TableauException: Failed to connect to external service (ext-svc-type-unknown xxxx:9004): The connection type is unknown, please select a supported connection type.
I'm trying to set-up a TabPy connection to a Tableau Server, but run into the above error. I've set
tsm configuration set -k vizqlserver.extsvc.host -v <my-ip-address>
tsm configuration set -k vizqlserver.extsvc.port -v 9004
to no avail. I recently configured another Tableau server with TabPy and this was sufficient.
In addition, I'm able to connect to the TabPy instance on a local workbook through "Manage external service connection".
Does anyone have tips on what settings I could try to change on my server to get it running?
tsm security vizql-extsvc-ssl enable --connection-type "tabpy" --extsvc-host IP--extsvc-port 9004 --script-disabled "false"
tsm pending-changes apply
This solved the problem (solution from the GitHub issue tracker linked above). The difference was the flag --script-disabled, which seems to require explicit handling after 2019.4.
