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Create conda environments from yml file​

Specify your conda environment in a env.yml file like this:

name: aml
channels:
  - defaults
  - anaconda
dependencies:
  - python=3.8
  - pip
  - pip:
    - azureml-sdk

Then run

conda env create -f env.yml

To create the conda environment aml.

To update your environment, modify the env.yml file and run

conda env update -f env.yml --prune

Note: the --prune flag will remove any dependencies that are no longer required.

Example: pyspark​

Let's set up a new conda environment with pyspark. Since we want to have a jupyter kernel tied to this environment we also add ipykernel and jupyter. In this example we specify the python version.

$ conda create -n pyspark python=3.6 pyspark ipykernel jupyter

Now activate the environment and create the kernel

$ conda activate pyspark
$ ipython kernel install --user --name=<any_name_for_kernel>