Shiny Server Instructions

Shiny Server Resources

• http://www.rstudio.com/products/shiny/download-server/
• http://rstudio.github.io/shiny-server/latest/
• https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-add-swap-on-centos-6

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Useful Commands

Access server

$ ssh do-shiny-1

Starting, restarting, and stopping the shiny server

$ sudo start shiny-server
$ sudo restart shiny-server
$ sudo stop shiny-server

Check the status of the server

$ status shiny-server

Edit permissions in the app folder if png or pdf devices are used

$ sudo chmod 757 -R /srv/shiny-server/heatmapper/

Check the IP Adress for the server

$ curl -s checkip.dyndns.org | sed -e 's/.*Current IP Address: //' -e 's/<.*$//'  

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Important files/locations

Config file used to run server

/etc/init/shiny-server.conf

Customizable config file, contains info on directory and port used

/etc/shiny-server/shiny-server.conf

Default directory used, specified in config file

/srv/shiny-server/

Default directory for log files

/var/log/shiny-server/

IP

http://107.170.146.233/