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

Wed Apr 22 18:27:29 EDT 2015

If you plan on using anaconda, I would directly ask continuum for
temporary wakari accounts.

You can also build a docker image with your requirement, and if users
have a github account it is pretty easy (apparently) to configure
jupyterhub with OAuthtenticator plugin with github. Then you "just"
need the users github handle. We have that privately  hosted on
Rackspace OnMetal servers, but I guess Amazon/Azure or alike is not
harder.

This is also what Oliver Grisel have used for SciKit Learn Tutorials
(but with no logins) during conferences.

I think also one of the question is how much resources do you plan to
use, are you searching for a "Sponsor" do provide the resources (and
eventually fidelize users) , or do you actually have fund to  fiance
the server(s) for a week.

-- 
M

On Wed, 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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