What Is Jupyter Notebook Configuration Python File?

Jupyter Notebook Configuration Python File is a configuration file in Python code format. You can use it to store "jupyter notebook" command options.

The default location of Jupyter Notebook Configuration Python File is ~/.jupyter/jupyter_notebook_config.py

You can use "jupyter notebook --generate-config" command to generate a copy of the configuration file with all options listed and commented out.

fyicenter$ jupyter notebook --generate-config

Writing default config to: ~/.jupyter/jupyter_notebook_config.py

Then update options to meet your requirement with an editor. For example, the following update sets 3 options.

fyicenter$ vi ~/.jupyter/jupyter_notebook_config.py

## The IP address the notebook server will listen on.
#  Default: 'localhost'
c.NotebookApp.ip = '192.168.1.200'

## The port the notebook server will listen on (env: JUPYTER_PORT).
#  Default: 8888
c.NotebookApp.port = 8080

#  Default: True
c.NotebookApp.open_browser = False
...

Disable the Configuration JSON File and run the "jupyter notebook" command again. It will read those options from the configuration Python file.

fyicenter$ mv ~/.jupyter/jupyter_notebook_config.json \
  ~/.jupyter/jupyter_notebook_config-bck.json

fyicenter$ jupyter notebook --no-browser --ip=192.168.1.10 --port=8080

[W LabApp] 'ip' has moved from NotebookApp to ServerApp.
  This config will be passed to ServerApp.
  Be sure to update your config before our next release.
  ...
[I LabApp] JupyterLab application directory is
  /usr/local/anaconda3/share/jupyter/lab

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