Ansible Role: rstudio-connect

Set up (the latest version of) RStudio Connect in Debian-like systems.

Requirements

• curl (will be installed)
• r-base (will not be installed)

Role Variables

• rstudio_connect_version [default: 2025.04.0]: Version to install
• rstudio_connect_install [default: []]: Additional packages to install (e.g. r-base)
• rstudio_connect_www_port [default: 3939]: The port you want RStudio Connect to listen on
• rstudio_connect_config: A map of maps containing RStudio Connect configuration. Gets converted into Golang's configuration file (GCFG) and is writted on down to rstudio-connect.gcfg. See default for an example.
• rstudio_connect_config_override [default: ""]: If you know what you're doing, you can override whole rstudio-connect.gcfg config.
• rstudio_connect_license: If specified, RStudio Connect will attempt to activate the supplied license key.
• rstudio_connect_python_executables [default: []]: List of paths to Python executables (e.g. [/opt/python/3.10.6/bin/python3]).
• python_versions [default: []]: List of Python versions, which were installed with ansible-python-install role (e.g. [3.10.6, 3.7.8]). Role will append Python executables information to the RStudio Connect configuration (using pattern: /opt/python/x.x.x/bin/python3).

For the rest of the default variables, see ./defaults/main.yml.

Note: Python will not be enabled if python_versions or rstudio_connect_python_executables is empty list (default behaviour)!

Dependencies

None

Example

RStudio Connect

---
- hosts: all
  roles:
    - appsilon.rstudio_connect

RStudio Connect with Python

Example of installing and configuring Python (this role + ansible-python-install)

---
- hosts: all
  become: true
  vars:
    python_versions:
      - 3.10.6
      - 3.7.8
      - 3.8.6
    rstudio_connect_install:
      - r-base
  roles:
    - appsilon.python_install
    - appsilon.rstudio_connect

License

MIT

Author Information

Oleksandr Ponomarov. Inspired by (aka shamelessly stolen from) ansible-rstudio-server.