httpOnly Cookies are crucial for security, protecting against cross-site scripting attacks in R Shiny apps. Read more about them here.

You can now use your proprietary R packages in your shinyapps.io environment. To do so, your package does need to be hosted on in a private github repository (public github repositories have alway...

Upgrading from Open-Source to Pro If you currently have Shiny Server Open-Source installed and want to upgrade to the Pro version, the process is very simple. You can do so with no worries about y...

If you are installing Shiny Server or Shiny Server Pro on an offline server, you may need dependencies installed in order for Shiny Server to install correctly. Below you will find a list of common...

This article is adapted from the Shiny Server Administrator's Guide for version 1.4.2. This is the default configuration that Shiny Server will use until you provide a custom configuration in...

This article is adapted from the Shiny Server Administrator's Guide for version 1.4.2. Some administrators of Shiny Server would prefer to give users -- or some trusted subgroup of users -- t...

Shiny Server requires root privileges for installation and certain operations. Note that root privileges are also required for installing R. sudo yum install Rsudo yum install --nogpgcheck

This article is adapted from the Shiny Server Administrator's Guide for version 1.4.2. This guide will describe how to run Shiny Server on multiple ports simultaneously, and also how to run a...

Overview This article describes how to configure RStudio Server Pro and Shiny Server Pro so that authenticated users can access databases without having to authenticate again. These instructions ar...

If your Shiny app requires data to run, you can bundle the data with your app or you can reference the data inside your app. Shiny Server does not require a database. Instead it will work with your...

I have a Shiny Server, R 'shiny' package v7.0, NGINX and 3rd party SSL certificate set up on Ubuntu 12.04 64bit system. Everything worked fine when using http, but after I set up a SSL reverse prox...

On webpage (with https) Client connects to server with websocket (secure wss over TSL) Server send 'ready-for-user-and-password'-message User enters info and Client sends it Server validates and a...

Shiny Server: Running with a Proxy Overview If you are running Shiny Server behind a proxy server you need be sure to configure the proxy server so that it correctly handles all traffic to and from...

This guide is part of a series on setting up your own private server running shiny apps. There are many guides out there with great advice on how to set up an R shiny server and related software. I try to make a comprehensive guide based in part on the...