Positron Pro Sessions

Workbench | Preview

Preview feature

This feature is in preview. Preview features are unsupported and may face breaking changes in a future release. Any issues found in the feature will be addressed during the regular release schedule; they will not result in immediate patches or hotfixes.

We encourage customers to try these features and we welcome any feedback via Posit Support, but we recommend that the feature not be used in production until it is in general availability (i.e., officially released as a full feature). To provide feedback, please email your Posit Customer Success representative or and specify that you are trialing this feature.

Overview

Posit Workbench allows you to launch Positron Pro sessions from the home page via the Job Launcher, if configured. In started Positron Pro sessions, users can work within the Positron IDE and remain within the administrative framework provided by Posit Workbench, such as authentication, PAM session management, etc.

Requirements

The following must be configured correctly before Positron sessions can be launched:

  • Job Launcher: See the Job Launcher section for configuration information.
  • SSL: See the SSL Configuration section for more configuration information.

Limitations

Supported x86-64 Linux distributions:

  • RHEL 9
  • Ubuntu Linux 22 and 24

For more information, see Other Resources for Positron Pro.

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