Self-host Jupyter Notebook with Docker
A web-based notebook environment for interactive Python, data analysis, and visualization.
This page describes the Levelrail template for Jupyter Notebook (Developer Tools). It deploys the services below as one Docker Compose app on your own server.
Project site: https://jupyter.org/documentation.Recommended memory: about 1024 MiB.
Services, ports and volumes
| Service | Image | Container ports | Volumes |
|---|---|---|---|
jupyter | quay.io/jupyter/base-notebook:2026-09-29 | 8888 | jupyter_work -> /home/jovyan/work |
Environment variables
| Service | Variable | Value |
|---|---|---|
jupyter | JUPYTER_TOKEN | Generated at deploy |
Passwords and keys marked as generated are created for you when the app is deployed and stored as secrets. Values are not shown here.
Deploy Jupyter Notebook with Levelrail
In the dashboard, open Apps, choose New app, then Browse templates, and select Jupyter Notebook. Review the Compose body and deploy.
With the CLI:
levelrail-cli templates deploy jupyter-notebook-python --name my-jupyter-notebook-pythonSee Service template catalog for how templates work, and Getting started if you have not installed Levelrail yet.
More Developer Tools templates
All templates are listed in the self-host gallery.