JupyterHub is the central access point and manages users and JupyterLab-servers. Let's take a closer look at the setup of JupyterHub:
- Login: JupyterHub uses the central login service UHH Login of Universität Hamburg, to identify users and manage access permissions.
- Spawning: A user receives a new instance of a JupyterLab-server on a dedicated server or cluster and can work with it. We use Docker herefor, creating thus a new container for each user.
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Docker: A software solution to run applications isolated from others in containers. Each container contains the application and all its dependencies, so that every application functions equally on any system.
A Docker Image is the foundation upon which a container runs and from which all other containers are generated. It contains all information required to start the system, such as filesystem, configurations, and other software packages. - JupyterLab: The web interface for Jupyter Notebooks and other projects that run in a browser. It offers a user interface with features like text editors, terminals, file and data management, tables, diagrams etc.
