alexrblohm / docker

generic docker set up for R Studio

DockeR

Get it dockeR? hardy har har har.

This is my attempt at running R and r studio in a docker container.

Motivation

I had issues with local java/snowflake connection. I hope this is a solution for this connection and allows our team to utilize R in a scalable way as this is my preferred language.

Tech/framework used

-Docker

Installation

1. Install Docker (if you have not already) https://docs.docker.com/install/
2. Clone this repo to your local machine
3. Open your terminal and navigate into the folder DockeR (relative paths require this)

cd projects/dockeR/

4. Run the following. It will take awhile, be patient, it's worth it!

docker-compose up --build

5. Open localhost:50 in a web browser.
6. Be amazed by this miracle and send Alex a thank you ;)

Tests

In the project/files folder there is a test_hello_world.R file. Open it and run.

Yes the R jokes never end!

How to use?

Each time you start up the container just run

docker-compose up

To stop the container use ctrl c.

You can run the container in detached mode

docker-compose up -d

BUT BEWARE that you will need to shut it down later and we don't want to forget

docker-compose down

Now that you are set up, code in either R environment. The only change is that you will need to add to the file install_packages.R and rebuild the docker container (docker compose up --build) if you need other libraries. Note that you can specify versions here too

require(devtools)
install_version("ggplot2", version = "0.9.1", repos = "http://cran.us.r-project.org")

Credits

Big thanks to https://www.rocker-project.org for developing all these base images for R!

Also thanks to Vladimir Zhbanko for his work that helped me learn! -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHn7zADtFGM -https://github.com/vladdsm/docker-r-h2o-tidyverse

Alex Blohm