short bash script to start a docker rstudio-server instance on OSX

docker_rstudio.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Trigger an Rstudio-server instance in docker, linked to the current filesystem
# and open in a browser.

# **WARNING** this will create a .gitconfig file in the working directory, potentially overwriting one that's already there!
# it will also create a .rstudio folder, and possibly other things

# This script should be run from the Docker Quickstart Terminal on OSX.
# I.e. it uses the an up-to-date docker installation which handles the VM side of things, *not boot2docker*
# If you're using another system the code should at least give you some hints as to how to set this up.


# load the rocker rstudio-server docker image, with file system linked to the current directory
docker run -d -v $(pwd):/home/rstudio/ -p 8787:8787 rocker/rstudio

#(replace the `$(pwd)` bit with whatever directory you want mapped onto the home directory in the container)

# wait for the image to load (takes 2s on my mac, ymmv)
sleep 2s

# open the default browser at the correct ip/port
eval "open 'http://$(docker-machine ip default):8787/auth-sign-in'"

# the `open` command is a mac thing. On other platforms you can always just opena  browser and paste the URL in.
# run `docker-machine ip default` to get the ip address of the docker machine and paste it in there

# the login details are rstudio and rstudio.
# now off you go!