Dockerfile

# get shiny server plus tidyverse packages image
FROM rocker/shiny-verse:latest
# system libraries of general use
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
sudo \
pandoc \
pandoc-citeproc \
libcurl4-gnutls-dev \
libcairo2-dev \
libxt-dev \
libssl-dev \
libssh2-1-dev
# install R packages required 
# (change it depending on the packages you need)
RUN R -e "install.packages('shinydashboard', repos='http://cran.rstudio.com/')"
# Copy configuration files into the Docker image
COPY shiny-server.conf  /etc/shiny-server/shiny-server.conf
COPY app.R /srv/shiny-server/app.R
RUN rm /srv/shiny-server/index.html
# Make the ShinyApp available at port 80
EXPOSE 80
# Copy further configuration files into the Docker image
COPY shiny-server.sh /usr/bin/shiny-server.sh
RUN ["chmod", "+x", "/usr/bin/shiny-server.sh"]
CMD ["/usr/bin/shiny-server.sh"]