Getting Started with Posit Workbench

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This content has moved to our admin guides and will be removed from Support articles in the near future. Please see our Posit Docs site for up-to-date information. New location: https://docs.posit.co/ide/server-pro/ 

Posit Workbench enables you to provide a browser-based interface for the RStudio Pro IDE running on a remote Linux server. Deploying R and the RStudio Pro on a server has a number of benefits, including:

  • The ability to access your R workspace from any computer in any location
  • Easy sharing of code, data, and other files with colleagues
  • Allowing multiple users to share access to the more powerful compute resources (memory, processors, etc.) available on a well-equipped server
  • Centralized installation and configuration of R, R packages, TeX, and other supporting libraries

Posit Workbench works with recent versions of popular Linux distributions, including Debian, Ubuntu, and RedHat/CentOS. RStudio Pro Open Source can also be built and installed from source on other platforms.

Installing R and Posit Workbench

Installing R

To use Posit Workbench, you’ll need to first install R 3.0.1 or higher. If you don’t already have R on your system, you can download it here. That page provides precompiled binaries that you can install side-by-side on the same system, as well as instructions for building R from source if you prefer.

Installing the Posit Workbench

To install Posit Workbench, click the link included on the trial page or in the email sent with your license key. If you don’t have this link, please contact Support and let us know. Once you have the server downloaded, use this guide to install and configure it.

General Information about Posit Workbench

Posit Release Notes:

https://docs.posit.co/ide/news/

Managing Posit Workbench

We recommend reading through our Installation and Configuration guide, and the Posit Workbench Admin Guide for most of the information you’ll need. We’ve highlighted some important sections and additional guides below:

Accessing the Server:

https://docs.posit.co/ide/server-pro/index.html#accessing-the-server 

Managing the Server:

https://docs.posit.co/ide/server-pro/server_management/server_management.html 

Setting up User Authentication

https://docs.posit.co/ide/server-pro/authenticating_users/authenticating_users.html 

Configuring R Sessions:

https://docs.posit.co/ide/server-pro/rstudio_pro_sessions/index.html 

Managing RStudio Server Open-Source

Accessing the Server:

https://support.rstudio.com/hc/en-us/articles/200552306

Configuring the Server:

https://support.rstudio.com/hc/en-us/articles/200552316

Managing the Server:

https://support.rstudio.com/hc/en-us/articles/200532327

Getting Support with Posit Workbench

Open-Source Support

For our open-source customers, we provide best-effort support on our open-source forums here.

Professional Support

If needed, you can create and track support tickets via our form here. Note that this is only for customers who have purchased or are trialing a Professional product license.

What Next

How do I find out what’s new from Posit?

The best way to stay on top of what we are doing is to subscribe to our blog.

Getting the newest RStudio IDE builds:

See the article below for instructions on how to make sure you’re running the latest Posit Workbench builds. Note that our previews or daily builds may not be fully tested, so we do not recommend installing them in production.

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