Shiny-server looking for config file in wrong path - r

After our server being offline all weekend I'm trying to restart our shiny server. This is run on a mac, in the terminal I'm running
sudo shiny-server start
but I'm getting a strange error
[2018-03-26 13:43:12.370] [INFO] shiny-server - Shiny Server v1. 5. 7.0
(Node.js v6.10.3)
[2018-03-26 13:43:12.373] [INFO] shiny-server - Using config file
"/Users/rgraves/start"
[2018-03-26 13:43:12.387] [ERROR] shiny-server - Error loading config: File
"/Users/rgraves/start" does not exist
[2018-03-26 13:43:12.387] [INFO] shiny-server - Shutting down worker processes
Obviously this is telling me the config file doesn't exist, which is true in this location. It exists exactly where I would expect it to at
/etc/shiny-server/shiny-server.conf
Why would shiny server not be using the default location for the config file? and how can I change it back to what it was before?

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sudo docker run --rm -p $PORT:1234 --mount type=bind,source=/mnt/compbio/jupyter_s3contents/web/dashboard,target=/srv/shiny-server/ --mount type=bind,source=/mnt/compbio/jupyter_s3contents/,target=/home/rstudio/compbio/ --mount type=bind,source=/var/log/shiny-server/,target=/var/log/shiny-server/ shiny
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[2020-11-10T15:25:36.503] [INFO] shiny-server - Using config file "/etc/shiny-server/shiny-server.conf"
[2020-11-10T15:25:36.533] [WARN] shiny-server - Running as root unnecessarily is a security risk! You could be running more securely as non-root.
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Unable to run shiny server pro in evaluation period

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[2019-10-15T14:05:28.426] [INFO] shiny-server - Using config file "/etc/shiny-server/shiny-server.conf"
[2019-10-15T14:05:28.427] [INFO] shiny-server - Using non-persistent random cookie secret
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Shiny server: application failed to start on AWS

I am having trouble deploying my own shiny apps to an AWS server. I followed these instructions to a tee. I was able to install shiny and see the example applications working on my server. However when I try to launch my own app, I see the error messages:
"An error has occurred
The application failed to start.
The application exited during initialization."
According to many forums, for example this one, I need to adjust the permissions in the /etc/shiny-server/shiny-server.conf file from run_as shiny; to run_as myusername shiny. I tried this, but it didn't work.
My log looks like this:
cat /var/log/shiny-server.log
[2018-05-15T08:25:18.770] [INFO] shiny-server - Shiny Server v1.5.7.907 (Node.js v8.10.0)
[2018-05-15T08:25:18.772] [INFO] shiny-server - Using config file "/etc/shiny-server/shiny-server.conf"
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[2018-05-15T08:25:32.474] [INFO] shiny-server - Created bookmark state directory: /var/lib/shiny-server/bookmarks
[2018-05-15T08:25:32.475] [INFO] shiny-server - Created user bookmark state directory: /var/lib/shiny-server/bookmarks/shiny
[2018-05-16T22:31:45.674] [INFO] shiny-server - Error getting worker: Error: The application exited during initialization.
[2018-05-16T22:40:21.378] [INFO] shiny-server - Error getting worker: Error: The application exited during initialization.
[2018-05-16T22:40:54.257] [INFO] shiny-server - Error getting worker: Error: The application exited during initialization.
[2018-05-16T22:42:02.326] [INFO] shiny-server - Error getting worker: Error: The application exited during initialization.
[2018-05-16T22:42:14.474] [INFO] shiny-server - Error getting worker: Error: The application exited during initialization.
[2018-05-16T22:44:18.246] [INFO] shiny-server - Error getting worker: Error: The application exited during initialization.
[2018-05-16T22:56:41.494] [INFO] shiny-server - Error getting worker: Error: The application exited during initialization.
[2018-05-16T23:00:17.853] [INFO] shiny-server - Error getting worker: Error: The application exited during initialization.
[2018-05-16T23:09:32.642] [INFO] shiny-server - Error getting worker: Error: The application exited during initialization.
[2018-05-16T23:15:39.846] [INFO] shiny-server - Error getting worker: Error: The application exited during initialization.
[2018-05-16T23:16:04.410] [INFO] shiny-server - Error getting worker: Error: The application exited during initialization.
[2018-05-16T23:23:36.596] [INFO] shiny-server - Error getting worker: Error: The application exited during initialization.
[2018-05-16T23:26:43.907] [INFO] shiny-server - Stopping listener on 0.0.0.0:3838
[2018-05-16T23:26:43.907] [INFO] shiny-server - Shutting down worker processes (with notification)
[2018-05-16T23:26:56.234] [INFO] shiny-server - Shiny Server v1.5.7.907 (Node.js v8.10.0)
[2018-05-16T23:26:56.237] [INFO] shiny-server - Using config file "/etc/shiny-server/shiny-server.conf"
[2018-05-16T23:26:56.295] [WARN] shiny-server - Running as root unnecessarily is a security risk! You could be running more securely as non-root.
[2018-05-16T23:26:56.298] [INFO] shiny-server - Starting listener on 0.0.0.0:3838
[2018-05-16T23:27:00.502] [INFO] shiny-server - Error getting worker: Error: The application exited during initialization.
[2018-05-16T23:30:22.786] [INFO] shiny-server - Error getting worker: Error: The application exited during initialization.
[2018-05-16T23:31:25.808] [INFO] shiny-server - Error getting worker: Error: The application exited during initialization.
[2018-05-17T00:35:40.060] [INFO] shiny-server - Error getting worker: Error: The application exited during initialization.
Also when I type shiny-server I see:
Using config file "/etc/shiny-server/shiny-server.conf"
[2018-05-17T01:17:12.659] [ERROR] shiny-server - Error loading config: The user 'ubuntu' does not have permissions to run applications as one of the users in 'shiny'. Please restart shiny-server as one of the users in 'shiny'. (/etc/shiny-server/shiny-server.conf:2:1)
Config file:
cat /etc/shiny-server/shiny-server.conf
# Instruct Shiny Server to run applications as the user "shiny"
run_as ubuntu;
# Define a server that listens on port 3838
server {
listen 3838;
# Define a location at the base URL
location / {
# Host the directory of Shiny Apps stored in this directory
site_dir /srv/shiny-server;
# Log all Shiny output to files in this directory
log_dir /var/log/shiny-server;
# When a user visits the base URL rather than a particular application,
# an index of the applications available in this directory will be shown.
directory_index on;
}
}
sanitize_errors off;
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I feel like I am so close to finally launching my app!
As your error says the user ubuntu isn't allowed to start shiny apps. Make sure to login as sudo, try something below. if that doesn't work check that the shiny app is installed globally with sudo access
sudo -i
sudo systemctl restart shiny-server
or try stopping and starting it
sudo systemctl stop shiny-server
sudo systemctl start shiny-server
Im running ubuntu on my server btw

Shiny Server on Centos configuration

I recently installed shiny-server on my Centos 7 server. (centos-release-7-2.1511.el7.centos.2.10.x86_64)
I am unable to get the server started however, and it appears it's not looking for the right config file on boot. I have my my shiny-server.conf file in the default location of /etc/shiny-server/shiny-server.conf
Trace:
[2016-08-03 00:25:52.907] [INFO] shiny-server - Shiny Server v1.4.2.786 (Node.js v0.10.40)
[2016-08-03 00:25:52.911] [INFO] shiny-server - Using config file "/root/start"
[2016-08-03 00:25:52.926] [ERROR] shiny-server - Error loading config: File "/root/start" does not exist
[2016-08-03 00:25:52.926] [INFO] shiny-server - Shutting down worker processes
Apparently it's just looking in root/start?
Any help would be greatly appreciated
You could use sudo systemctl start shiny-server

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I have installed the shiny server on another ubuntu ip and using it through putty on windows. But the application is failing to start as you can see on the right column (An error has occured in bold). What configuration should I make to start the application on the shiny server? Please help.
I have opened the whole path to the R file in linux and the permissions are granted to the R file. Still not working.
Moreover, when I try to open the shiny-server.config file in etc/shiny-server/shiny-server.config , it shows:
[2015-08-19 12:13:59.666] [INFO] shiny-server - Shiny Server v1.4.0.721 (Node.js v0.10.21)
[2015-08-19 12:13:59.669] [INFO] shiny-server - Using config file "/etc/shiny-server/shiny-server.conf"
[2015-08-19 12:13:59.750] [ERROR] shiny-server - Error loading config: The user 'hadoop' does not have permissions to run applications as one of the users in 'shiny'. Please restart shiny-server as one of the users in 'shiny'. (/etc/shiny-server/shiny-server.conf:2:1)
[2015-08-19 12:13:59.751] [INFO] shiny-server - Shutting down worker processes
The line Error loading config: The user 'hadoop' does not have permissions to run applications as one of the users in 'shiny'. Please restart shiny-server as one of the users in 'shiny'. (/etc/shiny-server/shiny-server.conf:2:1)
says that you are trying to start shiny-server as a user named hadoop and this is not possible because the only user who can start this shiny-server is shiny and this is written in the second line of /etc/shiny-server/shiny-server.conf file. Try to edit beggining of this file from
# Instruct Shiny Server to run applications as the user "shiny"
run_as shiny;
to
# Instruct Shiny Server to run applications as the user "shiny"
run_as hadoop shiny;

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