All Products
Search
Document Center

Container Service for Kubernetes:Use Arena to submit standalone TensorFlow training jobs

Last Updated:May 16, 2023

This topic describes how to use the Arena client to submit standalone TensorFlow training jobs and how to use TensorBoard to visualize training results.

Prerequisites

Background information

In this topic, the source training code is downloaded from a Git repository. The datasets are stored in a shared Apsara File Storage NAS (NAS) volume that is mounted by using a PV and a PVC. In this example, a PVC that is named training-data is created. The PVC uses a shared PV. The datasets are stored in the tf_data directory of the shared PV.

Procedure

  1. Run the following command to query the available GPU resources in the cluster:

    arena top node

    Expected output:

    NAME                       IPADDRESS     ROLE    STATUS  GPU(Total)  GPU(Allocated)
    cn-huhehaote.192.1xx.x.xx  192.1xx.x.xx  master  ready   0           0
    cn-huhehaote.192.1xx.x.xx  192.1xx.x.xx  master  ready   0           0
    cn-huhehaote.192.1xx.x.xx  192.1xx.x.xx  master  ready   0           0
    cn-huhehaote.192.1xx.x.xx  192.1xx.x.xx  <none>  ready   2           0
    cn-huhehaote.192.1xx.x.xx  192.1xx.x.xx  <none>  ready   2           0
    cn-huhehaote.192.1xx.x.xx  192.1xx.x.xx  <none>  ready   2           0
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Allocated/Total GPUs In Cluster:
    0/6 (0%)

    The output shows that three GPU-accelerated nodes can be used to run training jobs.

  2. Run the arena submit tfjob/tf [--flag] command to submit a TensorFlow job.

    The following sample code provides an example on how to submit a TensorFlow job that runs on one node with one GPU.

      arena submit tf \
        --name=tf-git \
        --working-dir=/root \
        --gpus=1 \
        --image=tensorflow/tensorflow:1.5.0-devel-gpu \
        --sync-mode=git \
        --sync-source=https://code.aliyun.com/xiaozhou/tensorflow-sample-code.git \
        --data=training-data:/mnist_data \
        --tensorboard \
        --logdir=/mnist_data/tf_data/logs \
        "python code/tensorflow-sample-code/tfjob/docker/mnist/main.py --log_dir /mnist_data/tf_data/logs  --data_dir /mnist_data/tf_data/"

    Expected output:

    configmap/tf-git-tfjob created
    configmap/tf-git-tfjob labeled
    service/tf-git-tensorboard created
    deployment.apps/tf-git-tensorboard created
    tfjob.kubeflow.org/tf-git created
    INFO[0000] The Job tf-git has been submitted successfully
    INFO[0000] You can run `arena get tf-git --type tfjob` to check the job status

    The following table describes the parameters in the preceding sample code block.

    Parameter

    Required

    Description

    Default

    --name

    Yes

    Specifies the name of the job that you want to submit. The name must be globally unique.

    N/A

    --working-dir

    No

    Specifies the directory where the command is executed.

    /root

    --gpus

    No

    Specifies the number of GPUs that are used by the worker nodes where the training job runs.

    0

    --image

    Yes

    Specifies the address of the image that is used to deploy the runtime.

    N/A

    --sync-mode

    No

    Specifies the synchronization mode. Valid values: git and rsync. The git mode is used in this example.

    N/A

    --sync-source

    No

    Specifies the address of the repository from which the source code is synchronized. This parameter is used in combination with the --sync-mode parameter. The git mode is used in this example. Therefore, you must specify a Git repository address, such as the URL of a project on GitHub or Alibaba Cloud. The source code is downloaded to the code/ directory under --working-dir. The directory is /root/code/tensorflow-sample-code in this example.

    N/A

    --data

    No

    Mounts a shared PV to the runtime where the training job runs. The value of this parameter consists of two parts that are separated by a colon (:). Specify the name of the PVC on the left side of the colon. To query the name of the PVC, run the arena data list command. This command queries the PVCs that are available for the specified cluster. Specify the path to which the PV claimed by the PVC is mounted on the right side of the colon. This way, your training job can retrieve the data stored in the corresponding PV claimed by the PVC.

    Note

    Run the arena data list command to query the PVCs that are available for the specified cluster.

    NAME           ACCESSMODE     DESCRIPTION  OWNER  AGE
    training-data  ReadWriteMany                      35m

    If no PVC is available, you can create one.

    N/A

    --tensorboard

    No

    Specifies that TensorBoard is used to visualize training results. You can set the --logdir parameter to specify the path from which TensorBoard reads event files. If you do not specify this parameter, TensorBoard is not used.

    N/A

    --logdir

    No

    Specifies the path from which TensorBoard reads event files. You must specify both this parameter and the --tensorboard parameter.

    /training_logs

    Important

    If you use a non-public Git repository, run the following command to submit a training job:

     arena submit tf \
            ...
            --sync-mode=git \
            --sync-source=https://code.aliyun.com/xiaozhou/tensorflow-sample-code.git \
            --env=GIT_SYNC_USERNAME=yourname \
            --env=GIT_SYNC_PASSWORD=yourpwd \
            "python code/tensorflow-sample-code/tfjob/docker/mnist/main.py

    In the preceding code block, the Arena client synchronizes the source code by using the git-sync project. You can customize the environment variables that are defined in the git-sync project.

  3. Run the following command to query the status of all submitted jobs:

    arena list

    Expected output:

    NAME    STATUS   TRAINER  AGE  NODE
    tf-git  RUNNING  TFJOB    20s  192.1xx.x.xx
  4. Run the following command to query the GPU resources that are used by the jobs:

    arena top job

    Expected output:

    NAME    GPU(Requests)  GPU(Allocated)  STATUS   TRAINER  AGE  NODE
    tf-git  1              1               RUNNING  tfjob    1m   192.1xx.x.xx
    
    
    Total Allocated GPUs of Training Job:
    1
    
    Total Requested GPUs of Training Job:
    1
  5. Run the following command to query the GPU resources in the cluster:

    arena top node

    Expected output:

    NAME                       IPADDRESS     ROLE    STATUS  GPU(Total)  GPU(Allocated)
    cn-huhehaote.192.1xx.x.xx  192.1xx.x.xx  master  ready   0           0
    cn-huhehaote.192.1xx.x.xx  192.1xx.x.xx  master  ready   0           0
    cn-huhehaote.192.1xx.x.xx  192.1xx.x.xx  master  ready   0           0
    cn-huhehaote.192.1xx.x.xx  192.1xx.x.xx  <none>  ready   2           1
    cn-huhehaote.192.1xx.x.xx  192.1xx.x.xx  <none>  ready   2           0
    cn-huhehaote.192.1xx.x.xx  192.1xx.x.xx  <none>  ready   2           0
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Allocated/Total GPUs In Cluster:
    1/6 (16%)
  6. Run the following command to query detailed information about a job:

    arena get tf-git

    Expected output:

    STATUS: SUCCEEDED
    NAMESPACE: default
    PRIORITY: N/A
    TRAINING DURATION: 1m
    
    NAME    STATUS     TRAINER  AGE  INSTANCE        NODE
    tf-git  SUCCEEDED  TFJOB    18m  tf-git-chief-0  192.16x.x.xx
    
    Your tensorboard will be available on:
    http://192.16x.x.xx:31619
    Note

    TensorBoard is used in this example. Therefore, you can find the URL of TensorBoard in the last two rows of the job information. If TensorBoard is not used, the last two rows are not returned.

  7. Use a browser to view the training results in TensorBoard.

    In the preceding section, you can obtain the URL of TensorBoard from the job information. The ACK cluster is deployed in another region. Therefore, you must use sshuttle to view the visualized training results in your browser.

    The following sample code provides an example on how to use sshuttle as a proxy:

    # you can install sshuttle==0.74 in your mac with python2.7
    pip install sshuttle==0.74
    # 0/0 -> 0.0.0.0/0
    sshuttle -r root@39.104.xx.xxx  0/0
    Note

    39.104.xx. xxx is the public IP address of the ACK cluster. In addition, you must check whether port 22 is open in your security group. By default, port 22 is open.

    Copy the URL (http://192.16x.x.xx:31619) that is obtained in Step 6 to the address bar of your browser and press Enter. The TensorBoard page appears. tensorboard

  8. Run the following command to print the log of the job:

    arena logs tf-git

    Expected output:

    WARNING:tensorflow:From code/tensorflow-sample-code/tfjob/docker/mnist/main.py:120: softmax_cross_entropy_with_logits (from tensorflow.python.ops.nn_ops) is deprecated and will be removed in a future version.
    Instructions for updating:
    ...
    Accuracy at step 9970: 0.9834
    Accuracy at step 9980: 0.9828
    Accuracy at step 9990: 0.9816
    Adding run metadata for 9999
    Total Train-accuracy=0.9816

    You can run the arena logs $job_name -f command to print the job log in real time and run the arena logs $job_name -t N command to print N lines from the bottom of the log. You can also run the arena logs --help command to query parameters for printing logs.

    The following sample code provides an example on how to print N lines from the bottom of the log:

    arena logs tf-git -t 5

    Expected output:

    Accuracy at step 9970: 0.9834
    Accuracy at step 9980: 0.9828
    Accuracy at step 9990: 0.9816
    Adding run metadata for 9999
    Total Train-accuracy=0.9816