Deploy and Configure Qlik Sense

Installing an enterprise Business Intelligence and Analytics server like Qlik Sense can feel overwhelming. Especially if you're doing it for the first time. It's unclear what to expect or what's involved from start to finish. The installation wizard includes unclear steps, PostgreSQL setup can be tricky, and failures often give little explanation. Without clear guidance, it's easy to get lost, confused, and frustrated, wasting hours troubleshooting instead of making progress.

When installing Qlik Sense, the real challenge is knowing what to do, how to do it, and why. This course closes that gap with a structured, step-by-step walkthrough of the entire installation process. It removes the uncertainty, explains each choice along the way, and shows you exactly what steps to follow to get a working Qlik Sense server you can understand.

Each lesson includes visual guides that remove the guesswork by showing exactly what to click, what to configure, explaining what different installation options mean, and how to avoid common pitfalls. By following these guides, you'll get clarity around Qlik Sense installation process and end up with a properly installed and configured Qlik Sense environment without trial-and-error, wasted time, or uncertainty about whether it was done right.

Once Qlik Sense is installed, the real value comes when it's configured to work seamlessly in your environment. In Configuration section of the course, you'll take your Qlik Sense server from a bare-bones installation to a fully functional system that's ready for users. By the end, you'll have a user directory connected, licenses allocated, firewall rule in place, and a virtual proxy configured so your deployment will be ready to serve your organization.

Every guide is designed to give you visibility into each step of the way and help you correctly configure your server. You'll learn and be able to create and test LDAP queries, import desired users, and deactivate accounts cleanly when needed. You'll see exactly how to set up automatic license allocation so people can access Qlik Sense without issues. And you'll learn how to create a firewall rule and configure virtual proxy to enable connection between your Qlik Sense server and employee PCs.

You'll also install pgAdmin to help you manage Qlik Sense's database, giving you the tool to handle administration tasks quickly and effectively. The end result will be a Qlik Sense deployment that you can understand and trust to handle real users and real workloads.

Securing Qlik Sense with certificates, an encryption key, and reinforcing password hashing algorithm is where things often get complicated. This course makes it simpler. In this part of the course, you'll learn how an SSL certificate is created and how to install it to protect client-server communications, add an encryption key to safeguard web connectors, and upgrade the database password hashing algorithm so your PostgreSQL server aligns with stronger, modern security standards.

This section doesn't just show you which buttons to click or commands to run. It gives you context, sequence, and behind-the-scenes view designed to help you understand what's happening and why. You'll learn the purpose of INF and CSR files, how they fit into certificate generation, why encryption is required for web connectors, and even where and how PostgreSQL stores hashed superuser passwords.

By the end, your Qlik Sense deployment will be transformed from a default install into a hardened, enterprise-ready server. Communications will be encrypted, connectors secured, and database passwords protected with a stronger, modern hashing algorithm. You'll have an environment that shields your organization's data and stays resilient for years to come.

In addition to the step-by-step, visual guides, the course also comes with practical tools designed to save you hours of work and reduce the chance of errors. These are the same tools I rely on when building Qlik Sense environments ready for you to put to work whenever you'll be building your own Qlik Sense servers.

You'll get a ready-to-run SQL script that configures PostgreSQL specifically for Qlik Sense. It creates the required roles, sets permissions, builds the databases, and assigns ownership correctly taking the guesswork out of PostgreSQL server setup.

You'll also get a PowerShell script that automates the generation and installation of encryption key for Qlik web connectors, removing manual effort and ensuring the process is done right every time.

The course also includes an INF template pre-loaded with Qlik's recommended certificate settings for hashing, encryption algorithms, and more. With it, you avoid searching through scattered documentation and can generate a certificate signing request with proven, reliable parameters. Together, these tools cut setup time and give you a direct path to a cleaner, more secure Qlik Sense deployment.

Learning Qlik Sense is challenging enough, but when every step is shown, it becomes simpler, less stressful, faster, and more accurate. That's why each guide in this course is packed with high-quality screenshots showing you precisely where to go, what to look for, and what to do as you deploy and configure your Qlik Sense server.

The result is less effort required to learn Qlik Sense server administration and a greater likelihood that your deployment is set up correctly the first time.

Drawing on years of experience teaching and training teams in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, I've built the most effective and practical learning material I've ever created. And I can't wait for you to try it and see what you will be able to accomplish with your Qlik Sense servers!