Minimal JupyterLite deployment with Django

This is a minimal deployment of JupyterLite with Django. It contains a Django app, named jupyterliteapp, with examples and the static files needed to run JupyterLite. The URL to the collected static files in Django has been re-named to public/, such that the URL to JupyterLite is /public/jupyter/index.html. The important paths in the project are:

└── mysite                          
    ├── manage.py                   <- Django management script
    ├── mysite                      
    │   └── settings.py             <- Settings for the Django project
    └── jupyterliteapp              
        ├── urls.py                 <- URL configuration for the JupyterLite app
        ├── contents                <- Contents for the JupyterLite app (i.e., sample noteoboks)
        └── static                  
            └── jupyter             <- The static files for the JupyterLite app

Installation

Navigate to the root of the project and run the following commands:

conda create -n jupyterlite-django python=3.10 --yes
conda activate jupyterlite-django
pip install -r requirements.txt
python mysite/manage.py collectstatic
python mysite/manage.py runserver  

Then open the browser and go to http://localhost:8000/public/jupyter/index.html. If it does not work, and you want to make sure Django is running properly, check that http://localhost:8000/admin/ works.

Rebuild the JupyterLite static files

Run the following commands to rebuild the JupyterLite static files:

cd mysite/jupyterliteapp
jupyter lite build --output-dir static/jupyter --contents contents