前言
Rserve作为一个R语言与其他语言的通信(TCP/IP)接口，被多个项目所依赖。Rserve服务端配置和运行都非常简单，客户端由多种语言实现，像C/C++, Java等。R也有自己的客户端实现 RSclient 项目。
Rserve介绍
Rserve是一个基于TCP/IP协议的，允许R语言与其他语言通信的C/S结构的程序，支持C/C++,Java,PHP,Python,Ruby,Nodejs等。 Rserve提供远程连接，认证，文件传输等功能。我们可以设计R做为后台服务，处理统计建模，数据分析，绘图等的任务。
官方介绍：http://www.rforge.net/Rserve/
Rserve安装
服务器系统环境
Linux: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS 64bit
R: 3.0.1 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Rserve安装和加载
~ R
> install.packages("Rserve")
> library(Rserve)
Rserve服务器
1). 在程序中，启动Rserve服务器
2). 在命令行，启动Rserve服务器
Rserve的函数，只有3个。
Rserve(): 单独启动一个守护进程作为Rserve实例。
run.Rserve(): 在当前的进程中，启动Rserve实例
self():
1). 在程序中，启动Rserve服务器
> library(Rserve) > Rserve() Starting Rserve: /usr/lib/R/bin/R CMD /home/conan/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.0/Rserve/libs//Rserve R version 3.0.1 (2013-05-16) -- "Good Sport" Copyright (C) 2013 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit) R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details. Natural language support but running in an English locale R is a collaborative project with many contributors. Type 'contributors()' for more information and 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications. Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help. Type 'q()' to quit R. Rserv started in daemon mode.
查看Rserv进程
~ ps -aux|grep Rserve conan 8830 0.0 1.2 116336 25044 ? Ss 06:46 0:00 /home/conan/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.0/Rserve/libs//Rserve ~ netstat -nltp|grep Rserve tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:6311 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 8830/Rserve
2). 在命令行，启动Rserve服务器
Rserve命令帮助
~ R CMD Rserve --help Usage: R CMD Rserve [] Options: --help this help screen --version prints Rserve version (also passed to R) --RS-portlisten on the specified TCP port --RS-socketuse specified local (unix) socket instead of TCP/IP. --RS-workdiruse specified working directory root for connections. --RS-encodingset default server string encoding to. --RS-confload additional config file. --RS-settings dumps current settings of the Rserve --RS-sourcesource the specified file on startup. --RS-enable-control enable control commands --RS-enable-remote enable remote connections All other options are passed to the R engine.
在命令行启动Rserve
~ R CMD Rserve --RS-enable-remote R version 3.0.1 (2013-05-16) -- "Good Sport" Copyright (C) 2013 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit) R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details. Natural language support but running in an English locale R is a collaborative project with many contributors. Type 'contributors()' for more information and 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications. Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help. Type 'q()' to quit R. Rserv started in daemon mode.
查看Rserv进程
~ ps -aux|grep Rserve conan 27639 0.0 1.2 116288 25236 ? Ss 20:41 0:00 /usr/lib/R/bin/Rserve --RS-enable-remote ~ netstat -nltp|grep Rserve tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:6311 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 27639/Rserve
3. Rserve高级使用：Rserve配置管理
通过配置文件，管理Rserve服务器。
Rserv.conf: 配置文件
source.R:初始化脚步文件
查看当前的Rserve 服务器的默认配置信息
~ R CMD Rserve --RS-settings Rserve v1.7-1 config file: /etc/Rserv.conf working root: /tmp/Rserv port: 6311 local socket: [none, TCP/IP used] authorization required: no plain text password: not allowed passwords file: [none] allow I/O: yes allow remote access: no control commands: no interactive: yes max.input buffer size: 262144 kB
config file: 我本地无此文件/etc/Rserv.conf, 系统会默认跳过这项
working root: R运行时工作目录 /tmp/Rserv
port: 通信端口6311
local socket: TCP/IP协议
authorization: 认证未开启
plain text password: 不允许明文密码
passwords file: 密码文件，未指定
allow I/O: 允许IO操作
allow remote access: 远程访问未开启
control commands: 命令控制未开启
interactive: 允许通信
max.input buffer size: 文件上传限制262mb
修改默认配置，新建文件：/etc/Rserv.conf
~ sudo vi /etc/Rserv.conf
workdir /tmp/Rserv
remote enable
fileio enable
interactive yes
port 6311
maxinbuf 262144
encoding utf8
control enable
source /home/conan/R/RServe/source.R
eval xx=1
~ vi /home/conan/R/RServe/source.R
cat("This is my Rserve!!")
print(paste("Server start at",Sys.time()))
再次查看服务器配置
R CMD Rserve --RS-settings Rserve v1.7-1 config file: /etc/Rserv.conf working root: /tmp/Rserv port: 6311 local socket: [none, TCP/IP used] authorization required: yes plain text password: allowed passwords file: [none] allow I/O: yes allow remote access: yes control commands: yes interactive: yes max.input buffer size: 262144 kB
允许远程访问
需要登陆认证
允许明文密码
启动服务器
~ R CMD Rserve R version 3.0.1 (2013-05-16) -- "Good Sport" Copyright (C) 2013 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit) R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details. Natural language support but running in an English locale R is a collaborative project with many contributors. Type 'contributors()' for more information and 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications. Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help. Type 'q()' to quit R. This is my Rserve!![1] "Server start at 2013-10-30 22:38:10" Rserv started in daemon mode.
查看日志：source.R在启动时候被执行。
"This is my Rserve!![1] "Server start at 2013-10-30 22:38:10""
source选项，用来配置Rserve服务器启动时加载的文件，例如：初始化系统变量，初始化系统函数等。
eval选项，直接定义环境变量。
查看进程
~ ps -aux|grep Rserve conan 28339 0.0 1.2 116292 25240 ? Ss 22:31 0:00 /usr/lib/R/bin/Rserve ~ netstat -ntlp|grep Rserve tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:6311 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 28339/Rserve
允许远程访问, 不限制IP
0 0.0.0.0:6311
4. Rserve高级使用：用户登陆认证
在本地环境，无认证情况下，使用RSclient访问Rserve。RSclient的使用，请参考文章：Rserve的R语言客户端RSclient
~ R > library(RSclient) > conn<-RS.connect() > RS.eval(conn,rnorm(10)) [1] 0.03230305 0.95710725 -0.33416069 -0.37440009 -1.95515719 -0.22895924 [7] 0.39591984 1.67898842 -0.01666688 -0.26877775
增加用户登陆认证，修改文件：/etc/Rserv.conf
~ sudo vi /etc/Rserv.conf workdir /tmp/Rserv remote enable fileio enable interactive yes port 6311 maxinbuf 262144 encoding utf8 control enable source /home/conan/R/RServe/source.R eval xx=1 auth required plaintext enable
使用RSclient访问，认证报错。
> library(RSclient) > conn<-RS.connect() > RS.eval(conn,rnorm(10)) Error in RS.eval(conn, rnorm(10)) : command failed with status code 0x41: authentication failed
用RSclient登陆
> library(RSclient) > conn<-RS.connect() > RS.login(conn,"conan","conan",authkey=RS.authkey(conn)) [1] TRUE > RS.eval(conn,rnorm(5)) [1] -1.19827684 0.72164617 0.22225934 0.09901505 -1.54661436
这里用户登陆认证，是绑定的操作系统用户。我们还可以在Rserv.conf配置文件，指定uid,gid参数，从而更细粒度的控制服务器权限。