Installing RStudio Server with R 3.6

A project administrator can install RStudio Server with R 3.6 on IBM® Cloud Pak for Data.

What permissions do you need to complete this task?
The permissions that you need depend on which tasks you must complete:
  • To install the RStudio Server with R 3.6 operators, you must have the appropriate permissions to create operators and you must be an administrator of the project where the Cloud Pak for Data operators are installed. This project is identified by the ${PROJECT_CPD_OPS} environment variable.
  • To install RStudio Server with R 3.6, you must be an administrator of the project where you will install RStudio Server with R 3.6. This project is identified by the ${PROJECT_CPD_INSTANCE} environment variable.
When do you need to complete this task?
If you didn't install RStudio Server with R 3.6 when you installed the platform, you can complete this task to add RStudio Server with R 3.6 to your environment.

If you want to install all of the Cloud Pak for Data components at the same time, follow the process in Installing the platform and services instead.

Important: All of the Cloud Pak for Data components in a deployment must be installed at the same release.

Information you need to complete this task

Review the following information before you install RStudio Server with R 3.6:

Environment variables
The commands in this task use environment variables so that you can run the commands exactly as written.
  • If you don't have the script that defines the environment variables, see Setting up installation environment variables.
  • To use the environment variables from the script, you must source the environment variables before you run the commands in this task, for example:
    source ./cpd_vars.sh
Security context constraint requirements
RStudio Server with R 3.6 uses the restricted security context constraint (SCC).
Installation location
RStudio Server with R 3.6 must be installed in the same project (namespace) as the Cloud Pak for Data control plane. This project is identified by the ${PROJECT_CPD_INSTANCE} environment variable.
Common core services
RStudio Server with R 3.6 requires the Cloud Pak for Data common core services.

If the common core services are not installed in the project where you plan to install RStudio Server with R 3.6, the common core services are automatically installed when you install RStudio Server with R 3.6. This increases the amount of time the installation takes to complete.

Storage requirements
You don't need to specify storage when you install RStudio Server with R 3.6.

Before you begin

This task assumes that the following prerequisites are met:

Prerequisite Where to find more information
The cluster meets the minimum requirements for installing RStudio Server with R 3.6. If this task is not complete, see System requirements.
The workstation from which you will run the installation is set up as a client workstation and includes the following command-line interfaces:
  • Cloud Pak for Data CLI: cpd-cli
  • OpenShift® CLI: oc
 If this task is not complete, see Setting up a client workstation.
The Cloud Pak for Data control plane is installed. If this task is not complete, see Installing the platform and services.
For environments that use a private container registry, such as air-gapped environments, the RStudio Server with R 3.6 software images are mirrored to the private container registry. If this task is not complete, see Mirroring images to a private container registry.

Prerequisite services

Before you install RStudio Server with R 3.6, ensure that the following services are installed and running:

Procedure

Complete the following tasks to install RStudio Server with R 3.6:

  1. Logging in to the cluster
  2. Installing the operator
  3. Installing the service
  4. Validating the installation
  5. What to do next

Logging in to the cluster

To run cpd-cli manage commands, you must log in to the cluster.

To log in to the cluster:

  1. Run the cpd-cli manage login-to-ocp command to log in to the cluster as a user with sufficient permissions to complete this task. For example:
    cpd-cli manage login-to-ocp \
--username=${OCP_USERNAME} \
--password=${OCP_PASSWORD} \
--server=${OCP_URL}
    Tip: The login-to-ocp command takes the same input as the oc login command. Run oc login --help for details.

Installing the operator

The RStudio Server with R 3.6 operator simplifies the process of managing the RStudio Server with R 3.6 service on Red Hat® OpenShift Container Platform.

To install RStudio Server with R 3.6, you must install the RStudio Server with R 3.6 operator and create the Operator Lifecycle Manager (OLM) objects, such as the catalog source and subscription, for the operator.

Who needs to complete this task?
You must be a cluster administrator (or a user with the appropriate permissions to install operators) to create the OLM objects.
When do you need to complete this task?
Complete this task if the RStudio Server with R 3.6 operator and other OLM artifacts have not been created for the current release.

If you complete this task and the OLM artifacts already exist on the cluster, the cpd-cli detects that you already have the OLM objects for the components at the specified release, the cpd-cli does not attempt to create the OLM objects again.

To install the operator:

  1. Create the OLM objects for RStudio Server with R 3.6:
    cpd-cli manage apply-olm \
--release=${VERSION} \
--cpd_operator_ns=${PROJECT_CPD_OPS} \
--components=rstudio
    • If the command succeeds, it returns [SUCCESS]... The apply-olm command ran successfully.
    • If the command fails, it returns [ERROR] and includes information about the cause of the failure.

What to do next: Install the RStudio Server with R 3.6 service.

Installing the service

After the RStudio Server with R 3.6 operator is installed, you can install RStudio Server with R 3.6.

Who needs to complete this task?
You must be an administrator of the project where you will install RStudio Server with R 3.6.
When do you need to complete this task?
Complete this task if you want to add RStudio Server with R 3.6 to your environment.

To install the service:

  1. Create the custom resource for RStudio Server with R 3.6.
    cpd-cli manage apply-cr \
--components=rstudio \
--release=${VERSION} \
--cpd_instance_ns=${PROJECT_CPD_INSTANCE} \
--license_acceptance=true

Validating the installation

RStudio Server with R 3.6 is installed when the apply-cr command returns [SUCCESS]... The apply-cr command ran successfully.

However, you can optionally run the cpd-cli manage get-cr-status command if you want to confirm that the custom resource status is Completed:

cpd-cli manage get-cr-status \
--cpd_instance_ns=${PROJECT_CPD_INSTANCE} \
--components=rstudio

What to do next

RStudio Server with R 3.6 is ready to use. To get started with RStudio Server with R 3.6, see RStudio overview.