Test HTTPS for a jupyter server to use in the jupyter web extension

[rchiodo]

Testing the jupyter web extension can connect to an HTTPS jupyter server

Refs: #9754

• anyOS @paulacamargo25

Complexity: 4

Authors: @rchiodo

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Requirements

• Install prerelease jupyter extension into http://insiders.vscode.dev
• Have a python environment that you can run jupyter from. (https://jupyter.org/install)
• Be familiar with jupyter notebooks
• Have a certificate you can use (see https://jupyter-notebook.readthedocs.io/en/stable/public_server.html#using-ssl-for-encrypted-communication)

Test connecting to https

1. Go to a command prompt
2. Activate the python environment with jupyter in it
3. Run jupyter with the following command line : jupyter notebook --no-browser --NotebookApp.allow_origin=* --certfile=mycert.pem --keyfile mykey.key
4. Note the URL it generates for connecting. It should start with https.
5. Start a browser
6. Navigate to the https location from step 4.
7. Browser should say the certificate isn't trusted (unless you generated a trusted one)
8. Accept this certificate anyway
9. Make sure you can get to the jupyter notebook UI in the browser (the one from jupyter, not VS code).
10. Create a tab with insiders.vscode.dev
11. Make sure Jupyter prerelease extension is installed
12. Bring up command palette
13. Pick 'Jupyter: Specify jupyter server for connections'
14. Pick 'Existing'
15. Enter the URL from step 4
16. The quick pick should close

Test kernel connection

1. Open a new notebook
2. Pick the 'Python 3' kernel
3. Add some code
4. Run a cell
5. Verify you get some output

[paulacamargo25]

The connection with the kernel works, nice job!