[IPython-dev] Options for cloud-based Jupyterhub for Python training?

Wed Apr 22 18:17:02 EDT 2015

hi there,

Continuum actually publish community images on AWS with at least Conda and the IPython notebook pre-installed, though I haven't checked for the specifically needed dependencies.

S

On Apr 22, 2015, at 3:09 PM, "Signell, Richard" <rsignell at usgs.gov> wrote:

> IPython Folks,
> I hope this discussion about https://cloud.sagemath.com hasn't
> discouraged discussion of other potential solutions.
> 
> Do folks have experience with digitalocean, cloud9 or other cloud
> provisioning that could support Jupyterhub with Anaconda?
> 
> -Rich
> 
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 6:01 PM, Signell, Richard <rsignell at usgs.gov> wrote:
>> It's a technical question.  Everything is completely free and there
>> are no license restrictions.
>> 
>> On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 5:47 PM, William Stein <wstein at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 2:42 PM, Signell, Richard <rsignell at usgs.gov> wrote:
>>>> We would be fine with Python 2 and Jupyter in
>>>> https://cloud.sagemath.com would be fine if those packages were
>>>> installed for all projects.
>>>> 
>>>> But some of those packages are tough to build, and getting the right
>>>> versions that all play nice together is tricky.   That's why we have
>>>> our conda channel.   We have put a lot of effort into that.    Do you
>>>> have the ability to install from the binstar.org/ioos channel?
>>> 
>>> I don't know.   Is this a legal or technical question?  Is it
>>> completely free?  Are there license restrictions?
>>> 
>>> William
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> We don't need heavy duty computational facilities.   This is mostly
>>>> about accessing and visualizing met/ocean data.
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 5:20 PM, William Stein <wstein at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 2:14 PM, Signell, Richard <rsignell at usgs.gov> wrote:
>>>>>> William,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I mean a python environment with these packages installed from our
>>>>>> binstar channel (http://conda.binstar.org):
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> iris
>>>>>> mpld3
>>>>>> pyoos
>>>>>> pandas
>>>>>> folium
>>>>>> rdflib
>>>>>> geojson
>>>>>> requests
>>>>>> ipython-notebook
>>>>>> xlrd
>>>>>> mplleaflet
>>>>>> oceans
>>>>>> qrcode
>>>>>> utilities
>>>>> 
>>>>> Does Python 2 versus Python 3 matter?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Also, if you've tried Jupyter in https://cloud.sagemath.com, would it
>>>>> be sufficient to meet your needs if it had the above packages
>>>>> installed for all projects?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Also, how powerful of computing facilities would be required?
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 5:09 PM, William Stein <wstein at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 2:06 PM, Signell, Richard <rsignell at usgs.gov> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Jupyterhub folks,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> We are looking for solutions for one week of Python training for about
>>>>>>>> 50 met-ocean students at the NSF-funded Unidata Program Center in
>>>>>>>> Boulder (in June).  And we are thinking Jupyterhub on the cloud.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> We know that Software Carpentry favors students to install on their
>>>>>>>> own laptops, but we are leaning toward a cloud solution to demonstrate
>>>>>>>> the advantages of computing close to large met-ocean datasets.  And we
>>>>>>>> could also set up a common environment with packages used in the
>>>>>>>> met-ocean community (e.g. http://conda.binstar.org/ioos).
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> We read this article
>>>>>>>> https://developer.rackspace.com/blog/deploying-jupyterhub-for-education/
>>>>>>>> which is similar to what we would like to set up, but the setup
>>>>>>>> sounded rather harrowing.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Are there other solutions that would take less setup, yet allow us a
>>>>>>>> multi-user notebook login with cloud resources with a shared custom
>>>>>>>> env?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Could you elaborate on what you mean by "a shared custom environment".
>>>>>>> https://cloud.sagemath.com, which I run, is zero setup, and can easily
>>>>>>> handle the load of 50 people (we often have 600-700 simultaneous
>>>>>>> users).   However, there's no notion of shared custom environment, so
>>>>>>> it might not work at all for you.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> -- William
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>> Rich
>>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>>>> USGS, 384 Woods Hole Rd.
>>>>>>>> Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598
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>>>>>> 
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>>>>>> USGS, 384 Woods Hole Rd.
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>> USGS, 384 Woods Hole Rd.
>> Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598
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