Jupyter on AWS ec2 instance where conda is already setup.

Quick Instructions

These instructions are not exhaustive, check out the links at the bottom for a more detailed treatment.

I'm assuming that you have the conda environment setup and activated on a linux ec2-instance on aws and you're currently on the shell. Run the following:

conda install jupyter
jupyter notebook --generate-config

Then you need to generate the password. Open ipython and type the following:

from notebook.auth import passwd
passwd()
Enter password:
Verify password:

It then outputs the encryped text. Copy this. Edit ~/.jupyter/jupyter_notebook_config.py:

c = get_config()
c.NotebookApp.ip='*'
c.NotebookApp.password = u'sha1:asdfasdf---your copy-paste line here'
c.NotebookApp.open_browser = False
c.NotebookApp.port =9999      # or other port number```

And thats it to expose it to the world. You should extend this so that it includes encryption (ie https) but this is a starter for 10.

To actually launch the notebooks then, run:

jupyter notebook --notebook-dir <notebook_loc> --no-browser

But, before you do that, make sure you expose the notebook port in the security group. Add a custom inbound tcp port for 9999 (or whatever you've chosen above).

Further details at:

ejokeeffe/aws_setup_juptyer.rst