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To use Posit Workbench, including the Positron IDE, in a Domino Workspace, configure a Compute Environment built on a Posit Workbench base image. If your administrators have already configured such an Environment, set your Project to use that Environment.

Environment setup

If a Posit Workbench Environment does not already exist in your Domino deployment, create one. Read about Environment management if you aren’t already familiar.

Choose a base image

When you create the Environment, use quay.io/domino/field:rstudio-workbench as the base image.

Edit the Dockerfile

Add the following lines to the Dockerfile Instructions. They validate that the base image meets the pre-requisites for automatic custom image compatibility, prepare /opt/domino for Domino executions, set the password for the domino user, create a startup script that waits for Posit Workbench and tails its logs, and configure Posit Workbench to run sessions as the domino user.

Add the pluggable Workspace tool

Enter the following in the Pluggable Workspace Tools field of the Environment definition:

Use Positron in a Workspace

1

Launch a Workspace

Launch a Workspace that uses the Environment and select Posit as the IDE. Log in with the username domino and the password domino. The Dockerfile instructions above set this password. Posit Workbench opens to the Projects view.
Posit Workbench Projects view with the New Session button.
2

Create a session

Select New Session, choose Positron Pro, and select Launch.
New Session dialog in Posit Workbench with Positron Pro selected.
3

Start working

When the session starts, the Positron IDE opens.
Positron IDE running in Posit Workbench with an R console started.
Last modified on September 22, 2026