Why Use Docker with R? A DevOps Perspective
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There have been several blog posts going around about why one would use Docker with R.
In this post I’ll try to add a DevOps point of view and explain how containerizing
R is used in the context of the OpenCPU system for building and deploying R servers.
HAS ANYONE IN THE #RSTATS WORLD WRITTEN REALLY WELL ABOUT THE *WHY* OF THEIR USE OF DOCKER, AS OPPOSED TO THE THE *HOW*?
— JENNY BRYAN (@JENNYBRYAN) SEPTEMBER 29, 2017
1: Easy Development
The flagship of the OpenCPU system is the OpenCPU server:
a mature and powerful Linux stack for embedding R in systems and applications.
There have been several blog posts going around about why one would use Docker with R.In this post I’ll try to add a DevOps point of view and explain how containerizingR is used in the context of the OpenCPU system for building and deploying R servers. HAS ANYONE IN THE #RSTATS WORLD…
There have been several blog posts going around about why one would use Docker with R.In this post I’ll try to add a DevOps point of view and explain how containerizingR is used in the context of the OpenCPU system for building and deploying R servers. HAS ANYONE IN THE #RSTATS WORLD…