JupyterHub 0.9 beta 1

[MinRK]

JupyterHub 0.9 is getting ready for release, and we have our first beta. It has some big changes, especially to what’s stored in the database and what information is available on the REST API. See the changelog for more info.

If you’d like to test the JupyterHub beta, make sure to back up your database first, then install the beta:

pip install --pre jupyterhub==0.9.0b1

And run the database upgrade:

jupyerhub upgrade-db

Highlights of this release include:

• progress API so spawners can improve feedback while user servers are launching
• track activity of API tokens
• track creation/start time of users, servers, and tokens
• management API and UI for tokens
• support for external services to oauth with the hub
• spawner state and auth state can be available via the REST API
• dramatically improved startup time with a large number of users
• lots more bug fixes and performance improvements

Thanks to everyone who has helped with this. We should have JupyterHub 0.9 polished and ready for release with your help around the end of the month.

-Min on behalf of the JupyterHub team

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