Connect Cloud how-to guides

These how-to guides show you how to deploy applications and publish documents to Connect Cloud. Each guide for a framework covers every way to deploy that kind of content, so you can pick the method that fits how you work.

R guides

Choose your framework, then jump to the method you want.

• Shiny for R: Deploy from GitHub, Positron or VS Code, RStudio, or the command line.
• Quarto with R: Deploy from GitHub, Positron or VS Code, RStudio, or the command line.
• R Markdown: Deploy from GitHub, Positron or VS Code, RStudio, or the command line.

Examples

• Deploy an LLM-powered Shiny for R app: Keep your OpenAI API key private.

Required packages

• Specify R dependencies: List the R packages you use.

Python guides

Choose your framework, then jump to the method you want.

• Bokeh: Deploy from GitHub, Positron or VS Code, or the command line.
• Dash: Deploy from GitHub, Positron or VS Code, or the command line.
• Jupyter notebook: Deploy from GitHub, Positron or VS Code, or the command line.
• Quarto with Python: Deploy from GitHub, Positron or VS Code, or the command line.
• Shiny for Python: Deploy from GitHub, Positron or VS Code, or the command line.
• Streamlit: Deploy from GitHub, Positron or VS Code, or the command line.

Examples

• Deploy an LLM-powered Shiny for Python app: Keep your OpenAI API key private.

Required packages

• Create a requirements.txt dependency file: List the Python packages you use.

Which method do I use?

• Your code is in a GitHub repository: Use GitHub to republish automatically when you push changes. For example, Deploy a Streamlit app from GitHub.
• You work in Positron or VS Code: Deploy from the Posit Publisher extension. You do not need a repository. For example, Deploy a Dash app from Positron or VS Code.
• You work in RStudio: Click Publish in RStudio. For example, Deploy a Shiny for R app from RStudio.
• You want to script deployments or run them automatically: Use the command line. For example, Deploy a Bokeh app from the command line, Deploy a Shiny for R app from the command line, or Deploy a Quarto document with Python from the command line.

For more on how the methods differ, see Publishing.