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How to set up a Shiny app launcher

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If you have a shiny app that does not need any additional R packages, this how-to guide will configure that Shiny app to run in a Renku session (using R version 4.2.0).

If your Shiny app requires additional R packages, please refer instead to How to create a custom environment and launcher for a Shiny app.

  1. Add a session launcher to your Renku project with the following Custom Environment option as explained in How to use your own docker image for a Renku session considering the following parameters:

    1. Container Image: http://registry.renkulab.io/bethcg/shiny-launcher-project:acb9b74

    2. Default URL: /shiny/work/<*path-to-app>*/

      where *<path-to-app>* should be the path to the folder of the file starting the Shiny app.

      Make sure to include /shiny/work/at the beginning and the slash at the end!

You can now start a session with your new shiny launcher to access the shiny app directly in your browser.