# Jupyterhub loading taking lot of time

**URL:** <https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jupyterhub-loading-taking-lot-of-time/19185>\
**Category:** Zero to JupyterHub on Kubernetes\
**Tags:** help-wanted\
**Created:** [April 29, 2023, 3:32am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jupyterhub-loading-taking-lot-of-time/19185 "2023-04-29T03:32:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![kumaraselva](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/kumaraselva/32/9512_2.png) [@kumaraselva](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/kumaraselva)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2023, 3:32am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jupyterhub-loading-taking-lot-of-time/19185/1 "2023-04-29T03:32:00Z")

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installing packages via a shell script (pip install) by below option. due to this taking lot of time to load jupyterhub. is there any other way for quick start. same time we need all the pkgs.  
lifecycleHooks:  
postStart:  
exec:  
command:  
- “sh”  
- “-c”  
- \>  
#pip install -r /tmp/requirements.txt \> /tmp/ins\_op 2\>&1;  
sh -x /tmp/deploy.sh \> /tmp/deploy\_log 2\>&1;

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**Author:** ![manics](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/manics/32/85_2.png) [@manics](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/manics)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 9:01am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jupyterhub-loading-taking-lot-of-time/19185/2 "2023-05-11T09:01:11Z")

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It’ll be quicker to build your own singleuser container image instead of installing things at runtime.

> **[Customizing User Environment](https://z2jh.jupyter.org/en/stable/jupyterhub/customizing/user-environment.html#customize-an-existing-docker-image)**
>
> This page contains instructions for common ways to enhance the user experience. For a list of all the configurable Helm chart options, see the Configuration Reference. The user environment is the s...