Configure the user interface

You can build several user interfaces into the resulting Docker image. This is controlled with various configuration files.

JupyterLab

You do not need any extra configuration in order to allow the use of the JupyterLab interface. You can launch JupyterLab from within a user session by opening the Jupyter Notebook and appending /lab to the end of the URL like so:

http(s)://<server:port>/lab

To switch back to the classic notebook, add /tree to the URL like so:

http(s)://<server:port>/tree

To learn more about URLs in JupyterLab and Jupyter Notebook, visit starting JupyterLab.

RStudio

The RStudio user interface is automatically enabled if a configuration file for R is detected (i.e. an R version specified in runtime.txt). If this is detected, RStudio will be accessible by appending /rstudio to the URL, like so:

http(s)://<server:port>/rstudio

Stencila

The Stencila user interface is automatically enabled if a Stencila document (i.e. a file manifest.xml) is detected. Stencila will be accessible by appending /stencila to the URL, like so:

http(s)://<server:port>/stencila

The editor will open the Stencila document corresponding to the last manifest.xml found in the file tree. If you want to open a different document, you can configure the path in the URL parameter archive:

http(s)://<server:port>/stencila/?archive=other-dir