The Elastic Algorithm Service (EAS) module of Platform for AI (PAI) is a model serving platform for online inference scenarios. You can use EAS to deploy a large language model (LLM) with a few clicks and then call the model by using the Web User Interface (WebUI) or API operations. After you deploy an LLM, you can use the LangChain framework to build a Q&A chatbot that is connected to a custom knowledge base. You can also use the inference acceleration engines provided by EAS, such as BladeLLM and vLLM, to ensure high concurrency and low latency.
Background information
The application of LLMs, such as the Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT) and TongYi Qianwen (Qwen) series of models, has garnered significant attention, especially in inference tasks. You can select from a wide range of open source LLMs based on your business requirements. EAS allows you to quickly deploy mainstream open source LLMs as an inference service with a few clicks. Supported LLMs include Llama 3, Qwen, Llama 2, ChatGLM, Baichuan, Yi-6B, Mistral-7B, and Falcon-7B. This topic describes how to deploy an LLM in EAS and call the model. This topic also provides answers to some frequently asked questions about LLM deployment in EAS.
Prerequisites
PAI is activated and a default workspace is created. For more information, see Activate PAI and create a default workspace.
If you use a Resource Access Management (RAM) user to deploy the model, make sure that the RAM user has the permissions to use EAS. For more information, see Grant the permissions that are required to use EAS.
Limits
The inference acceleration engines provided by EAS support only the following models: Qwen, Llama 2, Baichuan-13B, and Baichuan2-13B.
Deploy an LLM in EAS
Go to the EAS-Online Model Services page.
Log on to the PAI console.
In the left-side navigation pane, click Workspaces. On the Workspaces page, click the name of the workspace to which you want to deploy the model.
In the left-side navigation pane, choose Model Deployment>Elastic Algorithm Service (EAS) to go to the Elastic Algorithm Service (EAS) page.
On the Elastic Algorithm Service (EAS) page, click Deploy Service. In the dialog box that appears, select LLM Deployment and click OK.
On the LLM Deployment page, configure the parameters. The following table describes the required parameters. Retain the default settings for other parameters.
Parameter
Description
Service Name
The name of the service. In this example, the service is named llm_demo001.
Model Type
The model that you want to deploy. In this example, Qwen1.5-7b is used. EAS provides various model types, such as ChatGLM3-6B and Llama2-13B. You can select a model type based on business requirements.
Resource Configuration
In this example, the Instance Type parameter is set to ml.gu7i.c16m60.1-gu30 for cost efficiency. For information about the recommended instance types for other open source LLMs, see the "How do I switch to another open source LLM?" section of this topic.
NoteIf the resources in the current region are insufficient, you can deploy the model in the Singapore region.
Inference Acceleration
Whether to enable inference acceleration. In this example, Not Accelerated is used.
Click Deploy. The model deployment requires approximately five minutes.
Use the WebUI to perform inference
Find the service that you want to manage and click View Web App in the Service Type column to access the web application interface.
Perform model inference by using the WebUI.
Enter a sentence in the input text box and click Send to start a conversation. Sample input:
Provide a learning plan for personal finance
.
FAQ
How do I switch to another open source LLM?
EAS provides the following open source LLMs: Qwen, Llama 2, ChatGLM, Baichuan, Yi-6B, Mistral-7B, and Falcon-7B. To switch between these models, perform the following steps:
On the Elastic Algorithm Service (EAS) page, find the service that you want to update and click Update Service in the Actions column.
On the Deploy Service page, modify the Command to Run and Instance Type parameters and then click Update. The following table describes the parameter configurations for different models.
Model Name
Command to Run
Recommended GPU specification
Qwen1.5-1.8B
python webui/webui_server.py --port=8000 --model-path=Qwen/Qwen1.5-1.8B-Chat
1 × NVIDIA T4
1 × NVIDIA V100 (16 GB)
1 × GU30
1 × NVIDIA A10
Qwen1.5-7B
python webui/weui_server.py --model-path=Qwen/Qwen1.5-7B-Chat --port=8000
1 × GU30
1 × NVIDIA A10
1 × NVIDIA V100 (32 GB)
Qwen1.5-14B
python webui/weui_server.py --model-path=Qwen/Qwen1.5-14B-Chat --port=8000
1 × NVIDIA V100 (32 GB)
1 × NVIDIA A100 (40 GB)
1 × NVIDIA A100 (80 GB)
2 × GU30
2 × NVIDIA A10
Qwen1.5-72B
python webui/weui_server.py --model-path=Qwen/Qwen1.5-72B-Chat --port=8000
8 × NVIDIA V100 (32 GB)
2 × NVIDIA A100 (80 GB)
4 × NVIDIA A100 (40 GB)
Llama2-7B
python webui/webui_server.py --port=8000 --model-path=meta-llama/Llama-2-7b-chat-hf
1 × GU30
1 × NVIDIA A10
1 × NVIDIA V100 (32 GB)
Llama2-13B
python webui/webui_server.py --port=8000 --model-path=meta-llama/Llama-2-13b-chat-hf --precision=fp16
1 × NVIDIA V100 (32 GB)
2 × GU30
2 × NVIDIA A10
llama2-70B
python webui/webui_server.py --port=8000 --model-path=meta-llama/Llama-2-70b-chat-hf
8 × NVIDIA V100 (32 GB)
2 × NVIDIA A100 (80 GB)
4 × NVIDIA A100 (40 GB)
chatglm3-6B
python webui/webui_server.py --port=8000 --model-path=THUDM/chatglm3-6b
1 × GU30
1 × NVIDIA A10
1 × NVIDIA V100 (16 GB)
1 × NVIDIA V100 (32 GB)
baichuan2-13B
python webui/webui_server.py --port=8000 --model-path=baichuan-inc/Baichuan2-13B-Chat
2 × GU30
2 × NVIDIA A10
1 × NVIDIA V100 (32 GB)
baichuan2-7B
python webui/webui_server.py --port=8000 --model-path=baichuan-inc/Baichuan2-7B-Chat
1 × GU30
1 × NVIDIA A10
1 × NVIDIA V100 (32 GB)
Yi-6B
python webui/webui_server.py --port=8000 --model-path=01-ai/Yi-6B-Chat
1 × GU30
1 × NVIDIA A10
1 × NVIDIA V100 (16 GB)
1 × NVIDIA V100 (32 GB)
Yi-34B
python webui/webui_server.py --port=8000 --model-path=01-ai/Yi-34B-Chat
4 × NVIDIA V100 (16 GB)
1 × NVIDIA A100 (80 GB)
4 × NVIDIA A10
Yi-34B-200k
python webui/webui_server.py --port=8000 --model-path=01-ai/Yi-34B-Chat-200k
4 × NVIDIA V100 (16 GB)
1 × NVIDIA A100 (80 GB)
4 × NVIDIA A10
Mistral-7B
python webui/webui_server.py --model-path=mistralai/Mistral-7B-Instruct-v0.1
1 × GU30
1 × NVIDIA A10
falcon-7B
python webui/webui_server.py --port=8000 --model-path=tiiuae/falcon-7b-instruct
1 × GU30
1 × NVIDIA A10
1 × NVIDIA V100 (32 GB)
falcon-40B
python webui/webui_server.py --port=8000 --model-path=tiiuae/falcon-40b-instruct
8 × NVIDIA V100 (32 GB)
2 × NVIDIA A100 (80 GB)
4 × NVIDIA A100 (40 GB)
falcon-180B
python webui/webui_server.py --port=8000 --model-path=tiiuae/falcon-180B-chat
8 × NVIDIA A100 (80 GB)
mistral-7b-instruct-v0.2
python webui/webui_server.py --port=8000 --model-path=mistralai/Mistral-7B-Instruct-v0.2
1 × GU30
1 × NVIDIA A10
1 × NVIDIA V100 (32 GB)
mixtral-8x7b-instruct-v0.1
python webui/webui_server.py --port=8000 --model-path=mistralai/Mixtral-8x7B-Instruct-v0.1
4 × NVIDIA A100 (80 GB)
gemma-2b-it
python webui/webui_server.py --port=8000 --model-path=google/gemma-2b-it
1 * NVIDIA T4
1 × NVIDIA V100 (16 GB)
1 × GU30
1 × NVIDIA A10
gemma-7b-it
python webui/webui_server.py --port=8000 --model-path=google/gemma-7b-it
1 × GU30
1 × NVIDIA A10
1 × NVIDIA V100 (32 GB)
deepseek-coder-7b-instruct-v1.5
python webui/webui_server.py --port=8000 --model-path=deepseek-ai/deepseek-coder-7b-instruct-v1.5
1 × GU30
1 × NVIDIA A10
1 × NVIDIA V100 (32 GB)
deepseek-coder-33b-instruct
python webui/webui_server.py --port=8000 --model-path=deepseek-ai/deepseek-coder-33b-instruct
1 × NVIDIA A100 (80 GB)
2 × NVIDIA A100 (40 GB)
4 × NVIDIA V100 (32 GB)
How do I use LangChain to integrate my business data?
Introduction to LangChain
LangChain is an open source framework that allows you to combine LLMs such as GPT-4 with external data sources to improve inference performance and optimize resource utilization. LangChain is commonly used to develop Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) applications.
How LangChain works in RAG applications
LangChain divides the source data (such as a 20-page PDF file) into smaller chunks, converts the chunks into numerical vectors by using embedding models (such as BGE and text2vec), and then stores the vectors in a vector database.
This way, the LLM can use the data in the vector database to generate responses. For each user query, LangChain retrieves the chunk that is relevant to the user query from the vector database, includes the retrieved information and the query in a prompt, and then sends the prompt to the LLM to generate an answer.
How to configure LangChain for the LLM that you deployed in EAS
On the WebUI of the service that you deployed, click the LangChain tab.
In the lower-left corner of the ChatLLM-LangChain-WebUI page, follow the on-screen instructions to upload a knowledge base. You can upload files in the following formats: TXT, Markdown, DOCX, and PDF.
For example, you can upload a README.md file and click Vectorstore knowledge. The following result indicates that the data in the file is loaded.
Enter a question about the data you uploaded in the input text box and click Send to start a conversation.
NoteAfter you configure LangChain on the WebUI, the configuration also takes effect when you call the model by using API operations. You can also store your knowledge base in an on-premises vector database. For more information, see Best practices for deploying a RAG-based LLM chatbot.
Sample input:
How to install deepspeed
.
How do I improve concurrency and reduce latency for the inference service?
EAS provides BladeLLM and vLLM, which are inference acceleration engines that you can use to ensure high concurrency and low latency. To use the inference acceleration engines, perform the following steps:
On the Elastic Algorithm Service (EAS) page, find the service that you want to update and click Update Service in the Actions column.
In the Model Service Information section, modify the Select Image and Command to Run parameters.
ImportantThe inference acceleration engines support only the following models: Qwen, Llama 2, Baichuan-13B, and Baichuan2-13B.
Use BladeLLM
Parameter
Description
Select Image
Select PAI Image. On the drop-down lists that appear, select chat-llm-webui and 3.0-blade.
Command to Run
After you configure the image version, the system automatically configures this parameter.
Use vLLM
Parameter
Description
Select Image
Select PAI Image. On the drop-down lists that appear, select chat-llm-webui and 3.0-vllm.
Command to Run
After you configure the image version, the system automatically configures this parameter.
Click Update.
How do I mount a custom model?
You can use Object Storage Service (OSS) to mount a custom model. Procedure:
Upload the model and related configuration files to your OSS bucket. For information about how to create a bucket and upload objects, see Create buckets and Upload objects.
The following figure shows a sample of the model files that you need to prepare:
The config.json file must be uploaded. You must configure the config.json file based on the Huggingface model format. For more information about the sample file, see config.json.
On the Elastic Algorithm Service (EAS) page, find the service that you want to update and click Update Service in the Actions column.
In the Model Service Information section, configure the parameters and click Update. The following table describes the parameters.
Parameter
Description
Model Settings
Click Specify Model Settings.
In the Model Settings section, select Mount OSS Path and then select the OSS path that contains the custom model files. Example:
oss://bucket-test/data-oss/
.Set the Mount Path parameter to
/data
.Turn off Enable Read-only Mode.
Command to Run
Add the following parameters:
--model-path: Set this parameter to
/data
, which is the value of the Mount Path parameter. Set the value to the mount path.--model-type: Specify the type of the model.
For information about the commands for different types of models, see the "Commands to run" section of this topic.
How do I call API operations to perform inference?
Obtain the service endpoint and token.
Go to the Elastic Algorithm Service (EAS) page. For more information, see the "Deploy an LLM in EAS" section in this topic.
Click the name of the service to go to the Service Details tab.
In the Basic Information section, click Invocation Method. On the Public Endpoint tab, obtain the service token and endpoint.
To call API operations to perform inference, use one of the following methods:
Use HTTP
Non-streaming mode
The client sends the following types of standard HTTP requests when cURL commands are run.
STRING requests
curl $host -H 'Authorization: $authorization' --data-binary @chatllm_data.txt -v
Replace $authorization with the service token. Replace $host with the service endpoint. The chatllm_data.txt file is a plain text file that contains the prompt.
Structured requests
curl $host -H 'Authorization: $authorization' -H "Content-type: application/json" --data-binary @chatllm_data.json -v -H "Connection: close"
Use the chatllm_data.json file to configure inference parameters. The following sample code provides an example of the content format of the chatllm_data.json file:
{ "max_new_tokens": 4096, "use_stream_chat": false, "prompt": "How to install it?", "system_prompt": "Act like you are a programmer with 5+ years of experience.", "history": [ [ "Can you tell me what's the bladellm?", "BladeLLM is a framework for LLM serving, integrated with acceleration techniques like quantization, ai compilation, etc. , and supporting popular LLMs like OPT, Bloom, LLaMA, etc." ] ], "temperature": 0.8, "top_k": 10, "top_p": 0.8, "do_sample": true, "use_cache": true }
The following table describes the parameters in the preceding code. Configure the parameters based on your business requirements.
Parameter
Description
Default value
max_new_tokens
The maximum number of output tokens.
2048
use_stream_chat
Specifies whether to return the output tokens in streaming mode.
true
prompt
The user prompt.
""
system_prompt
The system prompt.
""
history
The dialogue history. The value is in the List[Tuple(str, str)] format.
[()]
temperature
The randomness of the model output. A larger value specifies a higher randomness. A value of 0 specifies a fixed output. The value is of the Float type and ranges from 0 to 1.
0.95
top_k
The number of outputs selected from the generated results.
30
top_p
The proportion of outputs selected from the generated results. The value is of the Float type and ranges from 0 to 1.
0.8
do_sample
Specifies whether to enable output sampling.
true
use_cache
Specifies whether to enable KV cache.
true
You can also implement your own client based on the Python requests package. Sample code:
import argparse import json from typing import Iterable, List import requests def post_http_request(prompt: str, system_prompt: str, history: list, host: str, authorization: str, max_new_tokens: int = 2048, temperature: float = 0.95, top_k: int = 1, top_p: float = 0.8, langchain: bool = False, use_stream_chat: bool = False) -> requests.Response: headers = { "User-Agent": "Test Client", "Authorization": f"{authorization}" } if not history: history = [ ( "San Francisco is a", "city located in the state of California in the United States. \ It is known for its iconic landmarks, such as the Golden Gate Bridge \ and Alcatraz Island, as well as its vibrant culture, diverse population, \ and tech industry. The city is also home to many famous companies and \ startups, including Google, Apple, and Twitter." ) ] pload = { "prompt": prompt, "system_prompt": system_prompt, "top_k": top_k, "top_p": top_p, "temperature": temperature, "max_new_tokens": max_new_tokens, "use_stream_chat": use_stream_chat, "history": history } if langchain: pload["langchain"] = langchain response = requests.post(host, headers=headers, json=pload, stream=use_stream_chat) return response def get_response(response: requests.Response) -> List[str]: data = json.loads(response.content) output = data["response"] history = data["history"] return output, history if __name__ == "__main__": parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() parser.add_argument("--top-k", type=int, default=4) parser.add_argument("--top-p", type=float, default=0.8) parser.add_argument("--max-new-tokens", type=int, default=2048) parser.add_argument("--temperature", type=float, default=0.95) parser.add_argument("--prompt", type=str, default="How can I get there?") parser.add_argument("--langchain", action="store_true") args = parser.parse_args() prompt = args.prompt top_k = args.top_k top_p = args.top_p use_stream_chat = False temperature = args.temperature langchain = args.langchain max_new_tokens = args.max_new_tokens host = "<EAS service public endpoint>" authorization = "<EAS service public token>" print(f"Prompt: {prompt!r}\n", flush=True) # System prompts can be included in the requests. system_prompt = "Act like you are a programmer with \ 5+ years of experience." # Dialogue history can be included in the requests. The client manages the history to implement multi-round dialogues. In most cases, the information from the previous round of dialogue is used. The information is in the List[Tuple(str, str)] format. history = [] response = post_http_request( prompt, system_prompt, history, host, authorization, max_new_tokens, temperature, top_k, top_p, langchain=langchain, use_stream_chat=use_stream_chat) output, history = get_response(response) print(f" --- output: {output} \n --- history: {history}", flush=True) # The server returns a JSON response that includes the inference result and dialogue history. def get_response(response: requests.Response) -> List[str]: data = json.loads(response.content) output = data["response"] history = data["history"] return output, history
In the preceding code:
Set the host parameter to the service endpoint
Set the authorization parameter to the service token.
Streaming mode
In streaming mode, the HTTP SSE method is used. Sample code:
import argparse import json from typing import Iterable, List import requests def clear_line(n: int = 1) -> None: LINE_UP = '\033[1A' LINE_CLEAR = '\x1b[2K' for _ in range(n): print(LINE_UP, end=LINE_CLEAR, flush=True) def post_http_request(prompt: str, system_prompt: str, history: list, host: str, authorization: str, max_new_tokens: int = 2048, temperature: float = 0.95, top_k: int = 1, top_p: float = 0.8, langchain: bool = False, use_stream_chat: bool = False) -> requests.Response: headers = { "User-Agent": "Test Client", "Authorization": f"{authorization}" } if not history: history = [ ( "San Francisco is a", "city located in the state of California in the United States. \ It is known for its iconic landmarks, such as the Golden Gate Bridge \ and Alcatraz Island, as well as its vibrant culture, diverse population, \ and tech industry. The city is also home to many famous companies and \ startups, including Google, Apple, and Twitter." ) ] pload = { "prompt": prompt, "system_prompt": system_prompt, "top_k": top_k, "top_p": top_p, "temperature": temperature, "max_new_tokens": max_new_tokens, "use_stream_chat": use_stream_chat, "history": history } if langchain: pload["langchain"] = langchain response = requests.post(host, headers=headers, json=pload, stream=use_stream_chat) return response def get_streaming_response(response: requests.Response) -> Iterable[List[str]]: for chunk in response.iter_lines(chunk_size=8192, decode_unicode=False, delimiter=b"\0"): if chunk: data = json.loads(chunk.decode("utf-8")) output = data["response"] history = data["history"] yield output, history if __name__ == "__main__": parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() parser.add_argument("--top-k", type=int, default=4) parser.add_argument("--top-p", type=float, default=0.8) parser.add_argument("--max-new-tokens", type=int, default=2048) parser.add_argument("--temperature", type=float, default=0.95) parser.add_argument("--prompt", type=str, default="How can I get there?") parser.add_argument("--langchain", action="store_true") args = parser.parse_args() prompt = args.prompt top_k = args.top_k top_p = args.top_p use_stream_chat = True temperature = args.temperature langchain = args.langchain max_new_tokens = args.max_new_tokens host = "" authorization = "" print(f"Prompt: {prompt!r}\n", flush=True) system_prompt = "Act like you are a programmer with \ 5+ years of experience." history = [] response = post_http_request( prompt, system_prompt, history, host, authorization, max_new_tokens, temperature, top_k, top_p, langchain=langchain, use_stream_chat=use_stream_chat) for h, history in get_streaming_response(response): print( f" --- stream line: {h} \n --- history: {history}", flush=True)
In the preceding code:
Set the host parameter to the service endpoint
Set the authorization parameter to the service token.
Use WebSocket
The WebSocket protocol can efficiently handle the dialogue history. You can use the WebSocket method to connect to the service and perform one or more rounds of dialogue. Sample code:
import os import time import json import struct from multiprocessing import Process import websocket round = 5 questions = 0 def on_message_1(ws, message): if message == "<EOS>": print('pid-{} timestamp-({}) receives end message: {}'.format(os.getpid(), time.time(), message), flush=True) ws.send(struct.pack('!H', 1000), websocket.ABNF.OPCODE_CLOSE) else: print("{}".format(time.time())) print('pid-{} timestamp-({}) --- message received: {}'.format(os.getpid(), time.time(), message), flush=True) def on_message_2(ws, message): global questions print('pid-{} --- message received: {}'.format(os.getpid(), message)) # end the client-side streaming if message == "<EOS>": questions = questions + 1 if questions == 5: ws.send(struct.pack('!H', 1000), websocket.ABNF.OPCODE_CLOSE) def on_message_3(ws, message): print('pid-{} --- message received: {}'.format(os.getpid(), message)) # end the client-side streaming ws.send(struct.pack('!H', 1000), websocket.ABNF.OPCODE_CLOSE) def on_error(ws, error): print('error happened: ', str(error)) def on_close(ws, a, b): print("### closed ###", a, b) def on_pong(ws, pong): print('pong:', pong) # stream chat validation test def on_open_1(ws): print('Opening Websocket connection to the server ... ') params_dict = {} params_dict['prompt'] = """Show me a golang code example: """ params_dict['temperature'] = 0.9 params_dict['top_p'] = 0.1 params_dict['top_k'] = 30 params_dict['max_new_tokens'] = 2048 params_dict['do_sample'] = True raw_req = json.dumps(params_dict, ensure_ascii=False).encode('utf8') # raw_req = f"""To open a Websocket connection to the server: """ ws.send(raw_req) # end the client-side streaming # multi-round query validation test def on_open_2(ws): global round print('Opening Websocket connection to the server ... ') params_dict = {"max_new_tokens": 6144} params_dict['temperature'] = 0.9 params_dict['top_p'] = 0.1 params_dict['top_k'] = 30 params_dict['use_stream_chat'] = True params_dict['prompt'] = "Hello! " params_dict = { "system_prompt": "Act like you are a programmer with 5+ years of experience." } raw_req = json.dumps(params_dict, ensure_ascii=False).encode('utf8') ws.send(raw_req) params_dict['prompt'] = "Please write a sorting algorithm in Python." raw_req = json.dumps(params_dict, ensure_ascii=False).encode('utf8') ws.send(raw_req) params_dict['prompt'] = "Please convert the programming language to Java." raw_req = json.dumps(params_dict, ensure_ascii=False).encode('utf8') ws.send(raw_req) params_dict['prompt'] = "Please introduce yourself." raw_req = json.dumps(params_dict, ensure_ascii=False).encode('utf8') ws.send(raw_req) params_dict['prompt'] = "Please summarize the dialogue above." raw_req = json.dumps(params_dict, ensure_ascii=False).encode('utf8') ws.send(raw_req) # Langchain validation test. def on_open_3(ws): global round print('Opening Websocket connection to the server ... ') params_dict = {} # params_dict['prompt'] = """To open a Websocket connection to the server: """ params_dict['prompt'] = """Can you tell me what's the MNN?""" params_dict['temperature'] = 0.9 params_dict['top_p'] = 0.1 params_dict['top_k'] = 30 params_dict['max_new_tokens'] = 2048 params_dict['use_stream_chat'] = False params_dict['langchain'] = True raw_req = json.dumps(params_dict, ensure_ascii=False).encode('utf8') ws.send(raw_req) authorization = "" host = "ws://" + "" def single_call(on_open_func, on_message_func, on_clonse_func=on_close): ws = websocket.WebSocketApp( host, on_open=on_open_func, on_message=on_message_func, on_error=on_error, on_pong=on_pong, on_close=on_clonse_func, header=[ 'Authorization: ' + authorization], ) # setup ping interval to keep long connection. ws.run_forever(ping_interval=2) if __name__ == "__main__": for i in range(5): p1 = Process(target=single_call, args=(on_open_1, on_message_1)) p2 = Process(target=single_call, args=(on_open_2, on_message_2)) p3 = Process(target=single_call, args=(on_open_3, on_message_3)) p1.start() p2.start() p3.start() p1.join() p2.join() p3.join()
In the preceding code:
Set the authorization parameter to the service token.
Set the host parameter to the service endpoint and replace the http prefix in the endpoint with ws.
Use the use_stream_chat parameter to specify whether the client generates output in streaming mode. Default value: True.
Refer to the on_open_2 function in the preceding code to implement a multi-round dialogue.
How do I configure more parameters?
On the Elastic Algorithm Service (EAS) page, find the service that you want to update and click Update Service in the Actions column.
In the Model Service Information section, append the parameters in the Command to Run parameter and click Update. The following table describes the parameters.
Parameter
Description
Default value
--model-path
Specify the preset model name or a custom model path.
Example 1: Load a preset model. You can use a preset model in the meta-llama/Llama-2-* series, including Llama-2-7b-hf, Llama-2-7b-chat-hf, Llama-2-13b-hf, and Llama-2-13b-chat-hf. Example:
python webui/webui_server.py --port=8000 --model-path=meta-llama/Llama-2-7b-chat-hf
.Example 2: Load an on-premises custom model.
Example:
python webui/webui_server.py --port=8000 --model-path=/llama2-7b-chat
.
meta-llama/Llama-2-7b-chat-hf
--cpu
Use CPU to perform model inference.
Example:
python webui/webui_server.py --port=8000 --cpu
.By default, GPU is used for model inference.
--precision
Specify the precision of the Llama2 model. Valid values: fp32 and fp16. Example:
python webui/webui_server.py --port=8000 --precision=fp32
.The system automatically specifies the precision of the 7B model based on the GPU memory size.
--port
Specify the listening port of the server.
Sample code:
python webui/webui_server.py --port=8000
.8000
--api-only
Allows users to access the service only by calling API operations. By default, the service starts the WebUI and API server.
Sample code:
python webui/webui_server.py --api-only
.False
--no-api
Allows users to access the service only by using the WebUI. By default, the service starts the WebUI and API server.
Sample code:
python webui/webui_server.py --no-api
.False
--max-new-tokens
The maximum number of tokens.
Sample code:
python api/api_server.py --port=8000 --max-new-tokens=1024
.2048
--temperature
The randomness of the model output. A larger value specifies a higher randomness. A value of 0 specifies a fixed output. The value is of the Float type and ranges from 0 to 1.
Sample code:
python api/api_server.py --port=8000 --max_length=0.8
.0.95
--max_round
The maximum number of rounds of dialogue supported during inference.
Sample code:
python api/api_server.py --port=8000 --max_round=10
.5
--top_k
The number of outputs selected from the generated results. The value is a positive integer.
Sample code:
python api/api_server.py --port=8000 --top_k=10
.None
--top_p
The proportion of outputs selected from the generated results. The value is of the Float type and ranges from 0 to 1.
Sample code:
python api/api_server.py --port=8000 --top_p=0.9
.None
--no-template
Models such as Llama 2 and Falcon provide a default prompt template. If you leave this parameter empty, the default prompt template is used. If you configure this parameter, you must specify your own template.
Sample code:
python api/api_server.py --port=8000 --no-template
.If you do not specify this parameter, the default prompt template is automatically used.
--log-level
The log output level. Valid values: DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, and ERROR.
Sample code:
python api/api_server.py --port=8000 --log-level=DEBUG
.INFO
--export-history-path
You can use EAS-LLM to export the conversation history. In this case, you must specify an output path to which you want to export the conversation history when you start the service. In most cases, you can specify the mount path of an OSS bucket. EAS exports the records of the conversation that happened over a specific period of time to a file.
Sample code:
python api/api_server.py --port=8000 --export-history-path=/your_mount_path
.By default, this feature is disabled.
--export-interval
The period of time during which the conversation is recorded. Unit: seconds. For example, if you set the
--export-interval
parameter to 3600, the conversation records of the previous hour are exported into a file.3600
References
For more information about EAS, see EAS overview.
You can store your knowledge base in an on-premises vector database. For more information, see Best practices for deploying a RAG-based LLM chatbot.