Managing a Customer-Hosted Deployment
If you’ve chosen to manage your own Looker instance, this page provides information about ongoing maintenance. If you’re looking for initial installation steps, check out our Customer-Hosted Installation Steps page.
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- Updating a Looker Instance
Update Looker to stay current with new features and fixes. - Moving Looker to a New Host
Move Looker from one host to another. - Configuration Management Tools
View an example Ansible role for a simplified Looker deployment. - Recommended Java Memory Settings
Allocate the appropriate amount of memory to the Looker application. - Archiving Looker Log Files
Manage Looker log files to preserve disk space. - Restoring Backups
Restore Looker to a new host or in a cluster. - Migrating the Looker Backend Database to MySQL
For larger instances, migrate from Looker’s HyperSQL internal database to a MySQL backend database. - Migrating to AES-256 GCM Encryption
Migrate an existing Looker instance to AES-256 GCM encryption for internal data encryption. - Changing Looker’s Encryption Keys
Change the encryption key Looker uses to encrypt internal data.