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Jupyter Service on MacOS

Published on Nov 27, 2022. Updated on

I use Jupyter enough that I want it to be always running on my Mac, particularly after restarts. Here is how to configure it as a service.

1. Put the following XML into ~/Library/LaunchAgents/local.jupyter.plist
2. Run launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/local.jupyter.plist

And that’s that. I used the full path since launchctl was cranky.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
   <key>Label</key>
   <string>local.jupyter</string>
   <key>ProgramArguments</key>
   <array>
      <string>/Users/ntaylor/.pyenv/shims/jupyter</string>
      <string>lab</string>
      <string>--no-browser</string>
      <string>--NotebookApp.token</string>
      <string>''</string>
      <string>--NotebookApp.password</string>
      <string>''</string>
      <string>--notebook-dir</string>
      <string>/Users/ntaylor/notebooks</string>
   </array>
   <key>WorkingDirectory</key>
   <string>/Users/ntaylor</string>
   <key>RunAtLoad</key>
   <true/>
   <key>StandardOutPath</key>
   <string>/Users/ntaylor/.jupyter/jupyter.log</string>
   <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
   <string>/Users/ntaylor/.jupyter/jupyter.log</string>
</dict>
</plist>