Deploying Shiny App shiny-server issue

Question

I am having an issue deploying a shiny app via shiny-server on ubuntu 14 (on chromebook).

I followed all of the setup steps for shiny-server , and the app appeared to deploy OK on my computer.

I run sudo shiny-server in the command prompt and this appears:

[2016-01-10 14:52:36.348] [INFO] shiny-server - Shiny Server v1.4.1.759 (Node.js v0.10.40)
[2016-01-10 14:52:36.351] [INFO] shiny-server - Using pidfile /var/run/shiny-server.pid
[2016-01-10 14:52:36.352] [INFO] shiny-server - Using config file "/etc/shiny-server/shiny-server.conf"
[2016-01-10 14:52:36.410] [WARN] shiny-server - Running as root unnecessarily is a security risk! You could be running more securely as non-root.
[2016-01-10 14:52:36.414] [INFO] shiny-server - Starting listener on 0.0.0.0:3838

I run the command sudo ifconfig to get my server IP address, and the site runs on my computer at: http://my_ip_address:3838/sample-apps/hello/ .

However, when I try to go to this link at another computer in my house, the website does not load.

Note*: The thing I did to try to fix it was to configure my server's firewall to allow inbound TCP connections on port 3838, which I think Idid.

When I type sudo ufw status into command prompt, I get:

Status: active

To                         Action      From
--                         ------      ----
3838/tcp                   ALLOW       Anywhere
3838                       ALLOW       Anywhere
80                         ALLOW       Anywhere
3838/tcp                   ALLOW       Anywhere (v6)
3838                       ALLOW       Anywhere (v6)
80                         ALLOW       Anywhere (v6)

I am not sure what else to try.

Answer 1

Have you tried

my_ip_address:3838/hello/

instead of

my_ip_address:3838/sample-apps/hello/

If you check the content of /etc/shiny-server/shiny-server.conf and it says directory_index on; you should be able to browse to my_ip_address:3838 and see a directory listing and at least a welcome page.