The offline mode keeps users from trying to start new sessions while you’re doing the upgrade. In that way, the service will never be truly down (in the sense that users see a failure to connect). Put the new version online: sudo rstudio-server online.The new version of the server will start in offline mode. Restart the server ( sudo rstudio-server restart).Install the new version of the server (see below).Put the old version of the server in offline mode: sudo rstudio-server offline.If there are active sessions, suspend all active user sessions: sudo rstudio-server suspend-all If there are none, you can skip this step. Check if there are any active sessions running ( sudo rstudio-server active-sessions).Notify users ahead of time of the upgrade (using the admin notifications feature, if you are using the Pro version, or manually if you are using the open-source version).If you are upgrading to a later version of RStudio Server Open Source or RStudio Workbench, we recommend taking the service offline completely while you do the upgrade. Note: To upgrade to RStudio Workbench or RStudio Server Pro 1.4+, please see here for the new requirements. Upgrading to a later version of RStudio Workbench or RStudio Server Next, remove the current version of RStudio Server using your package manager: sudo apt-get remove rstudio-server You can do so with no worries about your current settings, configuration or files for RStudio Server.įirst, stop the current version of RStudio Server: sudo rstudio-server stop If you currently have RStudio Server Open Source installed and want to upgrade to RStudio Workbench, the process is very simple. Currently connected browser clients are notified that a new version is available and automatically refresh themselves.Running R sessions are suspended so that future interactions with the server automatically launch the updated R session binary.

If you perform an upgrade of RStudio Workbench (previously RStudio Server Pro) or RStudio Server Open Source, and an existing version of the server is currently running, then the upgrade process will also ensure that active sessions are immediately migrated to the new version.

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