Getting started with Watson Studio Runtimes
With Watson Studio
Runtimes, you can launch a Jupyter Notebook editor, Jupyterlab IDE, or
Visual Studio Code and run notebooks and experiments that train compute-intensive machine learning
models in Watson Studio projects. Environment templates specify the hardware and software
configuration of the environment runtime. The hardware configuration specifies the amount of
processing power and available RAM. The software configuration specifies the programming languages,
a set of preinstalled libraries, and optional libraries or packages that you can
specify.
Checking whether the service is installed
An administrator must install Watson Studio.
To check whether the service is installed:
- From the navigation menu, select .
- Search for Watson Studio. If Watson Studio is installed, then the default Runtime will be also be installed.
If the service is installed and ready to use, the tile in the catalog shows Ready to use.
Accessing the service
Cloud Pak for Data watsonx™ Depending on the other services that are installed, Watson Studio Runtimes is available from either of the IBM Cloud Pak® for Data experience or the IBM watsonx experience.
To start using Watson Studio
Runtimes in your Watson Studio project, do one of the following:
- If you want to create or edit a Jupyter notebook, go to the Assets page, select New asset, and then select Work with data and models in Python or R notebooks. Then select one of the predefined environment templates and click Create.
- If you want to work in the Jupyterlab IDE, click Launch IDE, select Jupyterlab, select one of the predefined environment templates, and then click Launch.
- If you prefer to work in Visual Studio Code, after installing and configuring the Watson Studio extension for Visual Studio Code, use the Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + P key combination to open the command palette, select Watson Studio: Connect to Runtime and then follow the remaining steps. After connecting to your runtime, you can start editing your code directly in Visual Studio Code.
Learn more
To learn more about Watson Studio Runtimes, see the following topics based on the experience that is available in your environment: