anaconda ipython notebook not starting in server setup

Question

I am trying to install Anaconda on Terminal.com. I followed the instructions laid out in the site: https://gist.github.com/iamatypeofwalrus/5183133

The installation was successful. I am able to login to python by typing ipython at the terminal. But when I entered $ ipython notebook

I got the following error message on the terminal

[I 10:35:24.760 NotebookApp] Using existing profile dir: u'/root/.ipython/profile_default'
[I 10:35:24.872 NotebookApp] Using MathJax from CDN: https://cdn.mathjax.org/mathjax/latest
/MathJax.js
[I 10:35:24.891 NotebookApp] The port 8888 is already in use, trying another random port.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/root/anaconda/bin/ipython", line 6, in <module>
    sys.exit(start_ipython())
  File "/opt/ipython/IPython/__init__.py", line 120, in start_ipython
    return launch_new_instance(argv=argv, **kwargs)
  File "/opt/ipython/IPython/config/application.py", line 548, in launch_instance
    app.initialize(argv)
  File "<string>", line 2, in initialize
  File "/opt/ipython/IPython/config/application.py", line 74, in catch_config_error
    return method(app, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/opt/ipython/IPython/terminal/ipapp.py", line 322, in initialize
    super(TerminalIPythonApp, self).initialize(argv)
  File "<string>", line 2, in initialize
  File "/opt/ipython/IPython/config/application.py", line 74, in catch_config_error
    return method(app, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/opt/ipython/IPython/core/application.py", line 378, in initialize
    self.parse_command_line(argv)
  File "/opt/ipython/IPython/terminal/ipapp.py", line 317, in parse_command_line
    return super(TerminalIPythonApp, self).parse_command_line(argv)
  File "<string>", line 2, in parse_command_line
  File "/opt/ipython/IPython/config/application.py", line 74, in catch_config_error
    return method(app, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/opt/ipython/IPython/config/application.py", line 460, in parse_command_line
    return self.initialize_subcommand(subc, subargv)
  File "<string>", line 2, in initialize_subcommand
  File "/opt/ipython/IPython/config/application.py", line 74, in catch_config_error
    return method(app, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/opt/ipython/IPython/config/application.py", line 398, in initialize_subcommand
    self.subapp.initialize(argv)
  File "<string>", line 2, in initialize
  File "/opt/ipython/IPython/config/application.py", line 74, in catch_config_error
    return method(app, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/opt/ipython/IPython/html/notebookapp.py", line 829, in initialize
    self.init_webapp()
   File "/opt/ipython/IPython/html/notebookapp.py", line 718, in init_webapp
    self.http_server.listen(port, self.ip)
  File "/root/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/tornado/tcpserver.py", line 125, in listen
    sockets = bind_sockets(port, address=address)
  File "/root/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/tornado/netutil.py", line 137, in bind_soc
kets
    sock.bind(sockaddr)
  File "/root/anaconda/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 224, in meth
    return getattr(self._sock,name)(*args)
error: [Errno 99] Cannot assign requested address

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    c.Application.verbose_crash=True  

Can someone please suggest what am I doing wrong? The port 8888 is open(I gave access to open the port.)

Also, to check if ipython works from a server setup, I created another instance (a new snapshot altogether) exactly doing what was given in the github link given at the first line, I entered the following: $ ipython notebook --profile=nbserver

The server started. But had error when I tried to open on the browser. This is what I see on the terminal

2014-08-18 10:50:54.605 [NotebookApp] Using existing profile dir: u'/root/.ipython/profile_nbserver'
2014-08-18 10:50:54.612 [NotebookApp] Using MathJax from CDN: https://c328740.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/mathjax/latest/MathJax.js
2014-08-18 10:50:54.631 [NotebookApp] Serving notebooks from local directory: /root/.ipython/profile_nbserver
2014-08-18 10:50:54.631 [NotebookApp] 0 active kernels
2014-08-18 10:50:54.631 [NotebookApp] The IPython Notebook is running at: https://[all ip addresses on your system]:1111/
2014-08-18 10:50:54.631 [NotebookApp] Use Control-C to stop this server and shut down all kernels (twice to skip confirmation).
WARNING:tornado.general:SSL Error on 7 ('10.0.218.170', 55369): [Errno 1] _ssl.c:510: error:1407609C:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_CLIENT_HELLO:http request

And this is what I see on the browser at my local system when I try to open it:

502 Bad Gateway

openresty/1.5.11.1

Thanks, Rouse

Answer 1

I had a similar problem from getting IPython / Jupyter to work from Ubuntu Server, using Anaconda distribution. I was getting
error: [Errno 99] Cannot assign requested address

I was able to fix this with a variation on trtm's answer. My solution was to indicate the IP address of the server in the config file. The location of this config file depends on what version of IPython or Jupyter Notebook that you are using.

The name of the file is ipython_notebook_config.py or jupyter_notebook_config.py. This file may not be present. Finding or creating it depends on the version, but the edit is the same.

For IPython / Jupyter version < 4.0
create the file with:

ipython profile create    

file location will be: ~/.ipython/profile_default/ipython_notebook_config.py

For Jupyter version >= 4.0
create the config file with:

jupyter notebook --generate-config    

file location will be: ~/.jupyter/jupyter_notebook_config.py

To edit the file, add this line. Substitute whatever ip address the server is set up to listen to.

c.NotebookApp.ip = '192.168.1.10'   

I was then able to open the notebook by directing my browser to http://192.168.1.10:8888