Running iPython Notebook in Docker container on Amazon EC2 instance

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How do I run and access iPython Notebook (in Docker on EC2) from the browser?

This is what I tried:

  • From EC2 Quick Start menu, selected Amazon Linux AMI 2015.03 on t2.micro instance.

  • Everything left as default, except 3 rules created for "Configure Security Group":

    • Type: "SSH"; Protocol: "TCP"; Port Range: "22"; Source: "Anywhere";
    • Type: "HTTPS"; Protocol: "TCP"; Port Range: "443"; Source: "Anywhere";
    • Type: "Custom TCP Rule"; Protocol: "TCP"; Port Range: "8888"; Source: "Anywhere";

  • After SSH'ing to instance:

    $ sudo yum install -y docker ; sudo service docker start

$ sudo docker pull continuumio/miniconda # Anaconda includes iPython Notebook

$ sudo docker run -it -p 8888:8888 continuumio/miniconda ipython notebook

  • Then launching browser to https://ec2-xx-x-x-xxx.compute-1.amazonaws.com:8888 didn't work.

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1 Answers

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I wouldn't be too comfortable opening 443 and 8888 on the Internet for my EC2 instances. My common setup is Anaconda on an Ubuntu box.

I usually ssh port forward my ipython notebook sessions to my localhost on my macbook with this ssh command:

ssh -i myPrivateSSHKey.pem [email protected] -L 8888:localhost:8888

Then I open Chrome and request URL:

http://127.0.0.1:8888