Setup R shiny server in Azure Virtual Machine

Question

Is it possible to setup R shiny server (open source version) on Azure virtual machine?

Answer 1

You can install Shiny Server normally, connecting through ssh to your R Server following this manual:

sudo su - \
-c "R -e \"install.packages('shiny', repos='https://cran.rstudio.com/')\""
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gdebi-core
wget https://download3.rstudio.org/ubuntu-12.04/x86_64/shiny-server-1.5.3.838-amd64.deb
sudo gdebi shiny-server-1.5.3.838-amd64.deb

By default Rstudio Server 3838 port is not allowed, to alter this just

• go to your Network Security groups
• click security group associated with your virtual machine
• go to Inbound security rules within selected security group
• By default default-allow-ssh should be visible. Click Add+ and allow new name=allow-shiny with protocol=TCP protocol and port range=3838 And that's it.
• Open your browser and go to http://your_public_ip:3838 - You should see RStudio login panel.

Same process can be repeated to install RStudio Server

If you have smaller instances some packages installation can be impossible due to memory insufficiency. You can resize your virtual machine just for a time of installation. After installation is done, resize back down

Enjoy!