# Problem running local renku session

**URL:** <https://renku.discourse.group/t/problem-running-local-renku-session/825>\
**Category:** Renku (CLI)\
**Created:** [5 June 2023 16:34 UTC](https://renku.discourse.group/t/problem-running-local-renku-session/825 "2023-06-05T16:34:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![firat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@firat](https://renku.discourse.group/u/firat)\
**Post date:** [5 June 2023 16:34 UTC](https://renku.discourse.group/t/problem-running-local-renku-session/825/1 "2023-06-05T16:34:13Z")

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I am trying to run a [public repo](https://renkulab.io/gitlab/firat.ozdemir/oadat-explore) of mine locally with renku session, however, I am running into same issue with both linux and macOS.

1. Linux (Ubuntu) workstation:  
First I installed renku via pipx and renku is indeed in my PATH.  
Try running a session:

```auto
renku session start --disk=20G --memory=8G --cpu=4 --port=8892

```

which returns:

> Your user id is not 1000 and for Jupyter to work the session must be started as root.  
> Jupyter itself will run as your user.  
> Starting as root has security implications, make sure you trust this Dockerfile.  
> Proceed? [y/N]: y  
> Warning: Cannot start a session with the disk request: Ignoring the disk request  
> The session for ‘[registry.renkulab.io/firat.ozdemir/oadat-explore:e562c7f](http://registry.renkulab.io/firat.ozdemir/oadat-explore:e562c7f)’ has been successfully started. It is available at:  
> …

However I get the following screen at the corresponding notebook url:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/renku/original/1X/a59a5097e293cd956a892304128d57e31acc5d35.png)

I don’t know if this is because I am not root on Ubuntu workstation.

1. I also tried doing it locally on a macOS:  
I installed renku as before and then cloned the project repository. Inside the repository, I tried launching a renku session as follows:  
`renku session start --disk=20G --memory=8G --cpu=4 --port=8893`  
With this one, I get the exact same message of “A Jupyter Server is running.”

I am clearly missing some final step, but cannot figure it out.

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**Author:** ![rrrrrok](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/renku.discourse.group/rrrrrok/32/117_2.png) [@rrrrrok](https://renku.discourse.group/u/rrrrrok)\
**Post date:** [5 June 2023 18:04 UTC](https://renku.discourse.group/t/problem-running-local-renku-session/825/2 "2023-06-05T18:04:49Z")

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Ah you can just add `/lab` to the url and it should work. We should do that automatically.

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**Author:** ![firat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@firat](https://renku.discourse.group/u/firat)\
**Post date:** [6 June 2023 13:06 UTC](https://renku.discourse.group/t/problem-running-local-renku-session/825/3 "2023-06-06T13:06:47Z")

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That was indeed the problem. Please add that to instructions!

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**Author:** ![elisabetc](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/renku.discourse.group/elisabetc/32/811_2.png) [@elisabetc](https://renku.discourse.group/u/elisabetc)\
**Post date:** [6 June 2023 13:11 UTC](https://renku.discourse.group/t/problem-running-local-renku-session/825/4 "2023-06-06T13:11:28Z")

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Thank you @firat , we will do 🙏

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**Author:** ![RichardJActon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/renku.discourse.group/richardjacton/32/514_2.png) [@RichardJActon](https://renku.discourse.group/u/RichardJActon)\
**Post date:** [23 June 2023 12:36 UTC](https://renku.discourse.group/t/problem-running-local-renku-session/825/5 "2023-06-23T12:36:33Z")

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I think I’ve seen similar behaviour for rstudio when starting that locally too - I’ll have to check. Is there a github issue for this that I could add this too if it turns out to be the case?