Here are the steps to use Rstudio server on cluster nodes

Note - VPN is necessary for off campus access.

Find the least loaded compute node from here or qstat -f

Use the corresponding compute node from the links below

Host Name Rstudio Link
Node1 Click Here
Node2 Click Here
Node3 Click Here
Node4 Click Here
Node5 Click Here
Node6 Click Here
Node7 Click Here
Node15 Click Here
Node17 Click Here
Node18 Click Here
Node19 Click Here
Node20 Click Here
Node22 Click Here
Node23 Click Here
Node24 Click Here
Node25 Click Here
Node26 Click Here
Node27 Click Here
Node28 Click Here

Note - To open a terminal via rstudio, please set the following -

Tools → Global Options → terminal - Uncheck “Connect with WebSockets”

Note - The steps below are optional. A minimal central R package directory is already included in the package library path that includes packages like tidyverse and arrow. Additional packages could be added from the big central package directory on request.

To add the central package directory - Add the following to your R session - 

 .libPaths(c("/software/R-packages", .libPaths()))

Note - It is possible to make the above change persistent by adding the following to ~/.Renviron - 

 R_LIBS_USER="/software/R-packages"

But Rstudio session start up will slow down a lot. The preferred option is to request addition of the package to the minimal package directory.