DataLab is Self-service, Fail-safe Exploratory Environment for Collaborative Data Science Workflow

Improvements in v2.5.1

All cloud platforms:

  • Added GPU filter type and count for easier environment management by administrator;
  • Added explanation for open terminal action on Audit page.

Bug fixes in v2.5.1

Azure:

  • Fixed a bug when instance creation failed on stage of devtools installation;
  • Fixed a bug when Apache Zeppelin notebook creation failed during shell interpreter configuration;
  • Fixed a bug when edge node status on WEB DataLab UI was not synced up with Cloud instance status;
  • Fixed a bug when DeepLearning creation failed due to wrong path to connector;
  • Fixed a bug when not all billing drop down values were visible;
  • Fixed minor UI issues which were reproduced only for smaller desktop size;
  • Fixed a bug when connection for Jupyter R/Scala kernels were unsuccessful;
  • Fixed a bug when Data Engine creation failed on Jupyter/RStudio/Apache Zeppelin notebooks;
  • Fixed a bug when very often notebook/Data Engine creation and stopping failed due to low level socket;
  • Fixed a bug when Jupyter/RStudio/DeepLearning notebooks creation failed from image;
  • Fixed a bug when SSN/any type of notebook creation was not always successful from the first attempt.

Azure and GCP:

  • Fixed a bug when time to time DeepLearning notebook creation failed on stage of nvidia installation;
  • Fixed a bug when sometimes any type of notebook creation failed during disk mount.

Known issues in v2.5.1

GCP:

  • Superset creation fails during configuration;
  • SSO is not available for Superset.

Microsoft Azure:

  • Notebook WEB terminal does not work for remote endpoint.

Refer to the following link in order to view other major/minor issues in v2.5.1

Apache DataLab: Known issues

Known issues caused by cloud provider limitations in v2.5.1

Microsoft Azure:

  • Resource name length should not exceed 80 chars.

GCP:

  • Resource name length should not exceed 64 chars.

NOTE: the DataLab has not been tested for RedHat Enterprise Linux.