Absolute path for logo and external R files

ShinyProxy
#1

Hi All,
I have a question about file path which is used for Shinyproxy logo, thumbnails and separate scripts, since all my attempts failed. I put all my images for logo and thumbnail to my www folder, so my application.yml for logo or thumbnails url looks like this file:///root/my_app/www/pic.png, but this doesn’t work.
Similar question about absolute path used in R scripts, I have a couple of separate functions (R files) in external folder and my ui.R calls them as source(file = “file:///root/my_app/functions/my_f1.R”), but it doesn’t work. Do I miss a part of the path?
Thanks for your inputs.

#2
  1. Note that logo path should be path on the host server, not inside the container
  2. In R scripts, adding file:// is not necessary, though should work anyway. So maybe you paths are not correct - make sure that all needed files are added to the docker image.
    Additionally, the error message you get might be helpful to identify the reason.
#3

Thank you for your answer.
Reg 1, I provided absolute path to my host server (the same where shinyproxy-2.6.1.jar is located), file://local/home/my_username/img/my_pic.png but I don’t see the pic (for webhosting everything works).

#4

For logo try this format:

proxy:
  logo-url: file:///etc/shinyproxy/logo.png

and pay attention on file access rights for user shinyproxy.

#5

Thanks,
yes I followed the recommendation and still nothing happens. I did a chmod 777 for all the files but still getting an error: Failed to convert file URI to data URI: file:///root/my_app/www/pic1.png

#6

Hello @awwoj
Are you sure the folder /root/my_app is on your host? I presume it contains your application files. So it should be in a container not on your host.
Anyway logo-url: file:///etc/shinyproxy/logo.png works for me as /etc/shinyproxy is on my host.

#7

thank you All, I overlooked one dash, as you pointed out this is correct and works file:///etc/shinyproxy/logo.png

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