shiny_server.config

## R Shiny Server config file for Cloud Analytics Machine as explained in <WeR> Meetup Workhops (work in progress...)
## Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/WeR-stats/
## Github: https://github.com/WeR-stats/workshops/tree/master/setup_cloud_machine_data_science#install-shiny-server

# this file is located in `/etc/shiny-server/shiny-server.conf`

# after making changes to this file, restart the shiny-server service: `sudo service shiny-server restart`

# instruct Shiny Server to run applications as the user "shiny"
run_as shiny;

# save users actions by time and ip
access_log /usr/local/share/public/shiny_server/logs/access.log combined;

# if true, instruct the server to not delete the logs, but remember to rotate or any other cleaning action
preserve_logs true;

# if false, informative error messages are printed out
sanitize_errors false

# define a server (you could define as many as you want)
server {

  # set the port the server listens to (default: 3838)
  listen 3838;

  # Define a location at the base URL
  location / {

    # host the directory of Shiny Apps stored in this directory
    site_dir /srv/shiny-server;

    # log all Shiny outputs to files in the *public* shared folder
    log_dir /usr/local/share/public/shiny_server/logs;

    # change permission on log dir (if using the "public" folder 0640 is OK)
    log_file_mode 0640;

    # maximum number of simultaneous connections
    simple_scheduler 15;

    # do not show the index of the applications available (if a user visits the base URL rather than a particular application)
    directory_index off;

  }

}