Apologies for the late post! April just mudslid into May before I knew it. Here is the link to Laura’s gist detailing how to set up your own Shiny server on AWS.
If you’d like to follow along with the workshop, please create an AWS account ahead of time. Creating an account is free (https://aws.amazon.com/free/), and includes a free trial of the features Laura demoed.
A lot of the content was buttressed with verbal explanations, with the gist itself being very technically detailed - so you may want to set aside time to google what certain commands mean, or to sit down with a friend or coworker who is more familiar with AWS.
Finally, Laura sent out some instructions for shutting your instance down if you’re done with it:
Remember to stop or terminate your instance, as well as handle the EBS volume you created (your “storage”).
Stop/Terminate Your Instance
1. Navigate to the EC2 home screen (Services dropdown –> EC2)
2. Click either “Running Instances” in the middle of your screen OR “Instances” on your left-hand dashboard
3. Select your instance in the table
4. Select Actions –> Instance State –> Stop/Terminate (in the Actions dropdown)Delete Your EBS Volume
1. From the EC2 home screen (or other EC2 page), select “Volumes” on the left-hand dashboard
2. Select your volume
3. Select Actions –> Delete Volumes (in the Actions dropdown)