Publishing
The following documentation is an overview of “Push-button Deployment” in RStudio.
For full documentation on options for specific platforms:
Push-button deployment
The blue publishing icon in RStudio indicates built-in support for publishing the currently selected type of content to Posit Connect, Posit Cloud, Shinyapps.io, or RPubs.com.
The blue publishing icon is present in the following locations:
The upper right of the file editor
The document Viewer pane when viewing a document
The embedded Viewer when running a Shiny application
The Plots pane
Click the blue publishing icon to open a publishing dialog where you can name your content and select additional files to include in the deployment. By default, RStudio will try to infer the data files and scripts that are used in your content. This window lets you refine those file selections.
Typically, RStudio is able to determine automatically which files are needed to render your document on the remote server. However, there are situations in which it will miss a file (for instance, if it isn’t referenced directly in your document). The Add More... button lets you add files to the bundle, so that they will be available on the server when your document is rendered. You can also use the resource_files field in the document’s YAML header to add additional files.
Deployed data files must be in the same directory as the Shiny application or R Markdown/Quarto document, or in a subdirectory of that location. Files stored elsewhere on the computer will not be available on the remote server and cannot be included in the content bundle.
Click Publish after verifying the settings.
Publishing documents
You can publish R Markdown (.Rmd) and Quarto (.qmd) documents to Posit Connect, Posit Cloud, or RPubs.com.
RPubs is a service for easily sharing public R Markdown documents. RPubs is not related to Posit Connect, and you should always choose “Posit Connect” if you wish to publish your content to Posit Connect.
Publishing Shiny apps
You can publish Shiny apps to Posit Connect, Posit Cloud, or shinyapps.io.
Additional content
For additional details or other content types, refer to the product-specific documentation: