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Configure Workspaces

Advanced Workspace Configuration

You can specify additional parameters to customize the workspace environment.

import json
import base64

additional_params = {
    "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles",
    # Setting a custom password is possible, but not recommended.
    "password": "super_secret"
}

additional_params_str = json.dumps(additional_params)
additional_params_b64 = str(base64.b64encode(bytes(additional_params_str, encoding="utf-8")), "utf-8")

# Create a workspace with these additional parameters
workspace = region.create_workspace(
    worker_config={
        "additional_params": additional_params_b64
    }
)

username, token = workspace.get_workspace_credentials()

print("Opening Workspace in your browser.")
print(f"Please log in with username: {username} and password: {token}")

login_url = workspace.open_workspace()

# The workspace should now use US Pacific Time, per the timezone setting.

workspace.terminate()

Shared Folders

Administrators can define my and shared folders accessible from your Workspaces. Your my folder is dedicated to your environment, while shared folders can be used for collaboration with other users.

Sharing between Workers and Workspaces: Sometimes, you may have shared folders accessible by both Workspaces and Workers. In such cases, permission issues might arise due to different default users (e.g., practicus vs. ubuntu). To fix this, simply adjust file ownership on the respective environment:

Fixing file permission issues of a shared folder:

On a Workspace

sudo chown practicus:practicus some_file.txt

On a Worker

sudo chown ubuntu:ubuntu some_file.txt

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