Setting Remote Jupyter

An easy way for your Jupyter Lab or Jupyter Notebook to be operated remotely on any browser of any device. This makes your local computer as a server and automatically running it in the background.

Step 1 : Install Jupyter

Install Jupyter Lab by the following command in cmd.

pip install jupyterlab 

Step 2 : Set Your Jupyter Password

Also enter the following command in cmd.

jupyter server password

Note:
The password needs to be enter twice, and the entered password will not be shown in the window.

After finishing this step, there will be a file jupyter_server_config.json created in C:\Users\user\.jupyter.

Step 3 : Create Configuration File

The configuration file can be created by:

jupyter lab --generate-config

The file (jupyter_lab_config.py) will be automatically generated in C:\Users\user\.jupyter.\

Then open the .py file and add the followings:

c.ServerApp.ip = '0.0.0.0'                  # Make Jupyter server to listen on all IPs.
c.ServerApp.port = 8080                     # Set the port that server will listen on.
c.ServerApp.notebook_dir = r'C:\Users\user' # Set the directory to use for notebooks.

Until now, it is already done to login your Jupyter server on any browser of any device.

But you have to carefully keep the cmd window running on your local device. Once the window is closed, the entire server will shut down and every notebook and kernel will also be stopped.
Therefore, the next step is a way to run the server in the background.

Step 4 : Run the Server in the Background

1. Create a .bat file

Open a notepad and enter the following command:

cmd /k "activate {env name} && jupyter lab"

After saving the file, change the .txt extension to .bat to create batch file.

Note:
If you need to activate an environment, you can change "{env name}" to your environment name, Otherwise, "activate {env name} &&" can be directly removed.

2. Create a .vbs file

The vbs file is going to execute the batch file created above in the background.

Open a notepad and enter:

set ws=WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
ws.Run "{The path of the batch file}",0

Then save and change the .txt extension to .vbs to create vbs file.

These commands is to run the .bat file in the background without showing any window. In this way, you don't have to worry about the Jupyter server shutting down accidentally.

Step 5 : Add the .vbs File to Windows Task Scheduler

You can just add the created .vbs file to Windows Task Scheduler and specify that the it will be executed when your computer starts.