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 documentation page.

Select a subtopic to dive in:

• 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 that Looker uses to encrypt internal data.
• Enabling a Redis cache on a customer-hosted instance
  Enable a Redis cache on a customer-hosted instance for improved cache performance.