library(dockerfiler)

Create a Dockerfile from a renv.lock file

# A temporary directory
dir_build <- tempfile(pattern = "renv")
dir.create(dir_build)

# Create a lockfile
the_lockfile <- file.path(dir_build, "renv.lock")
custom_packages <- c(
  # attachment::att_from_description(), # build from a DESCRIPTION file
  "renv",
  "cli", "glue", "golem", "shiny", "stats", "utils",
  "testthat",
  "knitr"
)
renv::snapshot(
  packages = custom_packages,
  lockfile = the_lockfile,
  prompt = FALSE)

# Create Dockerfile
dock_from_renv(lockfile = the_lockfile,
               distro = "focal", 
               FROM = "rstudio/verse",
               out_dir = dir_build
              )

# rstudioapi::navigateToFile(file.path(dir_build, "Dockerfile"))
unlink(dir_build)

Dockerfile from renv.lock

Create a Dockerfile from a renv.lock file