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See the CUDA-based JupyterLab Python docker stack for GPU accelerated docker images.

JupyterLab Python docker stack

Multi-arch (linux/amd64, linux/arm64/v8) docker images:

Images considered stable for Python versions ≥ 3.10.5.

:microscope: Check out jupyterlab/python/scipy at https://demo.jupyter.b-data.ch.

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Build chain

base → scipy

Features

:point_right: See the Version Matrix for detailed information.

The following extensions are pre-installed for code-server:

Subtags

Table of Contents

Prerequisites

This projects requires an installation of docker.

Install

To install docker, follow the instructions for your platform:

Usage

Build image (base)

latest:

cd base && docker build \
  --build-arg PYTHON_VERSION=3.13.1 \
  -t jupyterlab/python/base \
  -f latest.Dockerfile .

version:

cd base && docker build \
  -t jupyterlab/python/base:MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH \
  -f MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH.Dockerfile .

For MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH ≥ 3.10.5.

Create home directory

Create an empty directory using docker:

docker run --rm \
  -v "${PWD}/jupyterlab-jovyan":/dummy \
  alpine chown 1000:100 /dummy

It will be bind mounted as the JupyterLab user's home directory and automatically populated.
:exclamation: Bind mounting a subfolder of the home directory is only possible for images with Python version ≥ 3.12.2.

Run container

self built:

docker run -it --rm \
  -p 8888:8888 \
  -u root \
  -v "${PWD}/jupyterlab-jovyan":/home/jovyan \
  -e NB_UID=$(id -u) \
  -e NB_GID=$(id -g) \
  -e CHOWN_HOME=yes \
  -e CHOWN_HOME_OPTS='-R' \
  jupyterlab/python/base[:MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH]

from the project's GitLab Container Registries:

docker run -it --rm \
  -p 8888:8888 \
  -u root \
  -v "${PWD}/jupyterlab-jovyan":/home/jovyan \
  -e NB_UID=$(id -u) \
  -e NB_GID=$(id -g) \
  -e CHOWN_HOME=yes \
  -e CHOWN_HOME_OPTS='-R' \
  IMAGE[:MAJOR[.MINOR[.PATCH]]]

IMAGE being one of

The use of the -v flag in the command mounts the empty directory on the host (${PWD}/jupyterlab-jovyan in the command) as /home/jovyan in the container.

-e NB_UID=$(id -u) -e NB_GID=$(id -g) instructs the startup script to switch the user ID and the primary group ID of ${NB_USER} to the user and group ID of the one executing the command.

-e CHOWN_HOME=yes -e CHOWN_HOME_OPTS='-R' instructs the startup script to recursively change the ${NB_USER} home directory owner and group to the current value of ${NB_UID} and ${NB_GID}.
:information_source: This is only required for the first run.

The server logs appear in the terminal.

Using Podman (rootless mode, 3.11.6+)

Create an empty home directory:

mkdir "${PWD}/jupyterlab-root"

Use the following command to run the container as root:

podman run -it --rm \
  -p 8888:8888 \
  -u root \
  -v "${PWD}/jupyterlab-root":/home/root \
  -e NB_USER=root \
  -e NB_UID=0 \
  -e NB_GID=0 \
  -e NOTEBOOK_ARGS="--allow-root" \
  IMAGE[:MAJOR[.MINOR[.PATCH]]]

Using Docker Desktop

Creating a home directory might not be required. Also

docker run -it --rm \
  -p 8888:8888 \
  -v "${PWD}/jupyterlab-jovyan":/home/jovyan \
  IMAGE[:MAJOR[.MINOR[.PATCH]]]

might be sufficient.

Credential storage

:exclamation: Keyring services are not available due to the difficulties of setting them up in containers.
Therefore, provide login credentials for the following extensions as environment variables (-e):

ExtensionEnvironment variable
GitHub Pull Requests and IssuesGITHUB_TOKEN: Personal access token with scopes repo and user.1
GitLab WorkflowGITLAB_WORKFLOW_INSTANCE_URL: GitLab instance URL (e.g. https://gitlab.com).<br>GITLAB_WORKFLOW_TOKEN: Personal access token with scopes api and read_user.

Misc

marimo

To add a JupyterLab Launcher icon for marimo:

  1. Terminal: Install marimo and click

    pip install marimo click

  2. Terminal: Install jupyter-marimo-proxy

    pip install git+https://github.com/b-data/jupyter-marimo-proxy.git@jupyterlab-docker-stack

  3. Restart the container

Similar projects

What makes this project different:

  1. Multi-arch: linux/amd64, linux/arm64/v8
    :information_source: Runs on Apple M series using Docker Desktop.
  2. Base image: Debian instead of Ubuntu
    :information_source: CUDA-based images use Ubuntu.
  3. IDE: code-server next to JupyterLab
    :information_source: code-server = Code - OSS in the browser.
  4. Just Python – no Conda / Mamba

See Notes for tweaks, settings, etc.

Contributing

PRs accepted. Please submit to the GitLab repository.

This project follows the Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct.

Support

Community support: Open a new discussion here. Commercial support: Contact b-data by email.

b-data tailors the JupyterLab images to your needs, e.g.

Additionally, the JupyterHub setup can be customised to allow

and much more.

License

Copyright © 2022 b-data GmbH

Distributed under the terms of the MIT License, with exceptions.

Footnotes

  1. Device activation may require a one-time login from the extension's sidebar. ↩