Thanks everybody for their input - interesting suggestions and useful information - thanks.
But I am still struggling to use this information. What I got so far: 1) I have decided to try docker [1] 2) Installed docker and boot2docker on a Mac via homebrew and it works 3) I found some Dockerfiles to create an image with R and ssh 4) The dockerfile runs and creates the image 5) I can interactively connect to the image by using bash and R is running there 5) As I am using emacs / ess, I want to use ssh do R stuff (other suggestions welcome) Problems: 1) I don't manage to connect to the running docker image following [2] - I even managed to freeze my computer while trying. 2) Even if I could, I understand that the ssh port would be different each time - not very nice. Is there a way of setting the port? Questions: 1) Am I right in saying, that I have to use ssh to access the running image, or is there a (faster?) alternative? I mean - I am working locally and I don't need any encryption. 2) Would Vagrant make the process easier? And finally: I think it would be great if this information could be collected in a wiki page, as I did not find anything about the usage scenario of docker / vagrant discussed here - I will certainly see that I blog about my tries. Cheers, Rainer Kirill Müller <kirill.muel...@ivt.baug.ethz.ch> writes: > On 03/22/2014 02:10 PM, Nathaniel Smith wrote: >> On 22 Mar 2014 12:38, "Philippe GROSJEAN" <philippe.grosj...@umons.ac.be> >> wrote: >>> On 21 Mar 2014, at 20:21, Gábor Csárdi <csardi.ga...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> In my opinion it is somewhat cumbersome to use this for everyday work, >>>> although good virtualization software definitely helps. >>>> >>>> Gabor >>>> >>> Additional info: you access R into the VM from within the host by ssh. >> You can enable x11 forwarding there and you also got GUI stuff. It works >> like a charm, but there are still some problems on my side when I try to >> disconnect and reconnect to the same R process. I can solve this with, say, >> screen. However, if any X11 window is displayed while I disconnect, R >> crashes immediately on reconnection. >> >> You might find the program 'xpra' useful. It's like screen, but for x11 >> programs. >> >> -n > I second that. However, by default, xpra and GNU Screen are not aware > of each other. To connect to xpra from within GNU Screen, you usually > need to set the DISPLAY environment variable manually. I have > described a solution that automates this, so that GUI applications > "just work" from within GNU Screen and also survive a disconnect: > http://krlmlr.github.io/integrating-xpra-with-screen/ . > > > -Kirill > Footnotes: [1] https://www.docker.io [2] http://docs.docker.io/en/latest/examples/running_ssh_service/ -- Rainer M. Krug email: Rainer<at>krugs<dot>de PGP: 0x0F52F982
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