Jupyter Quickstart
We will primarily be using Jupyter notebooks to develop and test models for this unit. A summary of the commands to start and connect to a Jupyter notebook on your class VM can be found below. If needed, please refer back to the unit on Jupyter for full instructions.
Installation
[mbs337-vm]$ cd $HOME/mbs-337
[mbs337-vm]$ source .venv/bin/activate
(.venv) [mbs337-vm]$ pip3 install jupyter
Configuration File
(.venv) [mbs337-vm]$ cd
(.venv) [mbs337-vm]$ mkdir .jupyter && cd .jupyter
(.venv) [mbs337-vm]$ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tacc/mbs-337-sp26/main/docs/unit07/scripts/jupyter_config.py
(.venv) [mbs337-vm]$ ls -l
total 4
-rw-rw-r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 241 Mar 1 17:01 jupyter_config.py
Set a Password
(.venv) [mbs337-vm]$ jupyter notebook password
Enter password: ********
Verify password: ********
[JupyterPasswordApp] Wrote hashed password to /home/ubuntu/.jupyter/jupyter_server_config.json
(.venv) [mbs337-vm]$ ls -l
total 12
-rw-rw-r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 241 Mar 1 17:01 jupyter_config.py
-rw------- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 162 Mar 1 17:36 jupyter_server_config.json
-rw-rw-r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 32 Mar 1 17:36 migrated
Start the Jupyter Notebook/Lab Server
(.venv) [mbs337-vm]$ cd $HOME/mbs-337
(.venv) [mbs337-vm]$ curl ip.me
129.114.38.51
(.venv) [mbs337-vm]$ jupyter lab # or "jupyter notebook"
[I 2026-03-01 17:40:03.353 ServerApp] jupyter_lsp | extension was successfully linked.
[I 2026-03-01 17:40:03.357 ServerApp] jupyter_server_terminals | extension was successfully linked.
[I 2026-03-01 17:40:03.361 ServerApp] jupyterlab | extension was successfully linked.
[I 2026-03-01 17:40:03.365 ServerApp] notebook | extension was successfully linked.
[I 2026-03-01 17:40:03.609 ServerApp] notebook_shim | extension was successfully linked.
[I 2026-03-01 17:40:03.623 ServerApp] notebook_shim | extension was successfully loaded.
[I 2026-03-01 17:40:03.625 ServerApp] jupyter_lsp | extension was successfully loaded.
[I 2026-03-01 17:40:03.626 ServerApp] jupyter_server_terminals | extension was successfully loaded.
[I 2026-03-01 17:40:03.628 LabApp] JupyterLab extension loaded from /home/ubuntu/mbs-337/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/jupyterlab
[I 2026-03-01 17:40:03.628 LabApp] JupyterLab application directory is /home/ubuntu/mbs-337/.venv/share/jupyter/lab
[I 2026-03-01 17:40:03.628 LabApp] Extension Manager is 'pypi'.
[I 2026-03-01 17:40:03.670 ServerApp] jupyterlab | extension was successfully loaded.
[I 2026-03-01 17:40:03.673 ServerApp] notebook | extension was successfully loaded.
[I 2026-03-01 17:40:03.673 ServerApp] Serving notebooks from local directory: /home/ubuntu/mbs-337
[I 2026-03-01 17:40:03.673 ServerApp] Jupyter Server 2.17.0 is running at:
[I 2026-03-01 17:40:03.673 ServerApp] http://mbs-337-15:8888/lab
[I 2026-03-01 17:40:03.673 ServerApp] http://127.0.0.1:8888/lab
[I 2026-03-01 17:40:03.674 ServerApp] Use Control-C to stop this server and shut down all kernels (twice to skip confirmation).
Go to a browser and enter the following URL to access the Jupyter Notebook/Lab interface using the public IP
address of your Linux VM (that you got from the curl ip.me command above):
http://<your-vm-public-ip>:8888/lab # or "http://<your-vm-public-ip>:8888/tree" for the classic notebook interface