DOCKER-introR

A Dockerfile for MOD01-07 training i.e. introductory R training.

docker pull lockedata/docker-intror
docker run -p 80:8787 -d -e PASSWORD=yourpasswordhere lockedata/docker-intror

NB: Setting a password is now REQUIRED. Container will error otherwise.

About

• The DESCRIPTION file holds the package manifest of packages that will be available to attendees
• The users.csv holds user names and passwords that can be used to access the Rstudio instance by attendees
• The sampleSQL.R file gets added to everyone's home directory so that they can start working with a DB easily
• mkusers.sh and odbcinstall.sh are setup bash scripts
• The Dockerfile contains any system dependencies, runs the setup scripts, and installs from the DESCRIPTION file to add R package dependencies

Make your own version

• Fork the repo
• Create an automated build in hub.docker.com that points at your repo
• Amend the DESCRIPTION or other files
• Docker hub will build images with the latest committed changes for you to use in docker