On-Prem Kubernetes Cluster

GenAI Studio can be installed on an on-premises Kubernetes cluster. To understand how Machine Learning Development Environment runs on Kubernetes, visit Deploy on Kubernetes.

Prerequisites

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Separating Resource Pools by Kubernetes Namespace

  • You can run resource pools in separate namespaces by configuring kubernetes_namespace.
  • Manual Host Paths should be accessible on all nodes.
  • For PVC use, create manual storageClassName: manual PVC copies for each namespace where your resource pools will operate.

User/Agent ID Permissions

  • To operate GenAI Studio with non-root users, MLDE can be set up with specific UNIX user IDs and group IDs. This requires configuring the shared filesystem appropriately. For more details, see the guide on enforcing shared User Agent Group IDs.
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How to Install On-Prem

Configure Helm Values.yaml

  1. Update the default values.yaml with your preferred settings. See the configuration reference guide for an exhaustive list of options.
  2. Add the genai section to the values.yaml file.
    ## Configure GenAI Deployment
    genai:
      ## Version of GenAI to use. If unset, GenAI will not be deployed
      version: "0.2.4"
    
      ## Port for GenAI backend to use
      port: 9011
    
      ## Port for GenAI message queue
      messageQueuePort: 9013
    
      ## Secret to pull the GenAI image
      # imagePullSecretName:
    
      ## GenAI pod memory request
      memRequest: 1Gi
    
      ## GenAI pod cpu request
      cpuRequest: 100m
    
      ## GenAI pod memory limit
      # memLimit: 1Gi
    
      ## GenAI pod cpu limit
      # cpuLimit: 2
    
      ## Host Path for the Shared File System for GenAI.
      ## If you are providing your own shared file system to use
      ## in GenAI, specify its host path here.
      ## Note: This takes precedence over creating a PVC with
      ## `generatedPVC`.
      # sharedFSHostPath:
    
      ## Internal path to mount the shared_fs drive to.
      ## If you are using multiple shared file systems, it can help 
      ## to be able to configure where the file systems mount.
      ## When unset, defaults to `/run/determined/workdir/shared_fs`
      # sharedFSMountPath: /run/determined/workdir/shared_fs
    
      ## PVC Name for the shared file system for GenAI.
      ## Note: Either `sharedPVCName` or `generatedPVC.storageSize` (to
      ## generate a new PVC) is required for GenAI deployment
      # sharedPVCName:
    
      ## Spec for the generated PVC for GenAI
      ## Note: In order to generate a shared PVC, you will need access to a
      ## StorageClass that can provide a ReadWriteMany volume
      generatedPVC:
        ## Storage class name for the generated PVC
        storageClassName: standard-rwx
    
        ## Size of the generated PVC
        storageSize: 1Ti
    
      ## Unix Agent Group ID for the Shared Filesystem.
      ## This setting is required to run your cluster with unprivileged users.
      ## This setting is not required if users will be running their experiments as root.
      ## Note: All users that work with GenAI need to have this assigned as their
      ## Agent Group ID in the User Admin settings.
      ## More info here: 
      ## https://hpe-ai-solutions-documentation.netlify.app/products/gen-ai/latest/admin/set-up/deployment-guides/kubernetes/enforce-shared-user-agent-ids/
      # agentGroupID: 1100
    
      ## Whether or not we should attempt to run a Helm hook to initialize
      ## the shared filesystem to use the agentGroupID as its group.
      ## This must be turned off on clusters that disable pods that can run as root.
      ## More info here: 
      ## https://hpe-ai-solutions-documentation.netlify.app/products/gen-ai/latest/admin/set-up/deployment-guides/kubernetes/enforce-shared-user-agent-ids/
      shouldInitializeSharedFSGroupPermissions: false
    
      ## Extra Resource Pool Metadata is hardcoded information about the
      ## GPUs available to the resource pools. This information
      ## is not provided in k8s so we provide it directly.
      ## Note: All resource pools defined here need to also be reflected in
      ## the .Values.resourcePools.
      # extraResourcePoolMetadata:
      #   A100:
      #     gpu_type: A100
      #     max_agents: 3
      #   V100:
      #     gpu_type: V100
      #     max_agents: 2
    • Version of GenAI to use: Under version, set the version to 0.2.4.
    • sharedPVCName: Under sharedPVCName, specify the name of the shared PVC in your cluster that is designated as the shared network drive for GenAI Studio. Otherwise, ensure that the storageClassName reflects a StorageClass with ReadWriteMany enabled.
    • Extra Resource Pool Metadata: For every GPU type present in the cluster, add an entry under extraResourcePoolMetadata. More specifically, you must manually specify the GPU type and max agents (physical nodes) for any of the GPU-based resource pools you are using.
  3. Update the values.yaml resourcePools section to include the resource pools you want to use, along with any appropriate taints and tolerations. The types of GPUs available depend on the hardware you have access to.
    resourcePools:
      - pool_name: A100
        task_container_defaults:
          kubernetes:
            max_slots_per_pod: 8
          gpu_pod_spec:
            apiVersion: v1
            kind: Pod
            spec:
              tolerations:
                - key: "accelerator"
                  operator: "Equal"
                  value: "NVIDIA-A100-ABCD-80GB"
                  effect: "NoSchedule"
      - pool_name: T4
        task_container_defaults:
          kubernetes:
            max_slots_per_pod: 6
          gpu_pod_spec:
            apiVersion: v1
            kind: Pod
            spec:
              tolerations:
                - key: "accelerator"
                  operator: "Equal"
                  value: "Tesla-T4"
                  effect: "NoSchedule"

Install

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The highest supported version of Determined is 0.34.0.
  1. Enable repository:

    helm repo add determined-ai https://helm.determined.ai/
  2. List repos:

    helm repo list
  3. Update the repo (Helm doesn’t automatically update):

    helm repo update
  4. Show current version of determined-ai in repo:

    helm search repo determined
  5. Install version 0.34.0 of the Determined Helm chart with your modified values.yaml:

    helm install -f values.yaml \
    --generate-name determined-ai/determined \
    --version "0.34.0" \
    --set maxSlotsPerPod=4

Configure Shared Filesystem and User Permissions

After setting up your Kubernetes cluster, you should next configure the shared filesystem and user permissions to ensure effective management of datasets. This configuration step prevents permission-related problems when accessing datasets. For detailed guidance and a sample script, see Enforcing Shared User Agent Group IDs.