JupyterHub can be configured to allow users to select their own environments before launching an interactive session. There are a few ways that hub administrators can expose custom environments to their users. Below are a few sections that describe each one.
- Choose an environment for your JupyterHub server
- Build your own environment from the hub
- Run notebooks and Jupyter Books as part of your repository’s CI/CD on Binder
Why environment choice is useful¶
Choosing from custom environments gives users more flexibility to in their use of tools without requiring a new JupyterHub
Communities can define their own domain-specific environments.
Communities can re-use and collaborate with other environment maintainers to avoid the burden of maintaining your own environment.
Administrators can reduce cloud costs by asking users to request environments with more resources only when they really need it.