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# Dev Pod Configurations

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Learn how to configure your dev pod in Lepton.

When creating a dev pod, you can configure resources, the container, and other options.

## Resource

  * **Node Group** : First, select one or more node groups to determine which resources the pod can use.
  * **Priority** : Set the priority of the pod (defaults to Medium (4)). If the specified node group has limited resources, you can raise the priority to get higher priority allocation.
  * **Resource shape** : The instance type the pod will run on. Select from a variety of CPU and GPU shapes. Refer to [Node Group Shapes](/dgx-cloud/lepton/features/nodes/resource-shape/) for more details.
  * **Nodes** : No specific nodes are selected by default, but you can target particular nodes to launch the pod on.
  * **Can preempt lower priority workload** : Whether the pod can preempt lower-priority workloads (defaults to false).
  * **Can be preempted by higher priority workload** : Whether the pod can be preempted by higher-priority workloads (defaults to false).



## Container

  * **Image** : The container image used to create the pod. Choose from default images or use your own custom image.
  * **SSH Public Key** : The SSH public key used to access the pod. Available for **default images** with **Dev Pod entrypoint**. See [this guide](/dgx-cloud/lepton/features/dev-pods/create-from-container-image/ssh-access/) for details.
  * **Enable JupyterLab** : Whether to enable JupyterLab in the pod (defaults to false). Available for **default images** with **Dev Pod entrypoint**. See [this guide](/dgx-cloud/lepton/features/dev-pods/create-from-container-image/enable-jupyter-lab/) for details.
  * **Private image registry auth (optional)** : If you are using a private image, [specify image registry credentials](/dgx-cloud/lepton/features/workspace/registry/).
  * **Entrypoint (Run Command)** : Entrypoint of the Dev Pod container. Choose from:
    * **Dev Pod entrypoint** : Automatically applies a run command based on the selected image.
    * **Image default entrypoint** : Uses the image's default run command.
    * **Custom entrypoint** : Specify a custom entrypoint for the container. This overrides the default entrypoint.
  * **Run as** : When using a custom image, choose to run the container as root or the image's default user (defaults to image default user).
  * **Container Ports** : Ports to expose from the container (maximum of 3). See [this guide](/dgx-cloud/lepton/features/dev-pods/container-ports/) for details.
  * **Enable SSH Host Network** : Whether to enable SSH Host Network port configuration (defaults to false). Available for **default images** with **Dev Pod entrypoint**. See [this guide](/dgx-cloud/lepton/features/dev-pods/create-from-container-image/ssh-access/) for details.
  * **Enable JupyterLab Proxy** : Whether to enable JupyterLab Proxy port configuration (defaults to false). Available for **default images** with **Dev Pod entrypoint**. See [this guide](/dgx-cloud/lepton/features/dev-pods/create-from-container-image/enable-jupyter-lab/) for details.



## Storage

Mount storage for the pod container. See [this guide](/dgx-cloud/lepton/features/utilities/storage/) for details.

## Advanced

  * **Log Collection** : Whether to collect logs from the container (follows the workspace-level setting by default).
  * **Shared Memory** : The size of shared memory allocated to the container.
  * **Archive time** : How long to keep the job's logs and artifacts after completion (defaults to 3 days).
  * **Visibility** : If set to private, only the creator can access the job. If set to public, all users in the workspace can access the job.
  * **Environment Variables** : Keyâvalue pairs passed to the pod container for use at runtime.



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