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+#!/bin/bash
+# Configure Jupyter notebook server to use password authentication
+# Make sure Conda environment is active as will assume it is later
+[ -z "$CONDA_PREFIX" ] && echo "Need to have Conda environment activated." && exit 1
+if [ "$#" -gt 2 ]; then
+    echo "Usage: bash secure-notebook-server.sh [jupyter-path] [open-ssl-config-path]"
+    exit 1
+fi
+# If specified read Jupyter directory from passed argument
+JUPYTER_DIR=${1:-"$HOME/.jupyter"}
+# If specified read OpenSSL config file path from passed argument
+# This is needed due to bug in how Conda handles config path
+export OPENSSL_CONF=${2:-"$CONDA_PREFIX/ssl/openssl.cnf"}
+SEPARATOR="=================================================================\n"
+# Create default config file if one does not already exist
+if [ ! -f "$JUPYTER_DIR/jupyter_notebook_config.py" ]; then
+  echo "No existing notebook configuration file found, creating new one ..."
+  printf $SEPARATOR
+  jupyter notebook --generate-config
+  printf $SEPARATOR
+  echo "... notebook configuration file created."
+fi
+# Get user to enter notebook server password
+echo "Getting notebook server password hash. Enter password when prompted ..."
+printf $SEPARATOR
+HASH=$(python -c "from notebook.auth import passwd; print(passwd());")
+printf $SEPARATOR
+echo "... got password hash."
+# Generate self-signed OpenSSL certificate and key file
+echo "Creating certificate file ..."
+printf $SEPARATOR
+CERT_INFO="/C=UK/ST=Scotland/L=Edinburgh/O=University of Edinburgh/OU=School of Informatics/CN=$USER/emailAddress=$USER@sms.ed.ac.uk"
+openssl req \
+    -x509 -nodes -days 365 \
+    -subj "/C=UK/ST=Scotland/L=Edinburgh/O=University of Edinburgh/OU=School of Informatics/CN=$USER/emailAddress=$USER@sms.ed.ac.uk" \
+    -newkey rsa:1024 -keyout "$JUPYTER_DIR/key.key" \
+    -out "$JUPYTER_DIR/cert.pem"
+printf $SEPARATOR
+echo "... certificate created."
+# Setting permissions on key file
+chmod 600 "$JUPYTER_DIR/key.key"
+# Add password hash and certificate + key file paths to config file
+echo "Setting up configuration file..."
+printf $SEPARATOR
+echo "   adding password hash"
+SRC_PSW="^#\?c\.NotebookApp\.password[ ]*=[ ]*u['"'"'"]\(sha1:[a-fA-F0-9]\+\)\?['"'"'"]"
+DST_PSW="c.NotebookApp.password = u'$HASH'"
+grep -q "c.NotebookApp.password" $JUPYTER_DIR/jupyter_notebook_config.py
+if [ ! $? -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo DST_PSW >> $JUPYTER_DIR/jupyter_notebook_config.py
+else
+  sed -i "s/$SRC_PSW/$DST_PSW/" $JUPYTER_DIR/jupyter_notebook_config.py
+fi
+echo "   adding certificate file path"
+SRC_CRT="^#\?c\.NotebookApp\.certfile[ ]*=[ ]*u['"'"'"]\([^'"'"'"]+\)\?['"'"'"]"
+DST_CRT="c.NotebookApp.certfile = u'$JUPYTER_DIR/cert.pem'"
+grep -q "c.NotebookApp.certfile" $JUPYTER_DIR/jupyter_notebook_config.py
+if [ ! $? -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo DST_CRT >> $JUPYTER_DIR/jupyter_notebook_config.py
+else
+  sed -i "s|$SRC_CRT|$DST_CRT|" $JUPYTER_DIR/jupyter_notebook_config.py
+fi
+echo "   adding key file path"
+SRC_KEY="^#\?c\.NotebookApp\.keyfile[ ]*=[ ]*u['"'"'"]\([^'"'"'"]+\)\?['"'"'"]"
+DST_KEY="c.NotebookApp.keyfile = u'$JUPYTER_DIR/key.key'"
+grep -q "c.NotebookApp.keyfile" $JUPYTER_DIR/jupyter_notebook_config.py
+if [ ! $? -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo DST_KEY >> $JUPYTER_DIR/jupyter_notebook_config.py
+else
+  sed -i "s|$SRC_KEY|$DST_KEY|" $JUPYTER_DIR/jupyter_notebook_config.py
+fi
+printf $SEPARATOR
+echo "... finished setting up configuration file."