docs/code-samples/community/serving/helloworld-rserver/README.md

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# Hello World - R server
A simple web app created with R package, [plumber](https://www.rplumber.io).
plumber creates a REST API by adding annotations to your R code. The R script
reads an environment variable `TARGET` and prints `Hello ${TARGET}!`. If the
`TARGET` environment variable is not specified, the script uses `World`.
Follow the steps below to create the sample code and then deploy the app to your
cluster. You can also download a working copy of the sample, by running the
following commands:
```bash
git clone https://github.com/knative/docs.git knative-docs
cd knative-docs/code-samples/community/serving/hello-world/helloworld-r
```
## Before you begin
- A Kubernetes cluster with Knative installed. Follow the
[Knative installation instructions](https://knative.dev/docs/install/) if you need to
create one.
- [Docker](https://www.docker.com) installed and running on your local machine,
and a Docker Hub account configured (we'll use it for a container registry).
## Recreating the sample code
1. Create a new file named `HelloWorld.R` and paste the following script:
```R
#' HelloWorld function
#' @get /
#' @html
function() {
TARGET <- Sys.getenv("TARGET", "World")
message = paste("Hello ", TARGET, "!", sep = "")
print(message)
}
```
This file defines the endpoint `/`, using plumber annotations.
1. Create a new file named `server.R` and paste the following code:
```R
library(plumber) # https://www.rplumber.io/
# Translate the HelloWorld file into a Plumber API
r <- plumb("HelloWorld.R")
# Get the PORT env var
PORT <- strtoi(Sys.getenv("PORT", 8080))
# Run the API
r$run(port=PORT, host="0.0.0.0")
```
1. Create a new file named `Dockerfile` and paste the following code:
```docker
# The official R base image
# https://hub.docker.com/_/r-base
FROM r-base:3.6.0
# Copy local code to the container image.
WORKDIR /usr/src/app
COPY . .
# Install R packages
RUN Rscript -e "install.packages('plumber', repos='http://cran.us.r-project.org/')"
# Run the web service on container startup.
CMD ["Rscript", "server.R"]
```
1. Create a new file, `service.yaml` and copy the following service definition
into the file. Make sure to replace `{username}` with your Docker Hub
username.
```yaml
apiVersion: serving.knative.dev/v1
kind: Service
metadata:
name: helloworld-rserver
namespace: default
spec:
template:
spec:
containers:
- image: docker.io/{username}/helloworld-rserver
env:
- name: TARGET
value: "R Server Sample v1"
```
## Building and deploying the sample
Once you have recreated the sample code files (or used the files in the sample
folder) you're ready to build and deploy the sample app.
1. Use Docker to build the sample code into a container. To build and push with
Docker Hub, run these commands replacing `{username}` with your Docker Hub
username:
```bash
# Build the container on your local machine
docker build -t {username}/helloworld-rserver .
# Push the container to docker registry
docker push {username}/helloworld-rserver
```
1. After the build has completed and the container is pushed to docker hub, you
can deploy the app into your cluster. Ensure that the container image value
in `service.yaml` matches the container you built in the previous step. Apply
the configuration using `kubectl`:
```bash
kubectl apply --filename service.yaml
```
1. Now that your service is created, Knative performs the following steps:
- Create a new immutable revision for this version of the app.
- Network programming to create a route, ingress, service, and load balance
for your app.
- Automatically scale your pods up and down (including to zero active pods).
1. Run the following command to find the domain URL for your service:
```bash
kubectl get ksvc helloworld-r --output=custom-columns=NAME:.metadata.name,URL:.status.url
```
Example:
```bash
NAME URL
helloworld-r http://helloworld-r.default.1.2.3.4.sslip.io
```
1. Now you can make a request to your app and see the result. Replace
the URL below with the URL returned in the previous command.
```bash
curl http://helloworld-rserver.default.1.2.3.4.sslip.io
```
Example:
```bash
curl http://helloworld-rserver.default.1.2.3.4.sslip.io
[1] "Hello R Sample v1!"
```
> Note: Add `-v` option to get more detail if the `curl` command failed.
## Removing the sample app deployment
To remove the sample app from your cluster, delete the service record:
```bash
kubectl delete --filename service.yaml
```