local_datalab.md

Make jupyter [lab] act as a cloud DataLab

• install and enable datalab as pip package https://github.com/googledatalab/pydatalab
• enable per notebook:

%load_ext google.datalab.kernel

• alternative, enable globally in ipython_config.py:

c = get_config()
c.InteractiveShellApp.extensions = [
    'google.datalab.kernel'
]

• if dont have ipython_config.py in ~/.ipython/profile_default can generate a default with

ipython profile create