The following are some R scripts
for common workflows. They assume you have previously signed up and
setup a Google project, authentication and SSH.
Terminology
The examples refers to these objects:
- Instance - Sometimes called Virtual Machine (VM), this is the
computer you start in the Google Cloud. It can be configured just like
your desktop computer at home.
googleComputeEngineR uses
instances with the Debain Linux operating system installed. You are
charged per minute they are up.
- Docker - A program that allows you to run a further type of virtual
machine on any computer. The idea is that if any computer installs
Docker, they can run the images created.
- Docker Image - Templates of the applications you run. Contain all
the information and files needed to run it within Docker. They can
contain different operating systems to what Docker is installed upon
(e.g. you can run a Linux Docker image on OSX)
- Docker container - The running process made from a Docker Image when
you run them.
Read me about Docker here.
An instance/VM can have multiple docker images, which are running
multiple docker containers.