Kick-R: Get your own R instance with 36 cores on AWS

Setup

Debian GNU/Linux

Install packages that are needed by Kick-R.

$ sudo apt-get install git make bundler unzip

Install Packer and Terraform.

$ cd /usr/local/bin
$ wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/packer/0.8.6/packer_0.8.6_linux_amd64.zip
$ wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/0.6.7/terraform_0.6.7_linux_amd64.zip
$ sudo unzip -x packer_0.8.6_linux_amd64.zip
$ sudo unzip -x terraform_0.6.7_linux_amd64.zip

Set up environment value for AWS KEY.

$ export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
$ export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Mac OS X

T.B.D.

Windows

T.B.D.

How to use

Run command "make login" to boot and login R instance on AWS.

$ git clone https://github.com/centillion-tech/kick-r.git
$ cd kick-r
$ make
$ make ssh-config > ~/.ssh/config
$ ssh kick-r
ubuntu@ip-10-189-135-202:~$ R --version | head -1
R version 3.0.2 (2013-09-25) -- "Frisbee Sailing"

If you want to use Emacs ESS mode for remote R process (detail), and run R process with M-x R and simply type /ssh:kick-r:.

After all, run command "make distclean" to shutdown the R instance.

$ make distclean

Commands

make setup

Create an AMI that includes R environment on AWS.

make

Boot an AWS instance using the AMI. After running the command, ssh connection of the AWS instance is ready. And the AWS instance has already have R environment.

make login

Login the AWS instance.

make ssh-config

Print config for .ssh/config.

$ make ssh-config > ~/.ssh/config
$ slogin kick-r

make job

Run R script at the AWS instance.

$ make job R=~/some/where/foo.R

make clean

Shutdown the AWS instance.

make distclean

Remove the AMI.

See also

• AWSに36コア環境作ってR言語プログラミング | その他ブログ

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2015 Centillion Japan Co.,Ltd.