Metabase Business Intelligence on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS by ProvenCloud

Metabase on Azure, ready in minutes. Deploy the virtual machine, open its public IP address in a browser and you are ready to go. There is no installer to run and nothing to configure.

Metabase is an open source business intelligence tool. Anyone in a company can connect it to a database, ask questions with a simple point-and-click editor or with SQL, and turn the answers into charts and dashboards to share. This image gives startups, analysts and operations teams a working Metabase server in minutes, with its settings database already set up.

Why teams choose this image

• Answers without SQL: connect your databases, ask questions with a point-and-click editor or SQL, and share dashboards and alerts with your team.
• No shared default password: every VM sets its own passwords from its own VM ID on first boot, so no two customers share a login.
• Up to date: every component is on its latest stable release and the image carries all Ubuntu 24.04 LTS security updates, with nothing pending.
• Supports Trusted Launch with Secure Boot and vTPM. No build-time SSH keys or shell history are left in the image.

What is included

• Metabase 0.64.3
• OpenJDK 25
• MySQL 8.0 as the Metabase settings database
• nginx in front of Metabase
• phpMyAdmin and Webmin 2.670
• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, fully patched

Getting started

Open http://<vm-public-ip>/ and sign in with the email admin@example.com and your VM ID (Azure portal > the virtual machine > Properties > VM ID). Allow about four minutes after the VM starts. phpMyAdmin (/phpmyadmin, user root) and Webmin (port 8000, user admin) use the same password.

Ports opened for you: SSH 22 and 80, 8000. For production, limit admin ports to your own IP address and add your domain with an SSL certificate. Step-by-step guide: provencloud.io/catalog/azure-metabase-ubuntu-24-04

Who it is for

Startups, analysts, finance and operations teams that want self-service reporting on their own data without a per-user BI subscription.

Pricing

The price shown is the software and packaging fee. Azure infrastructure charges for the virtual machine, disk and network are billed separately by Microsoft.

Support

ProvenCloud supports the image, its first-boot setup and its access tools. Email support@provencloud.io and we reply within one business day.

Metabase is open source software licensed under AGPL-3.0. Metabase is a trademark of Metabase, Inc. This image is an independent build by ProvenCloud.