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How to Set Up a Notebook

The Traditional AI/ML journey automatically sets up a web-based integrated development environment (IDE) for either JupyterLab or VS Code notebooks.

To set up a notebook:

  1. Go to AI Platform dashboard.

  2. In the Traditional AI/ML section, click Select configuration on either JupyterLab or VisualStudio Code.

    Launch notebook Select a notebook server configuration

  3. From the dropdown menu, choose a predefined notebook configuration.

    Configuration nameNumber of CPUsNumber of GPUsMemory
    Small0.5 CPUsnone2 GB RAM
    Medium1 CPUnone8 GB RAM
    Big1 CPUnone16 GB RAM
    GPU3 CPUs1 GPU22 GB RAM
  4. Next, the Create configuration dialog box appears. Here you can choose to continue with AI Platform's pre-configured images or choose use your own custom image.

    • a.) In the Name field, enter the name you want to give the notebook.

    • b.) If you want to generate a random name for your notebook, click the button next to the Name field.

    • c.) If you want to use a custom Docker image for your notebook instead of AI Platform's pre-configured images, do the following:

      • Select the Custom Image checkbox.
      • Then, in the new field that appears, enter the Docker image.

      Custom Docker images
      • Follow the image naming convention: registry/image:tag. For example, auroradevacr.azurecr.io/elyra/kf-notebook:3.15.1.
      • The custom Docker image must be present in auroradevacr, the Aurora Azure Container Registry, and have the same entrypoint.
      • Click here for instructions on how to create your own custom Docker image.
    • d.) Click Create to generate your new notebook IDE.

    Launch notebook Create a notebook server

  5. The notebook server will appear in the Notebooks table. Wait a couple of minutes for it to be ready.

  6. After the notebook is ready, click Play ▶︎ and wait until the notebook is ready to be connected.

  7. Click the notebook's Connect button.

    Connect notebook Connect notebook

  8. A new browser tab will open up with the web-based IDE for your notebook.

    VS Code IDE for your notebook Web-based VS Code IDE for your notebook

    JubyterLab IDE for your notebook Web-based JupyterLab IDE for your notebook