Jupyter Notebooks on Vertex AI Workbench prompts for password when using sudo

[gomrinal]

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Environment details

• OS type and version:
• Python version: python --version
• pip version: pip --version
• google-cloud-aiplatform version: pip show google-cloud-aiplatform

Steps to reproduce

1. Create any managed notebook on vertex ai workbench using GUI
2. Try installing any library for ex sudo apt install iputils-ping
3. It asks for a password. What would be the password if the notebooks are created via service account?

Can you provide sudo permissions by default when somebody spins up vertex ai notebook?

It seems like a long standing issue people are facing in Vertex AI workbench. In this following some people have tried with CLI however it would be better if either root access is given by default or UI has option to select it as well as most of our users prefer UI for spinning notebooks rather than CLI.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/66994050/how-do-i-get-root-access-to-ai-platform-notebook-within-gcp

Code example

Not using code. Just using GUI to spin up managed and user managed notebooks

[nchien2]

I am also running into this issue. Did you ever find a workaround or fix?

[gomrinal]

No workaround as of now! Only option I see is by creating a notebook on workbench using cli? (Haven't tried yet)

[gomrinal]

Finally It's here folks! @nchien2

[WarrenGreen]

@gomrinal Where is this option?

[mzhou-mailchimp]

The checkbox is in the advanced options (during the creation of your notebook) -> IAM & Security section.

[jedi4ever]

The option is only for User Managed Notebook Instances

[happyeungin]

The option is only for User Managed Notebook Instances

There is no such option under security.

[GameboyColor32]

The option is only for User Managed Notebook Instances

There is no such option under security.

There is, but only for user manager notebooks, under advanced options