Default Docker image for RStudio Package Manager
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Posit Package Manager, formerly RStudio Package Manager, is a repository management server to organize and centralize R packages across your team, department, or entire organization. Get offline access to CRAN, automate CRAN syncs, share local packages, restrict package access, find packages across repositories, and more. Experience reliable and consistent package management, optimized for teams who use R.
The following documentation helps an administrator install and configure Package Manager. It provides information for installing the product on different operating systems, upgrading, and configuring Package Manager.
{operating-system} tags to avoid unexpected version changes, andNo Sandbox option documented
here by default, if you need
a more secure option for configuring
Git-related package builds we recommend using a system with
sandboxing enabled.To verify basic functionality as a first step:
# Replace with valid license
export RSPM_LICENSE=XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
# Run without persistent data and using default configuration
docker run -it \
-p 4242:4242 \
-e RSPM_LICENSE=$RSPM_LICENSE \
rstudio/rstudio-package-manager:ubuntu2204
Open http://localhost:4242 to access RStudio Package Manager UI.
Note that running the RStudio Package Manager Docker image requires a valid RStudio Package Manager license.
This container includes:
NOTE: Package Manager is currently not very particular about R version. Changing the R version is rarely necessary.
RStudio Package Manager is configured via the/etc/rstudio-pm/rstudio-pm.gcfg file. You should mount this file as
a volume from the host machine. Changes will take effect when the container is restarted.
Be sure the config file has the [HTTP].Listen field configured. See a complete example of that file at
package-manager/rstudio-pm.gcfg.
In order to persist Package Manager data between container restarts, configure the Server.DataDir option to go to
a persistent volume. The included configuration file expects a persistent volume from the host machine or your docker
orchestration system to be available at /var/lib/rstudio-pm. Should you wish to move this to a different path, you can change the
Server.DataDir option.
[Server]
DataDir = /mnt/rspm/data
Using the RStudio Package Manager Docker image requires a valid license for Package Manager. You can set the license in three ways:
RSPM_LICENSE environment variable to a valid license key inside the containerRSPM_LICENSE_SERVER environment variable to a valid license server / port inside the container/etc/rstudio-pm/license.lic single file that contains a valid license for RStudio Package ManagerNOTE: the "offline activation process" is not supported by this image today. Offline installations will need to explore using a license server, license file, or custom image with manual intervention.
| Variable | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
RSPM_LICENSE | License key for RStudio Package Manager, format should be: XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX | None |
RSPM_LICENSE_SERVER | Floating license server, format should be: my.url.com:port | None |
| Variable | Description |
|---|---|
4242 | Default HTTP Port for RStudio Package Manager |
# Replace with valid license
export RSPM_LICENSE=XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
# Run without persistent data and using an external configuration
docker run -it \
-p 4242:4242 \
-v $PWD/package-manager/rstudio-pm.gcfg:/etc/rstudio-pm/rstudio-pm.gcfg \
-e RSPM_LICENSE=$RSPM_LICENSE \
rstudio/rstudio-package-manager:ubuntu2204
# Run with persistent data and using an external configuration
docker run -it \
-p 4242:4242 \
-v $PWD/data/rspm:/data \
-v $PWD/package-manager/rstudio-pm.gcfg:/etc/rstudio-pm/rstudio-pm.gcfg \
-e RSPM_LICENSE=$RSPM_LICENSE \
rstudio/rstudio-package-manager:ubuntu2204
Open http://localhost:4242 to access RStudio Package Manager UI.
To create repositories you need to access the container directly and execute some commands.
To do this find the container ID for RSPM (using docker ps) and run:
docker exec -it {container-id} /bin/bash
Then please refer to the RSPM guide on how to create and manage your repositories.
Note: This section does not apply to activations using license files.
There is currently a known licensing bug when using our products in containers. If the container is not stopped gracefully, the license deactivation step may fail or be skipped. Failing to deactivate the license can result in a "license leak" where a product activation is used up and cannot be deactivated using traditional methods as the activation state on the container has been lost.
To avoid "leaking" licenses, we encourage users not to force kill containers and to use --stop-timeout 120 and
--time 120 for docker run and docker stop commands respectively. This helps ensure the deactivation script has
ample time to run properly.
In some situations, it can be difficult or impossible to avoid a hard termination (e.g. power failure, critical error on host). Unfortunately, any of these cases can still cause a license to leak an activation. To help prevent a license leak in these situations, users can mount the following directories to persistent storage to preserve the license state data across restarts of the container. These directories differ between products.
/home/rstudio-pm/.local/home/rstudio-pm/.prof/home/rstudio-pm/.rstudio-pm/home/rstudio-pm/.TurboFloatPlease note that the files created in these directories are hardware locked and non-transferable between hosts. Due to the nature of the hardware fingerprinting algorithm, any low-level changes to the host or container can cause existing license state files to invalidate. To avoid this problem, we advise that product containers are gracefully shutdown and allowed to deactivate prior to changing any hardware or firmware on the host (e.g. upgrading a network card or updating BIOS) or the container (e.g. changing the network driver used or the allocated number of CPU cores).
While preserving license state data can help avoid license leaks across restarts, it's not a guarantee. If you run into issues with your license, please do not hesitate to contact Posit support.
While neither of these solutions will eliminate the problem, they should help mitigate it. We are still investigating a long-term solution.
The license associated with the RStudio Docker Products repository is located in LICENSE.md.
As is the case with all container images, the images themselves also contain other software which may be under other licenses (i.e. bash, linux, system libraries, etc., along with any other direct or indirect dependencies of the primary software being contained).
It is an image user's responsibility to ensure that use of this image (and any of its dependent layers) complies with all relevant licenses for the software contained in the image.
docker pull rstudio/rstudio-package-manager