Engine Upgrade 1.2.2

Cloudera Data Science Workbench 1.2.2 ships version 4 of the base engine image.

Cloudera Data Science Workbench 1.2.2 (and later) ships version 4 of the base engine image which includes bug fixes related to Python development and Kerberos authentication. Engine 4 ships the following versions of R and Python:
  • R - 3.4.1
  • Python - 2.7.11, 3.6.1

For details about the packages included in the base engine, see Cloudera Data Science Workbench Engine Versions and Packaging.

Make sure you upgrade existing projects to Base Image v4 (Project Settings > Engine) to take advantage of these fixes.

The new engine also changes how you configure and use Conda in Python sessions and extended engines. For more details, see Using Conda with Cloudera Data Science Workbench.