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# LLM Deployment Examples

This directory contains examples and reference implementations for deploying Large Language Models (LLMs) in various configurations.

## Components

- workers: Prefill and decode worker handles actual LLM inference
- router: Handles API requests and routes them to appropriate workers based on specified strategy
- frontend: OpenAI compatible http server handles incoming requests

## Deployment Architectures

### Aggregated
Single-instance deployment where both prefill and decode are done by the same worker.

### Disaggregated
Distributed deployment where prefill and decode are done by separate workers that can scale independently.

```mermaid
sequenceDiagram
    participant D as VllmWorker
    participant Q as PrefillQueue
    participant P as PrefillWorker

    Note over D: Request is routed to decode
    D->>D: Decide if prefill should be done locally or remotely

        D->>D: Allocate KV blocks
        D->>Q: Put RemotePrefillRequest on the queue

        P->>Q: Pull request from the queue
        P-->>D: Read cached KVs from Decode

        D->>D: Decode other requests
        P->>P: Run prefill
        P-->>D: Write prefilled KVs into allocated blocks
        P->>D: Send completion notification
        Note over D: Notification received when prefill is done
        D->>D: Schedule decoding
```

## Getting Started

1. Choose a deployment architecture based on your requirements
2. Configure the components as needed
3. Deploy using the provided scripts

### Prerequisites

Start required services (etcd and NATS) using [Docker Compose](../../deploy/docker-compose.yml)
```bash
docker compose -f deploy/docker-compose.yml up -d
```

### Build docker

```
./container/build.sh
```

### Run container

```
./container/run.sh -it
```
## Run Deployment

This figure shows an overview of the major components to deploy:

```
                                                 +----------------+
                                          +------| prefill worker |-------+
                                   notify |      |                |       |
                                 finished |      +----------------+       | pull
                                          v                               v
+------+      +-----------+      +------------------+    push     +---------------+
| HTTP |----->| processor |----->| decode/monolith  |------------>| prefill queue |
|      |<-----|           |<-----|      worker      |             |               |
+------+      +-----------+      +------------------+             +---------------+
                  |    ^                  |
       query best |    | return           | publish kv events
           worker |    | worker_id        v
                  |    |         +------------------+
                  |    +---------|     kv-router    |
                  +------------->|                  |
                                 +------------------+

```

### Example architectures
_Note_: For a non-dockerized deployment, first export `DYNAMO_HOME` to point to the dynamo repository root, e.g. `export DYNAMO_HOME=$(pwd)`

#### Aggregated serving
```bash
cd $DYNAMO_HOME/examples/llm
dynamo serve graphs.agg:Frontend -f ./configs/agg.yaml
```

#### Aggregated serving with KV Routing
```bash
cd $DYNAMO_HOME/examples/llm
dynamo serve graphs.agg_router:Frontend -f ./configs/agg_router.yaml
```

#### Disaggregated serving
```bash
cd $DYNAMO_HOME/examples/llm
dynamo serve graphs.disagg:Frontend -f ./configs/disagg.yaml
```

#### Disaggregated serving with KV Routing
```bash
cd $DYNAMO_HOME/examples/llm
dynamo serve graphs.disagg_router:Frontend -f ./configs/disagg_router.yaml
```

### Client

In another terminal:
```bash
# this test request has around 200 tokens isl

curl localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions   -H "Content-Type: application/json"   -d '{
    "model": "deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B",
    "messages": [
    {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "In the heart of Eldoria, an ancient land of boundless magic and mysterious creatures, lies the long-forgotten city of Aeloria. Once a beacon of knowledge and power, Aeloria was buried beneath the shifting sands of time, lost to the world for centuries. You are an intrepid explorer, known for your unparalleled curiosity and courage, who has stumbled upon an ancient map hinting at ests that Aeloria holds a secret so profound that it has the potential to reshape the very fabric of reality. Your journey will take you through treacherous deserts, enchanted forests, and across perilous mountain ranges. Your Task: Character Background: Develop a detailed background for your character. Describe their motivations for seeking out Aeloria, their skills and weaknesses, and any personal connections to the ancient city or its legends. Are they driven by a quest for knowledge, a search for lost familt clue is hidden."
    }
    ],
    "stream":false,
    "max_tokens": 30
  }'

```

### Multi-node deployment

See [multinode-examples.md](multinode-examples.md) for more details.

### Close deployment

See [close deployment](../../docs/guides/dynamo_serve.md#close-deployment) section to learn about how to close the deployment.