How to fix “OSError: [Errno 99] Cannot assign requested address” error when running Jupyter notebook on Linux

Situation

When running jupyter notebook on Linux , you may see the following error message.

OSError: [Errno 99] Cannot assign requested address

$ jupyter notebook
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/jupyter-notebook", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/jupyter_core/application.py", line 270, in launch_instance
    return super(JupyterApp, cls).launch_instance(argv=argv, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/traitlets/config/application.py", line 663, in launch_instance
    app.initialize(argv)
  File "<decorator-gen-7>", line 2, in initialize
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/traitlets/config/application.py", line 87, in catch_config_error
    return method(app, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/notebook/notebookapp.py", line 1769, in initialize
    self.init_webapp()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/notebook/notebookapp.py", line 1490, in init_webapp
    self.http_server.listen(port, self.ip)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/tornado/tcpserver.py", line 151, in listen
    sockets = bind_sockets(port, address=address)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/tornado/netutil.py", line 174, in bind_sockets
    sock.bind(sockaddr)
OSError: [Errno 99] Cannot assign requested address

Cause

This problem is caused by not setting the IP address when running jupyter notebook.

Solution

When running jupyter notebook, set IP address and Port number.

jupyter notebook –ip=0.0.0.0 –port=8888 –allow-root

$ jupyter notebook --ip=0.0.0.0 --port=8888 --allow-root
[I 11:25:45.432 NotebookApp] JupyterLab extension loaded from /usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/jupyterlab
[I 11:25:45.432 NotebookApp] JupyterLab application directory is /usr/local/share/jupyter/lab
[I 11:25:45.445 NotebookApp] Serving notebooks from local directory: /code
[I 11:25:45.445 NotebookApp] The Jupyter Notebook is running at:
[I 11:25:45.445 NotebookApp] http://e999943e0fff:8888/?token=3c3fb4baaaaaaaaaa387c52d6fd2f6aaaaaaaaaa6d761c01
[I 11:25:45.445 NotebookApp]  or http://127.0.0.1:8888/?token=3c3fb4baaaaaaaaaa387c52d6fd2f6aaaaaaaaaa6d761c01
[I 11:25:45.446 NotebookApp] Use Control-C to stop this server and shut down all kernels (twice to skip confirmation).
[W 11:25:45.458 NotebookApp] No web browser found: could not locate runnable browser.
[C 11:25:45.459 NotebookApp]

    To access the notebook, open this file in a browser:
        file:///root/.local/share/jupyter/runtime/nbserver-20-open.html
    Or copy and paste one of these URLs:
        http://e999943e0fff:8888/?token=3c3fb4baaaaaaaaaa387c52d6fd2f6aaaaaaaaaa6d761c01
     or http://127.0.0.1:8888/?token=3c3fb4baaaaaaaaaa387c52d6fd2f6aaaaaaaaaa6d761c01