Connect your Posit Account

To publish content to Posit Connect, you need to authorize RStudio to use your Connect account.

There are two methods to connect your account:

Global Options: The Publishing Accounts configuration located in Global Options… under the Tool drop-down menu.
Publishing Workflow: Using the Publish button

These procedures assume that you haven’t connected your Connect account to RStudio.

Global Options

Open RStudio.
From the menu bar, click Tools > Global Options….
Select the Publishing tab, then click Connect….
In the Connect Account window, select Posit Connect.
Enter the public URL of the Connect Server, then click Next to launch a browser window.

Note

The public URL is the URL that you use to connect to Connect in your browser.
If you are not already logged into Connect, log in.
From the Connect to R page, click Connect. A success message displays at the top of the screen.
Navigate back to the RStudio Verifying Account window, then click Connect Account. Your Connect account displays in the Publishing Accounts section.
Click OK.

You’ve successfully connected your account and can now publish directly to Connect.

This method uses the Publishing Workflow, which kicks off when you click the Publishing button in RStudio.

Open RStudio.
Click the Publish button.
In the Publish window, click Connect.
From the What do you want to publish? panel, select one of the following:
- Publish just this document
- Publish all documents in the directory
From the Publish to Connect panel, select one of the following:
- Publish document with source code
- Publish finished document only
For this guide, we recommend selecting Publish document with source code.
In the Connect Publishing Account window, click Next.
Enter the public URL of the Connect Server, then click Next to launch a browser window.

Note

The public URL is the URL that you use to connect to Connect in your browser.
If you are not already logged into Connect, log in.
From the Connect to R page, click Connect. A success message displays at the top of the screen.
Navigate back to the RStudio Verifying Account window and click Connect Account. Your Posit account displays in the Publishing Accounts section.

You have successfully connected your account and can now publish directly to Connect. Congrats!