Model.json

The provided model.json snippet exemplifies how configuration files are used to specify operational parameters for deploying and running Large Language Models (LLMs) within an ecosystem like Practicus AI. This JSON configuration plays a critical role in streamlining the deployment process, enhancing model management and ensuring the model operates efficiently within its environment. Here's an explanation of why this model.json content is significant:

Specifying Resource Locations

"download_files_from": "cache/llama-1b-instruct/":

This key-value pair indicates the directory or path from which the necessary model files should be downloaded. In the context of deploying an LLM, these files could include the model weights, tokenizer files, and any other dependencies required for the model to run. This parameter ensures that the deployment system knows where to fetch the model's components, which is crucial for initializing the model in the target environment.

Customizable Download Target

"_comment": "you can also define download_files_to otherwise, /var/practicus/cache is used": This comment within the JSON highlights an optional parameter that could be specified in a similar JSON configuration file. If the download_files_to parameter is provided, it would dictate the destination directory on the local system where the downloaded files should be stored. In the absence of this parameter, a default location (/var/practicus/cache) is used. This flexibility allows for adaptability to different deployment environments and configurations, ensuring that the files are stored in a location that is accessible and appropriate for the model's operation.

Supplementary Files

model.json

{
"download_files_from": "cache/llama-1b-instruct/",
"_comment": "you can also define download_files_to otherwise, /var/practicus/cache is used"
}

model.py

import sys
from datetime import datetime
from transformers import AutoTokenizer, AutoModelForCausalLM, pipeline
from practicuscore.gen_ai import PrtLangMessage, PrtLangRequest, PrtLangResponse
import json

generator = None

async def init(model_meta=None, *args, **kwargs):
    global generator

    # Checks if the `generator` is already initialized to avoid redundant model loading.
    if generator is not None:
        print("generator exists, using")
        return

    # If `generator` is not already initialised, builds the generator by loading the desired LLM
    print("generator is none, building")
    model_cache = "/var/practicus/cache" # for details check 02_model_json
    if model_cache not in sys.path:
        sys.path.insert(0, model_cache)

    try:
        from transformers import AutoTokenizer, AutoModelForCausalLM, pipeline
    except Exception as e:
        raise print(f"Failed to import required libraries: {e}")

    # Initialize the local LLM model using transformers:
    def load_local_llm(model_path):
        tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_path)
        model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(model_path)
        model.to('cpu') # Change with cuda or auto to use gpus.
        return pipeline('text-generation', model=model, tokenizer=tokenizer, max_new_tokens=200)

    try:
        generator = load_local_llm(model_cache)
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Failed to build generator: {e}")
        raise



async def cleanup(model_meta=None, *args, **kwargs):
    print("Cleaning up memory")

    global generator
    generator = None

    from torch import cuda
    cuda.empty_cache()

async def predict(payload_dict: dict, **kwargs):

    # Recording the start time to measure execution duration.
    start = datetime.now()

    # Extracting given prompt from the http request
    sentence = payload_dict["user_prompt"]

    # Passing the prompt to the `generator`, loaded llm model to generate a response.
    res = generator([sentence])
    text = res[0]

    # Returning a structured response containing the generated text and execution time.
    total_time = (datetime.now() - start).total_seconds()   
    return {
        'answer': f'Time:{total_time}\nanswer:{text}'
    }

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