Configuring Jupyter applications¶
Common Jupyter configuration system
The Jupyter applications have a common config system, and a common
config directory. By default, this is ~/.jupyter
.
Kernel configuration directories
If kernels use config files, these will normally be organised in separate
directories. For instance, the IPython kernel looks for files in the
IPython directory instead of the default Jupyter
directory ~/.jupyter
.
Python config files¶
To create the blank config files, run:
jupyter {application} --generate-config
The generated file will be named jupyter_application_config.py
.
In the jupyter_application_config.py
file, you can configure
class attributes like this:
c.NotebookApp.port = 8754
Be careful with spelling – incorrect names will simply be ignored, with no error.
To add to a collection which may have already been defined elsewhere,
you can use methods like those found on lists, dicts and sets: append
,
extend
, prepend()
(like
extend, but at the front), add
, and update
(which works both for dicts
and sets):
c.TemplateExporter.template_path.append('./templates')
Command line arguments¶
Every configurable value can be set from the command line and passed as an argument, using this syntax:
jupyter notebook --NotebookApp.port=8754
Many frequently used options have short aliases and flags, such as
--port 8754
or --no-browser
.
To see these abbreviated options, pass help
or help-all
as follows:
jupyter {application} --help # Just the short options
jupyter {application} --help-all # Includes options without short names
Options specified at the command line, in either normal or short format, will override options set within a configuration file.
See also
traitlets.config
- The low-level architecture of this config system.