How to start ipython notebook server at boot as daemon

Question

I love ipython, especially the notebook feature. I currently keep a screen session running with the notebook process in it. How would I add ipython's notebook engine/webserver to my system's (CentOS5) startup procedures?

Answer 1

vi /usr/lib/systemd/system/ipython-notebook.service
#put the following in there.
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    [Unit]
    Description=IPython notebook

    [Service]
    Type=simple
    PIDFile=/var/run/ipython-notebook.pid
    ExecStart=/usr/bin/ipython notebook --no-browser
    User=ipynb
    Group=ipynb
    WorkingDirectory=/home/ipynb/notebooks

    [Install]
    WantedBy=multi-user.target
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# useradd ipynb
# su - ipynb # go there create notebooks dir
# systemctl daemon-reload
# systemctl enable ipython-notebook
# systemctl start ipython-notebook

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