This function runs an R Shiny app as a background job using the specified directory, name, host, and port.
run_app_as_bg_job(appDir = ".", job_name, host, port)
This function returns nothing because is meant to run an app as a side effect.
The application to run. Should be one of the following:
A directory containing server.R
, plus, either ui.R
or
a www
directory that contains the file index.html
.
A directory containing app.R
.
An .R
file containing a Shiny application, ending with an
expression that produces a Shiny app object.
A list with ui
and server
components.
A Shiny app object created by shinyApp()
.
The name of the background job to be created
The IPv4 address that the application should listen on. Defaults
to the shiny.host
option, if set, or "127.0.0.1"
if not. See
Details.
The TCP port that the application should listen on. If the
port
is not specified, and the shiny.port
option is set (with
options(shiny.port = XX)
), then that port will be used. Otherwise,
use a random port between 3000:8000, excluding ports that are blocked
by Google Chrome for being considered unsafe: 3659, 4045, 5060,
5061, 6000, 6566, 6665:6669 and 6697. Up to twenty random
ports will be tried.