R Shiny at IQSS
  • Introduction
  • Getting started
    • Determining your resource requirements
    • Applying for an account
  • Deploying
    • Setup your environment
    • Deploying an example Shiny app
    • Bootstrapping a new Shiny app or migrating a pre-existing Shiny application
    • Developing locally with RStudio
    • Developing locally using Docker
    • Speeding up deployments with Packrat
  • Configuration
    • Setting up a custom domain for your Shiny app
    • Installing additional system-level packages
    • Limiting the number of R Threads
  • Best Practices
    • File storage
    • Using promises
    • Adding routes
  • Troubleshooting
    • Resolving Application Error screen
    • Viewing app logs
    • Viewing resource consumption
    • Configuring Shiny session auto-reconnect
    • Getting support
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In order to apply for a Heroku account with IQSS and deploy R Shiny applications to our infrastructure, make sure you and your app satisfies the following requirements.

Prerequsites

  • You must have a Harvard Key. If you do not have a Harvard Key login but are affiliated with Harvard and can be sponsored by current Harvard faculty or staff, please email .

  • If you're working as a team or on a group project, all members of your group will also require Harvard Key credentials.

  • Your project should be housed in a GitHub, GitLab, or BitBucket repository. If you need a GitHub account, please email .

  • Using R Shiny hosting at IQSS requires basic knowledge of Git. If you're unfamiliar with the basic principles of change control, try out this .

If you've satisfied the above requirements, go on!

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