Install ipython

Quickstart

pip install ipython[all]

To run IPython’s test suite, use the iptest command:

iptest

Remote Access

reference from here.

Scenario: On your local computer, you want to open and manipulate an IPython notebook running on a remote computer. We will do this by opening an SSH tunnel. This tunnel will forward the port used by the remotely running IPython instance to a port on the local machine, where it can be accessed in a browser just like a locally running IPython instance.

On the remote machine, start the IPython notebooks server:

remote_user@remote_host$sudo jupyter notebook --allow-root --no-browser --port=8889

Usually IPython opens a browser to display the available notebooks, but we do not need that so we use the option –no-browser. We also change the port to 8889, for no other reason than to show how this is done.

On the local machine, start an SSH tunnel:

local_user@local_host$ ssh -N -f -L localhost:8888:localhost:8889 remote_user@remote_host

The first option -N tells SSH that no remote commands will be executed, and is useful for port forwarding. The second option -f has the effect that SSH will go to background, so the local tunnel-enabling terminal remains usable. The last option -L lists the port forwarding configuration (remote port 8889 to local port 8888).

Now open your browser on the local machine and type in the address bar

localhost:8888

which displays your remotely running IPython notebook server.

To close the SSH tunnel on the local machine, look for the process and kill it manually:

local_user@local_host$ ps aux | grep localhost:8889
local_user 18418  0.0  0.0  41488   684 ?        Ss   17:27   0:00 ssh -N -f -L localhost:8888:localhost:8889 remote_user@remote_host
local_user 18424  0.0  0.0  11572   932 pts/6    S+   17:27   0:00 grep localhost:8889

local_user@local_host$ kill -15 18418

Alternatively, you can start the tunnel without the -f option. The process will then remain in the foreground and can be killed with ctrl-c.

On the remote machine, kill the IPython server with ctrl-c ctrl-c.