Deploy Metabase: The 5-Minute Guide

Metabase is the open-source BI tool that lets anyone in your company ask questions about data. Here’s how to deploy it instantly.

What You’ll Get

✅ Fully configured Metabase instance
✅ SSL certificate (HTTPS)
✅ Your own subdomain
✅ Automatic backups
✅ Monitoring included

Prerequisites

An InfraPilot account (sign up free)
A database to connect to (optional—Metabase includes a sample database)

Step 1: Log In to InfraPilot

Head to app.infrapilot.at and sign in.

Step 2: Find Metabase

Click “Apps” in the navigation, then search for “Metabase” or find it in the Analytics category.

Step 3: Click Deploy

That’s literally it. Click the big “Deploy” button.

ℹ️ What happens now?

InfraPilot provisions your server, installs Metabase, configures networking, sets up SSL, and creates your admin account. All automatically.

Step 4: Wait 60 Seconds

Watch the progress bar. Your instance is being created.

You’ll see:

Creating server instance ✓
Installing dependencies ✓
Configuring Metabase ✓
Setting up SSL certificate ✓
Finalizing deployment ✓

Step 5: Access Your Dashboard

Once complete, you’ll get:

URL: your-instance.infrapilot.app
Admin username
Admin password

Click the URL and log in with your credentials.

First-Time Setup

When you first access Metabase:

Choose your language
Add your first database (or use the sample data)
Invite your team

Connecting Your Database

Metabase supports:

PostgreSQL
MySQL
MongoDB
BigQuery
Redshift
And 20+ more

Just enter your connection details and Metabase will auto-discover your tables.

Creating Your First Dashboard

Click “New” → “Question”
Pick your database and table
Choose what to visualize
Save to a dashboard

💡 Pro tip

Start with simple questions like “Total sales by month” or “Users by country”. Metabase’s visual query builder makes it easy.

What’s Next?

Now that Metabase is running, you can:

Share dashboards with your team
Set up alerts for key metrics
Embed charts in your product
Schedule reports via email

Costs

Running Metabase on InfraPilot costs approximately $25/month for a small instance. Compare that to:

Metabase Cloud: $85/month (5 users)
Tableau: $70/user/month
Looker: $300+/user/month

Troubleshooting

Can’t connect to database?

Check your database allows external connections
Verify credentials are correct
Ensure the port is open

Performance issues?

Upgrade your instance size in the InfraPilot dashboard
Add indexes to your database tables

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Deploy Metabase in 5 Minutes (Yes, Really)