RStudio is an integrated development environment (IDE) for R. It includes a console, syntax-highlighting editor that supports direct code execution, as well as tools for plotting, history, debugging and workspace management.
You can also refer to the Rapid Access Cloud Heat user guide for more information.
Orchestration
→ Stacks
→ Launch Stacks
.rstudio-ubuntu1604.yaml
as the Template File
. You do not need to input an Environment File
. Click Next
to continue.Enter parameters for the new stack. For "Password for user", enter your Rapid Access Cloud account password. For "Create password for RStudio", enter a password for the RStudio application.
Find the new RStudio instance under Compute
→ Instances
.
Even though the instance may be running, the |
Login to the instance and run this command:
watch -n 5 "ps aux | grep bootstrap" |
You will see a root
process running: {{/bin/bash /tmp/bootstrap.sh}}
When the bootstrap process has completed, it will disappear from the process list. That means that RStudio has been installed and is ready for use.
One benefit of using RStudio server is that it can be set up using multiple user accounts. The easiest way to add accounts is to log into the server and add users via standard Linux administration tools like adduser
, etc.
Note that each user need to be created with a home directory.
After logging into RStudio, Select Tools > Shell from the top menu. There, enter the command ‘passwd’ and follow the prompts