Shiny - Hosting Data Apps (Page 4)

Using systemd to Run Shiny Apps

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

VM public

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

Docker public

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

Shiny public

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

Shinyapps public

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

Docker public

Dockerizing Shiny Applications

Peter Solymos

Docker provides isolation to applications. Images are immutable. Running multiple instances of the same image can serve many users at the same time. All these general advantages of containerized applications apply to Shiny apps too.

6 min read May 7, 2021

Shiny public

Run Shiny Apps Locally

Peter Solymos

The simplest way to run a Shiny app is to run it locally. You only need the shiny R package installed, and you can run the app in your browser.

5 min read Apr 23, 2021

Shiny public

The Best Resources for Learning Shiny App Development

Peter Solymos

The Hosting Data Apps website is dedicated to help you learn about your hosting options. As outlined in the opening post, data app development related content is kept to a minimum. In this post we list resources that provide accessible introduction to Shiny app development.

1 min read Apr 16, 2021

Shiny public

The Anatomy of a Shiny Application

Peter Solymos

Shiny lets you quickly build web applications using the R programming language. In this post I will walk you through how a Shiny application is structured. The goal is simply to have the most basic and dependency free app that we can deploy. Let's get going!

4 min read Apr 9, 2021