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Running RStudio Server on NERC

Deploying as a Workbench Using a Data Science Project (DSP) on NERC RHOAI

  1. Navigating to the OpenShift AI dashboard.

    Please follow these steps to access the NERC OpenShift AI dashboard.

  2. Please ensure that you start your RStudio Web server with options as depicted in the following configuration screen. This screen provides you with the opportunity to select a notebook image and configure its options, including the Accelerator and Number of accelerators (GPUs).

    RStudio Workbench Information

    For our example project, let's name it "RStudio Workbench". We'll select the RStudio image, choose a Deployment size of Small, choose Accelerator of None (no GPU is needed for this setup), and allocate a Cluster storage space of 20Gi (default).

    Tip

    The dashboard currently enforces a minimum storage volume size of 20GB. Please ensure that you modify this based on your need in Cluster Storage.

  3. If this procedure is successful, you have started your RStudio Web Server. When your workbench is ready, the status will change to Running and you can select "Open" to go to your environment:

    Open RStudio Web Server

  4. Once you have successfully authenticated by clicking "mss-keycloak" when prompted, as shown below:

    Authenticate

    Next, you should see the RStudio Web Server, as shown below:

    RStudio WebUI

Running RStudio Server on NERC OpenShift

In this guide, we walk through the process of creating a simple RStudio Web Server using an OpenShift Template, which bundles all the necessary resources required to run it, such as ConfigMap, Pod, Route, Service, etc., and then initiate and deploy the RStudio server from that template.

To get started, clone the repository by running:

git clone https://github.com/nerc-project/rstudio-testapp.git

After that, follow the steps outlined in that guide. At the end, you will be able to view the RStudio Web Server interface!

RStudio Server