Hello,
I work at a company which currently hosts Shiny apps on its local server.
Through this local server, I have access to the hosting folders (file station) of the apps, and to the Docker application which enables the execution of the Shiny applications.
Currently the apps are not available via HTTPs protocol, and I would like to explore the possibility to host these apps on shinyapps.io.
There are 2 applications : one "admin" and one "dashboard"
- admin: is nly accessible to the company (with id / password), defines the content of the "dashboard" app (available data, plots, etc.)
- dashboard: accessible to the company and to potential external users (with id / password), and displays the content set by the admin app.
Both of these apps rely on the same local database and files that store the data needed to make the dashboard app work. The admin app sets the data and the dashboard app only reads it (does not modify it).
Here is my question : is it possible to host both these apps on shinyapps.io ? In chapter 3 of shinyapps io user guide, it is written that:
it is possible to have more than one instance of an application. This means that multiple instances of an application do not share a local filesystem. **A file written to one instance will not be available to any other instance.
Does this mean that 2 apps cannot have access to the same local data ?
If so, what other options could be available to secure these apps with HTTPs ? I have looked up a bit nginx but I have very little knowledge of setting up servers and such.
Thank you very much for your availability.
Jules