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Install Shiny Server in Ubuntu 12.04

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R package Shiny originally not support R Studio Server, so shiny.R need change before install

install shiny package for R Studio
cd ~

wget http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/shiny_0.13.2.tar.gz

tar xvfz shiny_0.13.2.tar.gz

vi shiny/R/server.R

# search 'Listening on http://' and replace 'startServer(host, port' to 'startServer("0.0.0.0", port'

# search 'Test port to see if we can use it' and replace 'try(startServer(host, port' to 'try(startServer("0.0.0.0", port'

# search 'QtWebKit' and replace 'paste("http://", browseHost,' to 'paste("http://", "your.rstudio.host.name",'

tar cvfz shiny_0.13.2-server.tar.gz shiny

R CMD INSTALL shiny_0.13.2-server.tar.gz # (may need install htmltools before this line)

service rstudio-server restart # if you previous install shiny from CRAN

Before install shiny server, make sure you install node.js version 0.8.17 or higher and meet prerequisites.

install shiny-server
npm install -g shiny-server # install shiny-server

or use the offline install mode:

git clone https://github.com/rstudio/shiny-server

cd shiny-server/

node tools/bundle-offline-installer.js

mv shiny-server-0.3.0.tgz ..

cd ..

npm install --no-registry -g shiny-server-0.3.0.tgz

The sample shiny server config file.

run_as shiny;

log_dir /var/log/shiny-server/;

server {

  listen 3838 127.0.0.1;

 
  location /first {

    app_dir /var/shiny-server/first;

  }

 
  location /diamonds {

    app_dir /var/shiny-server/diamonds;

  }

}

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