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Start C-MOOR LearnR Container

This video (video)(slides) shows you how to create and start up a C-MOOR LearnR compute container. You can follow along with the video, or follow the steps below.

  1. Open sciserver.org in a web browser and log in to your account.
    • If you are already logged in, click “Home” in the top menu to return to the home page.
  2. Scroll down to the second set of boxes and click “Compute”
  3. Click “Create container”
    • Give your container a name. This can be anything you like, but it’s useful if it says something about the purpose of the container so you can tell your containers apart. You could name this container “Tutorials”, since you’ll be using it to access tutorials.
    • In the “Compute Image” drop-down menu, select “C-MOOR LearnR”
    • Under “Data Volumes”, check the box next to “C-MOOR Data”
    • Click “Create”. This may take a moment.
  4. You should now see a new entry in your list of containers
    • “Created At” should be a few moments ago.
    • “Name” should be the name you chose
    • “Image” should be “C-MOOR LearnR”
  5. Start your C-MOOR LearnR container by clicking on its name (whatever name you chose when you created it). This will open in a new tab.
    • You should see a list of tutorials, organized by date.
    • If instead you see an error message, you most likely forgot to check the box next to “C-MOOR Data” when you created the container.
    • If you see something else, you may have picked the wrong “Compute Image” from the drop-down menu.

If anything goes wrong, you can always delete your container by clicking the red “X” in the last column, and create a new container.

Start C-MOOR RStudio Container

Start up a “C-MOOR RStudio” compute container

This video (video)(slides) shows you how to create and start up a C-MOOR RStudio compute container. You can follow along with the video, or follow the steps below.

  1. Open sciserver.org in a web browser and log in to your account.
    • If you are already logged in, click “Home” in the top menu to return to the home page.
  2. Scroll down to the second set of boxes and click “Compute”
  3. Click “Create container”
    • Give your container a name. This can be anything you like, but it’s useful if it says something about the purpose of the container so you can tell your containers apart. You could name this container “RStudio”, since you’ll be using it to access RStudio.
    • In the “Compute Image” drop-down menu, select “C-MOOR RStudio”
    • Under “Data Volumes”, check the box next to “C-MOOR Data”
    • Click “Create”. This may take a moment.
  4. You should now see a new entry in your list of containers
    • “Created At” should be a few moments ago.
    • “Name” should be the name you chose
    • “Image” should be “C-MOOR RStudio”
  5. Start your C-MOOR RStudio container by clicking on its name (whatever name you chose when you created it). This will open in a new tab.
    • You should see RStudio.
    • If you see something else, you may have picked the wrong “Compute Image” from the drop-down menu.

If anything goes wrong, you can always delete your container by clicking the red “X” in the last column, and create a new container.

I can’t find a tutorial

If you expect to see a particular tutorial but can’t find it when you start up your LearnR container, try deleting your container and creating a new one. When tutorials are updated, old containers don’t get the updates, you must create a new container to see the most recent tutorials.