02-server-instructions.md

Setting up RStudio Cloud environment

1. Go to http://rstd.io/class

2. Workshop identifier: “deep_learn”

3. A new page will open that provides you with:

   1. A URL to your RStudio server instance (i.e. http://ec2……)
   2. A username and password (they will look very generic)

4. Click on the provided URL and log in with username and password

5. Click on “New Session” - use default settings:

   • Session Name: RStudio Session
   • Editor: RStudio
   • Cluster: Local

6. Click on the class-repo folder

7. Click on the class-repo.Rproj to load the project. It will ask you if you want to open the project ~/class-repo…choose “Yes”

8. Run the following code. If you are connected to GPUs then it will list them.

library(tensorflow)

tf$config$experimental$list_physical_devices()

9. Course notebooks: You will work through the course notebooks located in the materials directory.