Enables JupyterHub to run without being root,
by spawning an intermediate process via sudo, which takes actions on behalf of the user.
The sudospawner mediator can only do two things:
- signal processes via os.kill
- spawn single-user servers
The only thing the Hub user needs sudo access for is launching the sudospawner script itself.
Install:
pip install -e .
Add sudo access to the script.
Tell JupyterHub to use SudoSpawner, by adding the following to your jupyterhub_config.py:
c.JupyterHub.spawner_class='sudospawner.SudoSpawner'
The Dockerfile in this repo contains an example config for setting up a JupyterHub system, without any need to run anything as root.