Notebooks - my own runtime instead of ArcGIS Portal

Question

I’m exploring ways to customize the runtime for ArcGIS Notebooks. I know ArcGIS Online only provides the standard and advanced Esri-hosted environments, but in ArcGIS Enterprise I’ve read that it’s possible to create custom runtimes. My questions are: Can I build and register my own compute environment (e.g., Docker image) for ArcGIS Notebook Server? If so, what’s the recommended workflow for creating a custom runtime — should I start from Esri’s base image and add my packages, or can I build one from scratch? Are there version or dependency pitfalls to watch out for (e.g., matching Enterprise version, ArcPy support, GPU libraries)? Has anyone in the community done this successfully and could share best practices? Thanks in advance! Regards, Venkat

WilliamKo · Answer

You probably need to extend from their images as Notebook/container management is wired into the Portal.

I was able to get this to work but it looks running Linux containers (for CUDA support) on Windows host is not supported after 11.3 (due to Docker Desktop not being supported anymore) - https://enterprise.arcgis.com/en/notebook/11.4/administer/windows/what-s-new-in-arcgis-notebook-server.htm.