RStudio Server Guide

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Based on the Rstudio Guide. This guide is designed to help you start with RStudio Server, a web-based interface for R programming. RStudio Server allows you to run R and RStudio in a web browser, providing a flexible and accessible data analysis and visualization environment. This guide covers the installation and configuration of RStudio Server, as well as essential commands and examples for data analysis.

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Download the rstudio server for docker:

docker pull rocker/rstudio

Create a Dockerfile: Include necessary system dependencies and R packages

FROM rocker/rstudio 

RUN apt clean all && \
    apt update && \
    apt upgrade -y && \
    apt install -y \
        libhdf5-dev \
        libcurl4-gnutls-dev \
        libssl-dev \
        libxml2-dev \
        libpng-dev \
        libxt-dev \
        zlib1g-dev \
        libbz2-dev \
        liblzma-dev \
        libglpk40 \
        libgit2-dev \
    && apt clean all && \
    apt purge && \
    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/'' /tmp/'' /var/tmp/''

RUN Rscript -e "install.packages(c('rmarkdown', 'tidyverse', 'workflowr', 'shiny', 'blogdown', 'bookdown', 'learnr', 'xaringan', 'rticles', 'pkgdown', 'devtools', 'usethis', 'testthat', 'roxygen', 'rhub', 'covr', 'rmarkdown', 'knitr', 'dplyr', 'readr', 'packrat', 'rsconnect'))"
= the rstudio/ path is set for building with GitHub Actions =

WORKDIR /home/rstudio

Build Your Image

docker build -t my-rstudio .

Run Your Custom Container

docker run -d -p 8787:8787 -e PASSWORD=yourpassword my-rstudio

You may also consider running multiple servers to maintain isolation:

docker run -d -p 8788:8787 -e USER=user1 -e PASSWORD=user1password my-rstudio
docker run -d -p 8789:8787 -e USER=user2 -e PASSWORD=user2password my-rstudio

Combined commands without comments

docker pull rocker/rstudio
touch Dockerfile
echo "FROM rocker/rstudio" >> Dockerfile
echo "RUN apt clean all && \\" >> Dockerfile
echo "    apt update && \\" >> Dockerfile
echo "    apt upgrade -y && \\" >> Dockerfile
echo "    apt install -y \\" >> Dockerfile
echo "        libhdf5-dev \\" >> Dockerfile
echo "        libcurl4-gnutls-dev \\" >> Dockerfile
echo "        libssl-dev \\" >> Dockerfile
echo "        libxml2-dev \\" >> Dockerfile
echo "        libpng-dev \\" >> Dockerfile
echo "        libxt-dev \\" >> Dockerfile
echo "        zlib1g-dev \\" >> Dockerfile
echo "        libbz2-dev \\" >> Dockerfile
echo "        liblzma-dev \\" >> Dockerfile
echo "        libglpk40 \\" >> Dockerfile
echo "        libgit2-dev \\" >> Dockerfile
echo "    && apt clean all && \\" >> Dockerfile
echo "    apt purge && \\" >> Dockerfile
echo "    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/'' /tmp/'' /var/tmp/''" >> Dockerfile
echo "RUN Rscript -e \"install.packages(c('rmarkdown', 'tidyverse', 'workflowr', 'shiny', 'blogdown', 'bookdown', 'learnr', 'xaringan', 'rticles', 'pkgdown', 'devtools', 'usethis', 'testthat', 'roxygen', 'rhub', 'covr', 'rmarkdown', 'knitr', 'dplyr', 'readr', 'packrat', 'rsconnect'))\"" >> Dockerfile
echo "WORKDIR /home/rstudio" >> Dockerfile
docker build -t my-rstudio .
docker run -d -p 8787:8787 -e PASSWORD=yourpassword my-rstudio