The code belowĬreates an RStudio Server VM using the e2 machine type with 8 GB. It’s much easier to create one using GoogleCloudComputeR. While you can set up a virtual machine from the When you create service account you’ll have the option to downloadĪ JSON file containing an authorization key which the R packages use to Need to set up a service account, which you can do through theĬonsole.

In order to use googleComputeEngineR and googleCloudStorageR, we also The drop-down menu on the blue banner at the top of any console page.ĭefining a project lets you create and group VMs and storage buckets. You already have an existing project, you can create a new one from Probably be one of the initial steps you’re asked to complete if

You’re setting up your Cloud account for the first time this will To move data between the virtual machine and the cloud storageĬontainer or “bucket”. Specifically to work with the Google Cloud Platform. Evenīetter, there are a number of R packages that have been built Signing up now gives you $300 to spend in three months, and they offerĪ pretty wide variety of virtual machine (VM) configurations. Is currently offering a free trial of the service. The outputs I want to present in my dissertation. I needed access to more powerful hardware in order to generate Isn’t particularly powerful, and it locks up trying to process the rawĭata. Sitting in a cubicle to a laptop I could take home with me. Powerhouse due to Covid-19 and having to switch from a desktop computer Unfortunately, I ended up losing access to my computer I recently discovered that I needed to reprocess the data for part of myĪnalysis. I completed the simulations a while ago and archived the raw output, but Running tens of thousands of simulations of fish movement in an estuary. I’m chipping away at the last chapter of my dissertation, with the plan Computing in the Cloud with Google and RStudio Nov 14, 2020

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