# Problems with installing JupyterHub on windows and using jupyterlab

**URL:** <https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/problems-with-installing-jupyterhub-on-windows-and-using-jupyterlab/682>\
**Category:** JupyterHub\
**Tags:** jupyterlab\
**Created:** [April 2, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/problems-with-installing-jupyterhub-on-windows-and-using-jupyterlab/682 "2019-04-02T14:44:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![patchie](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/patchie/32/375_2.png) [@patchie](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/patchie)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/problems-with-installing-jupyterhub-on-windows-and-using-jupyterlab/682/1 "2019-04-02T14:44:05Z")

</div>

**My setup:** I have a windows 10 machine running docker desktop for windows. Docker is running the jupyterhub installation.

**What i have done:**

- I have installed docker for windows, setup the docker image.
- I can log in to the jupyterhub.
- I have done so that users go directly into jupyterlab. (c.Spawner.default\_url = ‘/lab’)

**My problems:**  
**1. Jupyterhub -** When you add a user, you cannot add password from the site it self.  
**2. Jupyterhub -** When you add a user, you cannot see the user in the admin panel before he logs in.  
**3. Jupyterlab -** There is no link to log out from jupyterlab? or is there?  
**4. Jupyterlab -** There is no link to the admin panel? i tried to install jupyter hub extension, but the “hub” menu doesnt appear.  
**5. Jupyterlab -** I tried to install jupyterlab extension manager, but it also doesnt appear.

Check pastebin for last 2 questions: [https://pastebin.com/4Rmrmx2C](https://pastebin.com/4Rmrmx2C)

Thanks in advance.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![jhermann](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/jhermann/32/257_2.png) [@jhermann](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/jhermann)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/problems-with-installing-jupyterhub-on-windows-and-using-jupyterlab/682/2 "2019-04-02T15:49:34Z")

</div>

Regarding administration stuff, you DID add yourself to the admin set in config?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![patchie](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/patchie/32/375_2.png) [@patchie](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/patchie)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 8:35am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/problems-with-installing-jupyterhub-on-windows-and-using-jupyterlab/682/3 "2019-04-03T08:35:29Z")

</div>

**Related to problem 4:** Yes, i have added my username to the config file, and it is working if i enter the url to the admin panel. But i am lacking links to it. i shouldnt have to remember the link, right?

`c.Authenticator.admin_users = {'admin'}`

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![betatim](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/betatim/32/10_2.png) [@betatim](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/betatim)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 9:14am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/problems-with-installing-jupyterhub-on-windows-and-using-jupyterlab/682/4 "2019-04-03T09:14:12Z")

</div>

I updated the title of the thread to be more descriptive of what the problem is.

Note that JupyterHub does not officially support Windows as a platform, so it might take some time before someone who has experience with that stops by and can contribute ideas.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![jasongrout](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/jasongrout/32/371_2.png) [@jasongrout](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/jasongrout)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 9:14am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/problems-with-installing-jupyterhub-on-windows-and-using-jupyterlab/682/5 "2019-04-03T09:14:50Z")

</div>

> [@patchie](#):
>
> There is no link to log out from jupyterlab? or is there?

This is coming in [https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyterlab/pull/6087](https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyterlab/pull/6087)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![patchie](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/patchie/32/375_2.png) [@patchie](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/patchie)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 6:12pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/problems-with-installing-jupyterhub-on-windows-and-using-jupyterlab/682/6 "2019-04-03T18:12:40Z")

</div>

Betatim: well, yeah. But i am using docker running linux. So its actually running linux not windows.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![patchie](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/patchie/32/375_2.png) [@patchie](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/patchie)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 7:37am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/problems-with-installing-jupyterhub-on-windows-and-using-jupyterlab/682/7 "2019-04-09T07:37:02Z")

</div>

1. This was resolved when i took a look at this page: [https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyterlab/issues/5053](https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyterlab/issues/5053)