Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Is everything I deploy public?

Yes, if you are on a Free or Basic plan. Each piece of content with Public visibility has a unique public URL that anyone with the link can access. The Enhanced, Advanced, and Enterprise plans offer the ability to share content privately via private link sharing, and the Advanced and Enterprise plans add sharing with named individuals and organization members.

Every home page on an individual account is also publicly accessible and includes all published content with public visibility.

Can I publish from a subdirectory within my repo?

Yes. Simply indicate the directory path when specifying the primary file. For example, analysis/app.py. The corresponding requirements.txt file can be in either that subdirectory or in a parent directory.

What are you granting GitHub permission to share?

We only collect limited information when you create a Connect Cloud account through GitHub authentication. This includes your username, primary email address, profile information, and organization names.

When you install our GitHub App, you have fine grained control over which private repositories are shared with Connect Cloud.

Can I download the code I published?

Yes. If you have permission to edit the content, you can download a .zip archive of the source code for any revision that has source available.

Use the Source button on the content history page to choose a specific revision. To download the currently deployed revision, use the Info panel of the content admin page or the More actions menu on your Home page.

How do I create the requirements.txt dependency file needed for Python deployments?

See the how-to guide.

How do I create the manifest.json dependency file needed for R deployments?

See the how-to-guide.