Setup for all users of RStudio Server.

Hi :)

Within an R-Studio Server Docker container, how can Air be installed and automatically used system-wide for all users? i.e. some global R-Studio config to enable the external formatter command for all sessions.

Basically would like to have all our projects auto-formatted without any user intervention.
Is a global .air.toml possible ?

Cheers !

Edit:

I've half-solved my issue, so if anyone else comes here in the future with the same issue, you can do:

...
RUN curl -LsSf https://github.com/posit-dev/air/releases/latest/download/air-installer.sh | sh
RUN cp /root/.local/bin/air /usr/local/bin/
COPY rstudio-prefs.json /etc/rstudio/rstudio-prefs.json
...

/etc/rstudio/rstudio-prefs.json

{
    "code_formatter": "external",
    "code_formatter_external_command": "/usr/local/bin/air format",
    "reformat_on_save": true
}

Although I am still wondering if a global .air.toml is possible.

Note: It seems that Air will respect some .Rproj configs, e.g. indentation settings, if you don't have an .air.toml present. Sorry, that was not true.

Review the Dockerfile setup, /etc/rstudio/rstudio-prefs.json configuration, and the referenced global .air.toml question. Start by checking how Air discovers configuration and whether system-wide configuration is documented or tested. Done means determining whether a global configuration is supported and documenting or specifying the container-wide setup needed for all RStudio sessions.