kernelutility - A Python package for managing Python kernels

Joseph P. Vantassel, Texas Advanced Computing Center - The University of Texas at Austin

About kernelutility

kernelutility was developed to allow users of the DesignSafe-CyberInfrastructure's JupyterHub to easily manage their own Python kernels, which include a dedicated Python interpreter and associated packages.

Getting Started

• Start a notebook or terminal in DesignSafe's JupyterHub. Note that you must use the latest Jupyter notebook image.
• Install kernelutility with !pip install kernelutility (if in notebook) or pip install kernelutility (if in terminal). If you are in a notebook you must restart your kernel for the installation of kernelutility to be visible to Python.
• Load kernelset with from kernelutility import kernelset. This will initialize your kernel set and reactivate any prior kernels if they are present.
• Use the methods of kernelset to modify your available kernels. The key methods are add, remove, create, and destroy. See the example kernelutility.ipynb and the API documentation for more information.