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Expand Up @@ -319,47 +319,36 @@ Coder supports [RStudio](rstudio.com). To create a workspace that lets you use
RStudio:

1. Create a [custom image](../images/writing.md) with RStudio installed,
`rserver` and `pgrep` in `PATH`, and RStudio configured to run on the default
port (`8787`).
`rserver` in `PATH`.

To do this, you can refer to the sample Dockerfile below, which installs
RStudio Server Open Source and creates a Unix user to log in with username
`coder` and password `rstudio`.
RStudio Server Open Source to log in with username `coder` and password
`rstudio`.

> This Dockerfile approach works now with latest versions of RStudio
> including 2022-2-1.

```Dockerfile
FROM ubuntu:20.04
FROM codercom/enterprise-base:ubuntu

USER root

# Install dependencies
RUN apt-get update && \
DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive" apt-get install --yes \
bash \
sudo \
git \
ssh \
locales \
wget \
r-base \
gdebi-core

# Install RStudio
RUN wget https://download2.rstudio.org/server/bionic/amd64/rstudio-server-1.4.1717-amd64.deb && \
gdebi --non-interactive rstudio-server-1.4.1717-amd64.deb

# Create coder user
RUN useradd coder \
--create-home \
--shell=/bin/bash \
--uid=1000 \
--user-group && \
echo "coder ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" >>/etc/sudoers.d/nopasswd
RUN wget https://download2.rstudio.org/server/bionic/amd64/rstudio-server-2022.02.1-461-amd64.deb && \
gdebi --non-interactive rstudio-server-2022.02.1-461-amd64.deb

# Ensure rstudio files can be written to by the coder user.
RUN chown -R coder:coder /var/lib/rstudio-server
RUN echo "server-pid-file=/tmp/rstudio-server.pid" >> /etc/rstudio/rserver.conf
RUN echo "server-data-dir=/tmp/rstudio" >> /etc/rstudio/rserver.conf
RUN echo "www-frame-origin=same" >> /etc/rstudio/rserver.conf
RUN echo "server-user=coder" >> /etc/rstudio/rserver.conf

# Remove the following line if you do not run Coder on https
RUN echo "server-add-header=X-Forwarded-Proto: https" >> /etc/rstudio/rserver.conf
Expand All @@ -384,8 +373,8 @@ RStudio:

![Applications with RStudio launcher](../assets/workspaces/rstudio.png)

Sign in using the Unix user (whose username and password you defined in your
image).
Coder auto-signs in using the Unix user (whose username and password you
defined in your custom image above).

> RStudio may take a few additional seconds to start launch after the
> workspace is built.
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