Steps for Rstudio on Rocker

rocker_for_dev.md

Step 1: Create a Dockerfile and add the following to it:

FROM rocker/verse:4.1.0

LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="nkhoshnevis@g.harvard.edu"

RUN install2.r --error --skipinstalled --ncpus -1 \
    SuperLearner

ENV RENV_VERSION 0.15.1
RUN R -e "install.packages('remotes', repos = c(CRAN = 'https://cloud.r-project.org'))"
RUN R -e "remotes::install_github('rstudio/renv@${RENV_VERSION}')"


# Linux internal commands
RUN apt-get update \
	&& apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
		vim \
		zsh \
		&& apt-get clean

# 

Step 2: Build an image

In the terminal, run:

docker build -t rvers .

Step 3: Create a folder on your host and get the path. Step 4: Run the following code to spin up a Docker container

docker run -it --rm \
        -p 8230:8787 \
        -e USER=user \
        -e PASSWORD=pass \
        -v "/path/to/your/folder/on/host:/home/rstudio/Project_A" rvers

Step 5: Go to your browser, open http://localhost:8230/, and put user, pass.
Step 6: It will open an RStudio session. Under the file, click on Open Project and select Project_A folder.
Step 7: Create a new R file, add some content and save.
Step 8: Double-check your host to see if you can see the file with contents.