Installing the Service on a Node Manager for a Spotfire Server
After installing and authorizing a node manager, you can install the Spotfire Service for R.
Before you begin
- You have installed and authorized a node manager. See the topics Node manager installation and Trusting a node in Spotfire® Server Installation and Administration.
- Spotfire Server and the node manager are up and running.
- You have installed the operating-system-specific version of R on the node where you intend to install Spotfire Service for R.
- For Windows,
you have set the environment variable
SPOTFIRE_R_HOME
(or you have setrhome.path
incustom.properties
). For Linux, you have setrhome.path
incustom.properties
. - You have deployed the
operating-system-specific SDN for
Spotfire Service for R into the deployment area of your
Spotfire Server. For information about deploying the SDN, see the topic
Adding software packages to a deployment
area in
Spotfire® Server Installation and Administration
.
Important:
- You can install Spotfire Service for R on a node manager running on a computer with an operating system (OS) that is different from that of your Spotfire Server.
- All services belonging to the same Spotfire deployment area must run on node managers with the same OS.
- Optional: You have created and imported a custom configuration for Spotfire Service for R.
Procedure
Results
Additionally, three helper R packages are installed. See Helper packages included in the service.
Note: If you experience errors, click
View logs for more information.
What to do next
- Helper packages included in the service
The following packages are included with the service to provide functionality for working with Spotfire.
- Helper packages included in the service
The following packages are included with the service to provide functionality for working with Spotfire.