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Hosting Data Apps: 3 Months and 20 Posts Later

The Hosting Data Apps website was launched 3 months ago. We review how the content was received by our readers and where the site is going next.

3 min read Jul 3, 2021

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Shiny Apps with Docker Compose, Part 2: Production

Peter Solymos

Use Docker Compose to simplify Shiny app deployment and reach dev/prod parity. Part 2 looks at production.

7 min read Jun 17, 2021

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Shiny Apps with Docker Compose, Part 1: Development

Peter Solymos

Use Docker Compose to simplify Shiny app deployment and reach dev/prod parity. Part 1 looks at local development.

8 min read Jun 14, 2021

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Hosting Patterns for Shiny Apps

Peter Solymos

There are four types of hosting patterns for Shiny apps: local, dockerized, Shiny Server, and Shiny Server inside Docker. Here is what you need to know if you want to self-host Shiny apps.

5 min read Jun 11, 2021

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Running Shiny Server in Docker

Peter Solymos

The dockerized Shiny Server is a heavyweight hosting option that plays an important role in the Shiny hosting landscape.

4 min read Jun 9, 2021

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Using systemd to Run Shiny Apps

Peter Solymos

Shiny is a fully capable web server that can directly be deployed and served to users with standard Linux tools like systemd.

6 min read Jun 3, 2021

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Host Shiny Apps with Docker

Peter Solymos

A very basic setup to host your Shiny apps with Docker over HTTPS using your custom domain.

5 min read May 31, 2021

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Best Practices for R with Docker

Peter Solymos

How following a few basic suggestions for writing Dockerfiles can hugely improve the developer experience and the quality of the final Docker images.

8 min read May 27, 2021

Shiny Server public

File Transfer Based Publishing for Shiny Apps

Peter Solymos

The open-source Shiny Server is an easy way to self-host Shiny apps on a low-cost virtual machine. Set up the server yourself or use an existing image and deploy apps in seconds.

6 min read May 24, 2021

Shiny Server public

Securing Shiny Server with Caddy

Peter Solymos

Caddy server makes it super easy to obtain TLS certificates for your custom domain and to serve Shiny apps securely over HTTPS on top of the open-source Shiny Server.

5 min read May 20, 2021

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Dockerized Shiny Apps with Dependencies

Peter Solymos

The wealth of contributed R packages can supercharge Shiny app development. This also means that you have to manage these dependencies. Learn about dependency management when working with R and Docker.

6 min read May 17, 2021

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Push-button Publishing for Shiny Apps

Peter Solymos

Deploying Shiny apps can be as easy as clicking a button. Deploy to the cloud using Shinyapps.io or to your own servers running RStudio Connect with a click of a button.

4 min read May 13, 2021