RStudio Server on Alibaba Cloud

RStudio Server on Alibaba Cloud is a pre-configured Alibaba Cloud image that gives you a ready-to-run RStudio Server environment in the cloud. Launch it from the Alibaba Cloud Marketplace, open it in your browser, and start working in R immediately — no manual installation or configuration required.

It is built for data scientists, statisticians, researchers, and analysts who want a reproducible R workbench on Alibaba Cloud without spending time on setup and package management.

What's included

  • Thousands of pre-installed R packages spanning data science, machine learning, statistics, bioinformatics, finance, spatial analysis, time series, and more
  • Regular image updates with the latest R packages and security patches

See the latest release notes and full package list for the current versions and the complete set of installed R packages.

Launch on Alibaba Cloud

  1. Find and subscribe to the RStudio Server image on the Alibaba Cloud Marketplace.
  2. Launch an ECS instance from the image in a region close to you, choosing an instance type that fits your workload.
  3. Make sure the ECS instance's security group allows inbound HTTP (port 80) traffic so the server is reachable from your browser.

Access RStudio Server

Once the ECS instance is running, open its public IP address in your browser. For example, if the IP address is 10.11.12.13, go to http://10.11.12.13 to reach the sign-in page:

RStudio Server on Alibaba Cloud: login page

Sign in with the default credentials:

  • Username: ruser
  • Password: your instance ID

Support

Questions or need help getting started? Contact support@elmcomputing.io.