Using Jupyter

Logging on to JupyterHub

The University is running a multiuser Jupyter Notebook server as a trial. The framework for this service is called JupyterHub.

To log in to the JupyterHub server, point your browser at https://jupyter-inf.is.ed.ac.uk. You will initially be required to authenticate via EASE using your University user name and password. Under the current configuration, you will (probably) get to a page that looks like this:

We’re trying to get a better landing page up — real soon now. Anyway, select the My Server button, and you should get a page like this:

Now select dds-notebooks, and on the following page select notebooks. The next page should look like this:

Note the Upload button at top right corner. This allows you to upload files (e.g. datasets) to your JupyterHub directory.

A Bit More

The notebook interface is fairly straightforward. But here’s a video that might help give more information: Notebooks and Cells - IPython Notebook Tutorial