RStudio Server
Running RStudio¶
If not already logged, log to rancher.cloud.e-infra.cz, see Rancher section.
Following the steps below, you can install RStudio web application. This application has persistent home directory, it means, that if you delete the application and later install the application again preserving its name, content of home directory will be preserved.
Notes¶
- Default project had quota limit for 12 guaranteed CPUs and quota for 16 CPUs limit. Do not select more than 10 guaranteed CPUs and more than 14 CPUs limit. If needed more just ask. This may be increased in future so request for more CPUs can be made.
Select Application to Run¶
Navigate through Only User Namespaces (1), App & Marketplace (2), Charts (3), cerit-sc (4), and select RStudio (5). See screenshot below.
Install the Application¶
When you click on the chart, hit Install to continue.
Now you can install the RStudio application. In most cases, keep both Namespace (1) and Name (2) intact, however, you can select namespace as desired except default. The default namespace is available but it is not meant to be used. The Name will be in URL to access the application. The Name must be unique in the Namespace, i.e., you cannot run two or more instances with the same Name in the same Namespace. If you delete the application and later install the application again preserving its Name, content of home directory will be preserved.
In the first part of the form, you choose R image, using it you select R version. Image with Full tag contains most of system libraries and also allows to install additional system packages using fakeroot command like fakeroot apt-get install libssl-dev. However, if application is restarted or reinstalled, all installs using fakeroot are lost and has to be installed again.
In the second part of the form, you select access password, please avoid chars like {, }, non trivial password is strongly recommended, however, it is also strongly recommended not to use a password you already use somewhere else. Username will be just rstudio.
In the third part of the form, you can select e-infra storage to connect to the application. If you check External Storage, few more options appear. You can select storage and access credentials. Currently, only storage-brno12-cerit.metacentrum.cz and ha-bay.ics.muni.cz are supported. Username is e-infra (metacentrum) login and password is not Metacentrum password, but different set by administrator, ask if you need to set. We are preparing more convenient way. For ha-bay.ics.muni.cz use UČO and secondary password, however, creating service account and using it is recommended. This storage is mounted to /home/data directory.
In the fourth part of the form, you can select requested resources. This step is optional. Minimum CPU or RAM is guaranteed amount of CPU and RAM, system reserves these resources for the application. However, the application can exceed guaranteed resources up to Maximum. However, in this case, resources are not exclusive and can be shared among other applications. If the application exceeds Maximum CPU, it gets limited, if it exceeds Maximum RAM, it gets terminated (you will see OOMKill report) and restarted. See note above about maximum values.
Wait for Application to Start¶
When you hit Install, you will see installation log. Once you see SUCCESS (see screenshot below), the application is running.
Login to the Running Instance¶
Once the application is running, navigate through Service Discovery (1) and Ingresses (2). You will see Ingresses. If you see cm-acme-http-solver... (3), wait until it disappears. Once you see rstudio or whatever Name you used in the previous steps, you can click on Target (4) to log in to the application.
You will see log in window, use rstudio as login name and the selected password from the from.
Delete Running Instance¶
If you feel you do not need the application anymore, you can delete it. Just navigate to App & Marketplace (1), Installed Apps (2), select the application (3) and hit Delete (4). The data in home directory is not deleted. Running the application again with the same Name restores access to the home directory folder.
