vagrant-rstudio

Vagrant based environment propelled by chef-solo which gives you working RStudio server environment.

RStudio server setup with VirtualBox

1. Install VirtualBox from https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

2. Install Vagrant from https://www.vagrantup.com/downloads.html

3. Install chef development kit https://downloads.chef.io/chef-dk/

4. Install Vagrant plugin vbguest https://github.com/dotless-de/vagrant-vbguest

   vagrant plugin install vagrant-vbguest
   

5. Install Vagrant plugin berks https://github.com/berkshelf/vagrant-berkshelf

   vagrant plugin install vagrant-berkshelf
   

6. Clone this repository git clone https://github.com/tboloo/vagrant-rstudio

7. Adjust username and email in vagrant-rstudio/chef/cookbooks/R/attributes/default.rb to mathc yours

   default['git']['username'] = ‘ruser’ #put your name here
   default['git']['email'] = ‘ruser@email.com’ # put your email here
   

8. Run vagrant up in the directory where the cloned files are

9. If there are any issues during the provisionining process run vagrant reload and vagrant provision

10. Browse to http://172.16.33.10/ and enjoy working RStudio using default credentials

    login: ruser
    password: ruser
    

    To change RStudio server address update Vagrant file and change config.vm.network "private_network", ip: "172.16.33.10" to some other address, and issue vagrant reload

11. Setup GitHub account, and configure it in RStudio

    1. Open RStudio page at http://172.16.33.10/ and log in
    2. Go to Tools -> Global Options -> Git/SVN and select View public key
    3. Copy contents and add it to your GitHub SSH keys
    4. Setup project with git versioning control https://support.rstudio.com/hc/en-us/articles/200532077-Version-Control-with-Git-and-SVN
    5. Open Git->Shell and run git push -u origin master (which will create link between local repository and github one) Enjoy!