Qlik Forts Now Available - Bring Cloud Analytics to your Data!

[Katie_Davis]

We are excited to unveil Qlik Forts, available now!  Qlik Forts are new hybrid services that securely extend Qlik Sense SaaS capabilities to wherever your data must reside – on-premises, in a private cloud, or a public cloud. Qlik Forts enables businesses to benefit from the convenience of SaaS as well as the flexibility of a hybrid deployment that supports data governance and regulatory requirements, data locality needs, and investments in existing data infrastructure. ​ 

Qlik Forts are pre-packaged, pre-configured virtual appliances, ready to run in your virtualization/IaaS platform of choice.  The complexity of maintaining a Fort is handled by Qlik - we ensure that Qlik Forts are always up to date with the latest updates so your IT team never have to worry about ongoing maintenance or updates.  

Qlik Forts and Qlik Cloud work together as a single solution, so users get a seamless experience with a single point-of-entry to all analytics content​.  

• Qlik Forts run securely behind your firewall 
• All data and apps remain local in the Fort, and there is no ingress required  
• Users can access Qlik Forts any time when securely connected to your network.​ 

Get Started Tutorial here!

Other resources:  

Visit our website here  

Join our Do More with Qlik - Introduction to Qlik Forts webinar on November 10.

Engage with our experts and ask questions in our support portal or Qlik Sense product Forum.    

Thank you for choosing Qlik! 

[parkera]

Hi everyone, not only has Qlik published lots of videos on this great topic there is also a brochure and help to answer many of the questions:

Brochure: https://www.qlik.com/us/-/media/files/resource-library/global-us/direct/datasheets/ds-qlik-forts-dat...

and support: https://help.qlik.com/en-US/cloud-services/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Admin/forts-intro.htm

See section on system requirements for sizing.

Hope that they help answer lots of the obvious questions.

[mahrholt]

Hi,

In some of the presentations support for extensions is indicated and I cannot find lack of extension support as a limitation in the documentation.  But how do I install extensions for the fort?  Should it use the extensions installed in the regular tenant or do I need to add them to the fort as well, and if so, how?  

[Sonja_Bauernfeind]

Hello @mahrholt 

Basic Qlik Cloud extension (supplied by Qlik) work with Forts. 

All the best,
Sonja 

[AlexOmetis]

@Sonja - but custom extensions are supported in Qlik Cloud (Managing extensions ‒ SaaS editions of Qlik Sense), so it's not quite the same. Perhaps this limitation re: custom extensions should be added to the Fort Limitations ‒ SaaS editions of Qlik Sense? 

[Sonja_Bauernfeind]

You are absolutely correct there, @AlexOmetis 

My bad. Let me correct my statement 😄 I have also reached out to the Forts SME again to see if I can get clarification. Will update the thread when I do.

[Sonja_Bauernfeind]

Got the answer: Basic Qlik Cloud extension (supplied by Qlik) work with Forts.  Custom extensions are currently not supported with Forts. 

[cotiso_hanganu]

@Sonja_Bauernfeind: Tx for the answer regarding licensing.

BUT !!!!

I tried to figure it out what are the steps to install and activate a Qlik Fort and I am completely lost.

Is there any materials on this matter already published anywhere ?

Tx

[cotiso_hanganu]

I've noticed lately that Qlik Help is less and less relevant, just 2 or 3 phrases on each topic, but  lacking real depth and substance. (Including the Qlik Fort Documentation)

[Sonja_Bauernfeind]

Hello @cotiso_hanganu 

Information on initial deployment is available for Amazog Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsfot Azure, and VMware vSphere: Initial setup and deployment.

All the best,
Sonja 

[morenoju]

Can Qlik Sense applications hosted in forts be embedded in other web based applications (like we do with those Qlik applications hosted in Qlik Sense Enterprise)?