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

[Signell, Richard]

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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>>>>>>> Dr. Richard P. Signell   (508) 457-2229
>>>>>>> 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