Install Shiny Server on SLES 12

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I've installed Shiny server on SLES 12 SP2 according to instructions. However, after installation, no process named shiny is active, and when trying to start it, I'm seeing:

# systemctl start shiny-server
Failed to start shiny-server.service: Unit shiny-server.service failed to load: No such file or directory.

What am I missing?

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Hi Kirill ! I believe the Admin guide has some more things to verify, have you been able to take a look at it? http://docs.rstudio.com/shiny-server/#suse-linux-enterprise-server-11

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Hi @krlmlr,

I had a similar problem on CentOS last year, this is what I did:

  • open the service conf file:
    sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/shiny-server.service
  • comment the line:
    "PIDFile=/var/run/shiny-server.pid"
  • reload the services units:
    systemctl daemon-reload
  • start the service:
    sudo service shiny-server restart

You should also restart the system to check the above tweak is actually working

Hope this helps,
Luca

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Thanks.

@edgararuiz: The tweaks refer to Shiny Server Pro, I'm installing the open-source version.

@datamaps: I don't have /etc/systemd/system/shiny-server.service.

Rebooting seems to have resolved the issue. I'd expect the installer to work without a reboot, but it's not a major priority for me anymore :wink:

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Ah! the old but reliable "have you turn it off and on again" did the trick. I should have led with that one :slight_smile:

I'm curious, why did you choose SLES 12 over something like Ubuntu?

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Yeah, should have tried that first.

SLES was IT department's choice, don't know why.

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I have the same problem. After reboot the shiny-server.service file is not there. I have SLES12 SP3.