helps you with these tasks, and also assists in troubleshooting some common problems and finding additional resources.

Display your current configuration

To perform the setup and configuration, you must first learn how to gain administrative access.

  1. Log in to the ThoughtSpot cluster as the admin user.

  2. Use the tscli feature subcommand to display your current configuration.

     $ tscli feature get-all-config
     +---------------------------------+----------+---------------+
     |              NAME               |  STATUS  | CONFIGURATION |
     +---------------------------------+----------+---------------+
     | Firewall                        | Disabled |               |
     | Saml                            | Disabled |               |
     | Ldap                            | Disabled |               |
     | CustomBranding                  | Disabled |               |
     | CustomBrandingFontCustomization | Disabled |               |
     | DataConnect                     | Disabled |               |
     | RLS                             | Enabled  |               |
     | Callhome                        | Enabled  |               |
     | SSHTunnel                       | Enabled  |               |
     | Fileserver                      | Disabled |               |
     +---------------------------------+----------+---------------+