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RStudio Server

Starting a RStudio Server session on the terrabyte portal​

A RStudio Server session can be started from the terrabyte Portal.

  1. Click on the RStudio Server icon on the dashboard or select RStudio Server in the drop down list under Development in the upper menu bar.

Portal RStudio select app

  1. Select the cluster partition and the resources to be used for the session and click on Launch.

Portal RStudio allocation

  1. Once the session is ready, you can connect to it via Connect to RStudio Server.
tip

If you have to wait for long times until your session gets launched, select a different cluster partition. hpda2_compute is usually a good choice. You may check available cluster resources with sinfo on the login node.

Portal RStudio launcher

  1. A new browser window with RStudio Server will open.

Portal RStudio welcome page

  1. You can close and resume the browser window anytime during your specified run time. By clicking on My Interactive Sessions in the upper menu bar, you can resume your session as explanied in step 3.

  2. In order to terminate the session before the run time ends, go to My Interactive Sessions, select the respective session and click on Delete.