# RSP Tutorial Notebook setup

**URL:** <https://www.rubin.community/t/rsp-tutorial-notebook-setup/9487>\
**Category:** Rubin Science Platform\
**Tags:** nublado\
**Created:** [October 23, 2024, 12:35pm UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/rsp-tutorial-notebook-setup/9487 "2024-10-23T12:35:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![davemckay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/www.rubin.community/davemckay/32/3104_2.png) [@davemckay](https://www.rubin.community/u/davemckay)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2024, 12:35pm UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/rsp-tutorial-notebook-setup/9487/1 "2024-10-23T12:35:32Z")

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Hi, in the UK DAC, the RSP launches with tutorial Notebooks pulled from Github via the values YAML file:

```nohighlight
controller:
  config:
    images:
      source:
        type: "docker"
        registry: "registry.hub.docker.com"
        repository: "lsstsqre/sciplat-lab"
    lab:
      env:
        AUTO_REPO_URLS: <github URL>
        AUTO_REPO_BRANCH: <github branch>
        AUTO_REPO_SPECS:<github URL>@<github branch>

```

The contents of the pulled folder are read-only (permissions bits: -r–r–r–). Some users are finding this counter intuitive as they can’t “save progress” during a tutorial, or make their own Notebooks (reporting “Save Untitled.ipynb, permissions error”).

So, my question: is it possible to make additional Notebooks added via `AUTO_REPO_URLS`, etc, user writable?

Thanks,  
Dave

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**Author:** ![ryanlau](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/www.rubin.community/ryanlau/32/2837_2.png) [@ryanlau](https://www.rubin.community/u/ryanlau)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/rsp-tutorial-notebook-setup/9487/2 "2024-10-24T17:05:54Z")

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hi @davemckay , thanks for the question. So the notebooks/tutorial-notebooks directory is indeed read-only, and will always contain the most updated version of the tutorial notebooks.

I believe the [information here](https://dp0-2.lsst.io/data-access-analysis-tools/nb-intro.html#how-to-use-the-tutorial-notebooks) may address your issue on how to obtain an editable version of a tutorial notebook. Please let me know how that works out, and if you still have issues we can help troubleshoot that more with you.

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**Author:** ![davemckay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/www.rubin.community/davemckay/32/3104_2.png) [@davemckay](https://www.rubin.community/u/davemckay)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/rsp-tutorial-notebook-setup/9487/3 "2024-10-25T16:30:42Z")

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Hi @ryanlau, thanks for your reply - that perfectly answers my question 😃