[AWS Neuron](https://awsdocs-neuron.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/) is the software development kit (SDK) used to run deep learning and
generative AI workloads on AWS Inferentia and AWS Trainium powered Amazon EC2 instances and UltraServers (Inf1, Inf2, Trn1, Trn2,
and Trn2 UltraServer). Both Trainium and Inferentia are powered by fully-independent heterogeneous compute-units called NeuronCores.
This tab describes how to set up your environment to run vLLM on Neuron.
[AWS Neuron](https://awsdocs-neuron.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/) is the software development kit (SDK) used to run deep learning and
generative AI workloads on AWS Inferentia and AWS Trainium powered Amazon EC2 instances and UltraServers (Inf1, Inf2, Trn1, Trn2,
and Trn2 UltraServer). Both Trainium and Inferentia are powered by fully-independent heterogeneous compute-units called NeuronCores.
This describes how to set up your environment to run vLLM on Neuron.
!!! warning
There are no pre-built wheels or images for this device, so you must build vLLM from source.
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# --8<-- [start:requirements]
## Requirements
- OS: Linux
- Python: 3.9 or newer
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### Launch a Trn1/Trn2/Inf2 instance and verify Neuron dependencies
The easiest way to launch a Trainium or Inferentia instance with pre-installed Neuron dependencies is to follow this
The easiest way to launch a Trainium or Inferentia instance with pre-installed Neuron dependencies is to follow this
[quick start guide](https://awsdocs-neuron.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/general/setup/neuron-setup/multiframework/multi-framework-ubuntu22-neuron-dlami.html#setup-ubuntu22-multi-framework-dlami) using the Neuron Deep Learning AMI (Amazon machine image).
- After launching the instance, follow the instructions in [Connect to your instance](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AccessingInstancesLinux.html) to connect to the instance
- Once inside your instance, activate the pre-installed virtual environment for inference by running
Refer to the [NxD Inference Setup Guide](https://awsdocs-neuron.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/libraries/nxd-inference/nxdi-setup.html)
Refer to the [NxD Inference Setup Guide](https://awsdocs-neuron.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/libraries/nxd-inference/nxdi-setup.html)
for alternative setup instructions including using Docker and manually installing dependencies.
!!! note
NxD Inference is the default recommended backend to run inference on Neuron. If you are looking to use the legacy [transformers-neuronx](https://github.com/aws-neuron/transformers-neuronx)
library, refer to [Transformers NeuronX Setup](https://awsdocs-neuron.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/libraries/transformers-neuronx/setup/index.html).
NxD Inference is the default recommended backend to run inference on Neuron. If you are looking to use the legacy [transformers-neuronx](https://github.com/aws-neuron/transformers-neuronx)
library, refer to [Transformers NeuronX Setup](https://awsdocs-neuron.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/libraries/transformers-neuronx/setup/index.html).
AWS Neuron maintains a [Github fork of vLLM](https://github.com/aws-neuron/upstreaming-to-vllm/tree/neuron-2.23-vllm-v0.7.2) at
[https://github.com/aws-neuron/upstreaming-to-vllm/tree/neuron-2.23-vllm-v0.7.2](https://github.com/aws-neuron/upstreaming-to-vllm/tree/neuron-2.23-vllm-v0.7.2), which contains several features in addition to what's
available on vLLM V0. Please utilize the AWS Fork for the following features:
AWS Neuron maintains a [Github fork of vLLM](https://github.com/aws-neuron/upstreaming-to-vllm/tree/neuron-2.23-vllm-v0.7.2) at
<https://github.com/aws-neuron/upstreaming-to-vllm/tree/neuron-2.23-vllm-v0.7.2>, which contains several features in addition to what's
available on vLLM V0. Please utilize the AWS Fork for the following features:
- Llama-3.2 multi-modal support
- Multi-node distributed inference
- Multi-node distributed inference
Refer to [vLLM User Guide for NxD Inference](https://awsdocs-neuron.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/libraries/nxd-inference/developer_guides/vllm-user-guide.html)
Refer to [vLLM User Guide for NxD Inference](https://awsdocs-neuron.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/libraries/nxd-inference/developer_guides/vllm-user-guide.html)
for more details and usage examples.
To install the AWS Neuron fork, run the following:
The current vLLM and Neuron integration relies on either the `neuronx-distributed-inference` (preferred) or `transformers-neuronx` backend
to perform most of the heavy lifting which includes PyTorch model initialization, compilation, and runtime execution. Therefore, most
[features supported on Neuron](https://awsdocs-neuron.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/libraries/nxd-inference/developer_guides/feature-guide.html) are also available via the vLLM integration.
The current vLLM and Neuron integration relies on either the `neuronx-distributed-inference` (preferred) or `transformers-neuronx` backend
to perform most of the heavy lifting which includes PyTorch model initialization, compilation, and runtime execution. Therefore, most
[features supported on Neuron](https://awsdocs-neuron.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/libraries/nxd-inference/developer_guides/feature-guide.html) are also available via the vLLM integration.
To configure NxD Inference features through the vLLM entrypoint, use the `override_neuron_config` setting. Provide the configs you want to override
To configure NxD Inference features through the vLLM entrypoint, use the `override_neuron_config` setting. Provide the configs you want to override
as a dictionary (or JSON object when starting vLLM from the CLI). For example, to disable auto bucketing, include
to quantize and compile your model using NxD Inference, and then load the compiled artifacts into vLLM.
- Multi-LoRA serving: NxD Inference only supports loading of LoRA adapters at server startup. Dynamic loading of LoRA adapters at
runtime is not currently supported. Refer to [multi-lora example](https://github.com/aws-neuron/upstreaming-to-vllm/blob/neuron-2.23-vllm-v0.7.2/examples/offline_inference/neuron_multi_lora.py)
to quantize and compile your model using NxD Inference, and then load the compiled artifacts into vLLM.
- Multi-LoRA serving: NxD Inference only supports loading of LoRA adapters at server startup. Dynamic loading of LoRA adapters at
runtime is not currently supported. Refer to [multi-lora example](https://github.com/aws-neuron/upstreaming-to-vllm/blob/neuron-2.23-vllm-v0.7.2/examples/offline_inference/neuron_multi_lora.py)
- Multi-modal support: multi-modal support is only available through the AWS Neuron fork. This feature has not been upstreamed
to vLLM main because NxD Inference currently relies on certain adaptations to the core vLLM logic to support this feature.
to vLLM main because NxD Inference currently relies on certain adaptations to the core vLLM logic to support this feature.
- Multi-node support: distributed inference across multiple Trainium/Inferentia instances is only supported on the AWS Neuron fork. Refer
to this [multi-node example](https://github.com/aws-neuron/upstreaming-to-vllm/tree/neuron-2.23-vllm-v0.7.2/examples/neuron/multi_node)
to run. Note that tensor parallelism (distributed inference across NeuronCores) is available in vLLM main.
- Known edge case bug in speculative decoding: An edge case failure may occur in speculative decoding when sequence length approaches
max model length (e.g. when requesting max tokens up to the max model length and ignoring eos). In this scenario, vLLM may attempt
to allocate an additional block to ensure there is enough memory for number of lookahead slots, but since we do not have good support
for paged attention, there isn't another Neuron block for vLLM to allocate. A workaround fix (to terminate 1 iteration early) is
implemented in the AWS Neuron fork but is not upstreamed to vLLM main as it modifies core vLLM logic.
to this [multi-node example](https://github.com/aws-neuron/upstreaming-to-vllm/tree/neuron-2.23-vllm-v0.7.2/examples/neuron/multi_node)
to run. Note that tensor parallelism (distributed inference across NeuronCores) is available in vLLM main.
- Known edge case bug in speculative decoding: An edge case failure may occur in speculative decoding when sequence length approaches
max model length (e.g. when requesting max tokens up to the max model length and ignoring eos). In this scenario, vLLM may attempt
to allocate an additional block to ensure there is enough memory for number of lookahead slots, but since we do not have good support
for paged attention, there isn't another Neuron block for vLLM to allocate. A workaround fix (to terminate 1 iteration early) is
implemented in the AWS Neuron fork but is not upstreamed to vLLM main as it modifies core vLLM logic.
### Environment variables
-`NEURON_COMPILED_ARTIFACTS`: set this environment variable to point to your pre-compiled model artifacts directory to avoid
compilation time upon server initialization. If this variable is not set, the Neuron module will perform compilation and save the
artifacts under `neuron-compiled-artifacts/{unique_hash}/` sub-directory in the model path. If this environment variable is set,
but the directory does not exist, or the contents are invalid, Neuron will also fallback to a new compilation and store the artifacts
under this specified path.
-`NEURON_COMPILED_ARTIFACTS`: set this environment variable to point to your pre-compiled model artifacts directory to avoid
compilation time upon server initialization. If this variable is not set, the Neuron module will perform compilation and save the
artifacts under `neuron-compiled-artifacts/{unique_hash}/` sub-directory in the model path. If this environment variable is set,
but the directory does not exist, or the contents are invalid, Neuron will also fallback to a new compilation and store the artifacts
under this specified path.
-`NEURON_CONTEXT_LENGTH_BUCKETS`: Bucket sizes for context encoding. (Only applicable to `transformers-neuronx` backend).
-`NEURON_TOKEN_GEN_BUCKETS`: Bucket sizes for token generation. (Only applicable to `transformers-neuronx` backend).
-eVLLM_CPU_OMP_THREADS_BIND=<CPU cores for inference> \
vllm-cpu-env \
--model=meta-llama/Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct \
--dtype=bfloat16 \
other vLLM OpenAI server arguments
```
??? Commands
```bash
docker build -f docker/Dockerfile.cpu \
--tag vllm-cpu-env \
--target vllm-openai .
# Launching OpenAI server
docker run --rm \
--privileged=true \
--shm-size=4g \
-p 8000:8000 \
-e VLLM_CPU_KVCACHE_SPACE=<KV cache space> \
-e VLLM_CPU_OMP_THREADS_BIND=<CPU cores for inference> \
vllm-cpu-env \
--model=meta-llama/Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct \
--dtype=bfloat16 \
other vLLM OpenAI server arguments
```
!!! tip
For ARM or Apple silicon, use `docker/Dockerfile.arm`
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-`VLLM_CPU_OMP_THREADS_BIND`: specify the CPU cores dedicated to the OpenMP threads. For example, `VLLM_CPU_OMP_THREADS_BIND=0-31` means there will be 32 OpenMP threads bound on 0-31 CPU cores. `VLLM_CPU_OMP_THREADS_BIND=0-31|32-63` means there will be 2 tensor parallel processes, 32 OpenMP threads of rank0 are bound on 0-31 CPU cores, and the OpenMP threads of rank1 are bound on 32-63 CPU cores. By setting to `auto`, the OpenMP threads of each rank are bound to the CPU cores in each NUMA node. By setting to `all`, the OpenMP threads of each rank uses all CPU cores available on the system. Default value is `auto`.
-`VLLM_CPU_NUM_OF_RESERVED_CPU`: specify the number of CPU cores which are not dedicated to the OpenMP threads for each rank. The variable only takes effect when VLLM_CPU_OMP_THREADS_BIND is set to `auto`. Default value is `0`.
-`VLLM_CPU_MOE_PREPACK`: whether to use prepack for MoE layer. This will be passed to `ipex.llm.modules.GatedMLPMOE`. Default is `1` (True). On unsupported CPUs, you might need to set this to `0` (False).
-`VLLM_CPU_SGL_KERNEL` (Experimental): whether to use small-batch optimized kernels for linear layer and MoE layer, especially for low-latency requirements like online serving. The kernels require AMX instruction set, BFloat16 weight type and weight shapes divisible by 32. Default is `0` (False).
## Performance tips
- We highly recommend to use TCMalloc for high performance memory allocation and better cache locality. For example, on Ubuntu 22.4, you can run:
find / -name*libtcmalloc*# find the dynamic link library path
export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtcmalloc_minimal.so.4:$LD_PRELOAD# prepend the library to LD_PRELOAD
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- When using the online serving, it is recommended to reserve 1-2 CPU cores for the serving framework to avoid CPU oversubscription. For example, on a platform with 32 physical CPU cores, reserving CPU 30 and 31 for the framework and using CPU 0-29 for OpenMP:
- If using vLLM CPU backend on a machine with hyper-threading, it is recommended to bind only one OpenMP thread on each physical CPU core using `VLLM_CPU_OMP_THREADS_BIND` or using auto thread binding feature by default. On a hyper-threading enabled platform with 16 logical CPU cores / 8 physical CPU cores:
```console
$lscpu -e# check the mapping between logical CPU cores and physical CPU cores
#The "CPU" column means the logical CPU core IDs, and the "CORE" column means the physical core IDs. On this platform, two logical cores are sharing one physical core.
CPU NODE SOCKET CORE L1d:L1i:L2:L3 ONLINE MAXMHZ MINMHZ MHZ
0 0 0 0 0:0:0:0 yes 2401.0000 800.0000 800.000
1 0 0 1 1:1:1:0 yes 2401.0000 800.0000 800.000
2 0 0 2 2:2:2:0 yes 2401.0000 800.0000 800.000
3 0 0 3 3:3:3:0 yes 2401.0000 800.0000 800.000
4 0 0 4 4:4:4:0 yes 2401.0000 800.0000 800.000
5 0 0 5 5:5:5:0 yes 2401.0000 800.0000 800.000
6 0 0 6 6:6:6:0 yes 2401.0000 800.0000 800.000
7 0 0 7 7:7:7:0 yes 2401.0000 800.0000 800.000
8 0 0 0 0:0:0:0 yes 2401.0000 800.0000 800.000
9 0 0 1 1:1:1:0 yes 2401.0000 800.0000 800.000
10 0 0 2 2:2:2:0 yes 2401.0000 800.0000 800.000
11 0 0 3 3:3:3:0 yes 2401.0000 800.0000 800.000
12 0 0 4 4:4:4:0 yes 2401.0000 800.0000 800.000
13 0 0 5 5:5:5:0 yes 2401.0000 800.0000 800.000
14 0 0 6 6:6:6:0 yes 2401.0000 800.0000 800.000
15 0 0 7 7:7:7:0 yes 2401.0000 800.0000 800.000
#On this platform, it is recommend to only bind openMP threads on logical CPU cores 0-7 or 8-15
$export VLLM_CPU_OMP_THREADS_BIND=0-7
$python examples/offline_inference/basic/basic.py
```
??? Commands
```console
$ lscpu -e # check the mapping between logical CPU cores and physical CPU cores
# The "CPU" column means the logical CPU core IDs, and the "CORE" column means the physical core IDs. On this platform, two logical cores are sharing one physical core.
CPU NODE SOCKET CORE L1d:L1i:L2:L3 ONLINE MAXMHZ MINMHZ MHZ
0 0 0 0 0:0:0:0 yes 2401.0000 800.0000 800.000
1 0 0 1 1:1:1:0 yes 2401.0000 800.0000 800.000
2 0 0 2 2:2:2:0 yes 2401.0000 800.0000 800.000
3 0 0 3 3:3:3:0 yes 2401.0000 800.0000 800.000
4 0 0 4 4:4:4:0 yes 2401.0000 800.0000 800.000
5 0 0 5 5:5:5:0 yes 2401.0000 800.0000 800.000
6 0 0 6 6:6:6:0 yes 2401.0000 800.0000 800.000
7 0 0 7 7:7:7:0 yes 2401.0000 800.0000 800.000
8 0 0 0 0:0:0:0 yes 2401.0000 800.0000 800.000
9 0 0 1 1:1:1:0 yes 2401.0000 800.0000 800.000
10 0 0 2 2:2:2:0 yes 2401.0000 800.0000 800.000
11 0 0 3 3:3:3:0 yes 2401.0000 800.0000 800.000
12 0 0 4 4:4:4:0 yes 2401.0000 800.0000 800.000
13 0 0 5 5:5:5:0 yes 2401.0000 800.0000 800.000
14 0 0 6 6:6:6:0 yes 2401.0000 800.0000 800.000
15 0 0 7 7:7:7:0 yes 2401.0000 800.0000 800.000
# On this platform, it is recommend to only bind openMP threads on logical CPU cores 0-7 or 8-15
- If using vLLM CPU backend on a multi-socket machine with NUMA, be aware to set CPU cores using `VLLM_CPU_OMP_THREADS_BIND` to avoid cross NUMA node memory access.
- Tensor Parallel is supported for serving and offline inferencing. In general each NUMA node is treated as one GPU card. Below is the example script to enable Tensor Parallel = 2 for serving:
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After installation of XCode and the Command Line Tools, which include Apple Clang, execute the following commands to build and install vLLM from the source.
First, install recommended compiler. We recommend to use `gcc/g++ >= 12.3.0` as the default compiler to avoid potential problems. For example, on Ubuntu 22.4, you can run:
- AVX512_BF16 is an extension ISA provides native BF16 data type conversion and vector product instructions, which brings some performance improvement compared with pure AVX512. The CPU backend build script will check the host CPU flags to determine whether to enable AVX512_BF16.
| QUEUED_RESOURCE_ID | The user-assigned ID of the queued resource request. |
| TPU_NAME | The user-assigned name of the TPU which is created when the queued |
| TPU_NAME | The user-assigned name of the TPU which is created when the queued resource request is allocated. |
| PROJECT_ID | Your Google Cloud project |
| ZONE | The GCP zone where you want to create your Cloud TPU. The value you use |
| ACCELERATOR_TYPE | The TPU version you want to use. Specify the TPU version, for example |
| RUNTIME_VERSION | The TPU VM runtime version to use. For example, use `v2-alpha-tpuv6e` for a VM loaded with one or more v6e TPU(s). For more information see [TPU VM images](https://cloud.google.com/tpu/docs/runtimes). |
<figcaption>Parameter descriptions</figcaption>
| ZONE | The GCP zone where you want to create your Cloud TPU. The value you use depends on the version of TPUs you are using. For more information, see [TPU regions and zones] |
| ACCELERATOR_TYPE | The TPU version you want to use. Specify the TPU version, for example `v5litepod-4` specifies a v5e TPU with 4 cores, `v6e-1` specifies a v6e TPU with 1 core. For more information, see [TPU versions]. |
| RUNTIME_VERSION | The TPU VM runtime version to use. For example, use `v2-alpha-tpuv6e` for a VM loaded with one or more v6e TPU(s). For more information see [TPU VM images]. |
| SERVICE_ACCOUNT | The email address for your service account. You can find it in the IAM Cloud Console under *Service Accounts*. For example: `tpu-service-account@<your_project_ID>.iam.gserviceaccount.com` |
Connect to your TPU using SSH:
Connect to your TPU VM using SSH:
```bash
gcloud compute tpus tpu-vm ssh TPU_NAME --zone ZONE
gcloud compute tpus tpu-vm ssh TPU_NAME --project PROJECT_ID --zone ZONE
See [deployment-docker-pre-built-image][deployment-docker-pre-built-image] for instructions on using the official Docker image, making sure to substitute the image name `vllm/vllm-openai` with `vllm/vllm-tpu`.
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# --8<-- [start:build-image-from-source]
### Build image from source
You can use <gh-file:docker/Dockerfile.tpu> to build a Docker image with TPU support.
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ vLLM contains pre-compiled C++ and CUDA (12.8) binaries.
# --8<-- [end:requirements]
# --8<-- [start:set-up-using-python]
### Create a new Python environment
!!! note
PyTorch installed via `conda` will statically link `NCCL` library, which can cause issues when vLLM tries to use `NCCL`. See <gh-issue:8420> for more details.
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You can install vLLM using either `pip` or `uv pip`:
@@ -39,7 +37,7 @@ We recommend leveraging `uv` to [automatically select the appropriate PyTorch in
As of now, vLLM's binaries are compiled with CUDA 12.8 and public PyTorch release versions by default. We also provide vLLM binaries compiled with CUDA 12.6, 11.8, and public PyTorch release versions:
```console
```bash
# Install vLLM with CUDA 11.8.
export VLLM_VERSION=0.6.1.post1
export PYTHON_VERSION=312
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##### Install the latest code using `pip`
```console
```bash
pip install-U vllm \
--pre\
--extra-index-url https://wheels.vllm.ai/nightly
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Another way to install the latest code is to use `uv`:
```console
```bash
uv pip install-U vllm \
--torch-backend=auto \
--extra-index-url https://wheels.vllm.ai/nightly
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If you want to access the wheels for previous commits (e.g. to bisect the behavior change, performance regression), due to the limitation of `pip`, you have to specify the full URL of the wheel file by embedding the commit hash in the URL:
```console
```bash
export VLLM_COMMIT=33f460b17a54acb3b6cc0b03f4a17876cff5eafd # use full commit hash from the main branch
@@ -85,7 +83,7 @@ Note that the wheels are built with Python 3.8 ABI (see [PEP 425](https://peps.p
If you want to access the wheels for previous commits (e.g. to bisect the behavior change, performance regression), you can specify the commit hash in the URL:
```console
```bash
export VLLM_COMMIT=72d9c316d3f6ede485146fe5aabd4e61dbc59069 # use full commit hash from the main branch
uv pip install vllm \
--torch-backend=auto \
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@@ -101,7 +99,7 @@ The `uv` approach works for vLLM `v0.6.6` and later and offers an easy-to-rememb
If you only need to change Python code, you can build and install vLLM without compilation. Using `pip`'s [`--editable` flag](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/topics/local-project-installs/#editable-installs), changes you make to the code will be reflected when you run vLLM:
@@ -120,7 +118,7 @@ This command will do the following:
In case you see an error about wheel not found when running the above command, it might be because the commit you based on in the main branch was just merged and the wheel is being built. In this case, you can wait for around an hour to try again, or manually assign the previous commit in the installation using the `VLLM_PRECOMPILED_WHEEL_LOCATION` environment variable.
```console
```bash
export VLLM_COMMIT=72d9c316d3f6ede485146fe5aabd4e61dbc59069 # use full commit hash from the main branch
[sccache](https://github.com/mozilla/sccache) works similarly to `ccache`, but has the capability to utilize caching in remote storage environments.
The following environment variables can be set to configure the vLLM `sccache` remote: `SCCACHE_BUCKET=vllm-build-sccache SCCACHE_REGION=us-west-2 SCCACHE_S3_NO_CREDENTIALS=1`. We also recommend setting `SCCACHE_IDLE_TIMEOUT=0`.
!!! note "Faster Kernel Development"
For frequent C++/CUDA kernel changes, after the initial `pip install -e .` setup, consider using the [Incremental Compilation Workflow](../../contributing/incremental_build.md) for significantly faster rebuilds of only the modified kernel code.
##### Use an existing PyTorch installation
There are scenarios where the PyTorch dependency cannot be easily installed via pip, e.g.:
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To build vLLM using an existing PyTorch installation:
Currently, before starting the build process, vLLM fetches cutlass code from GitHub. However, there may be scenarios where you want to use a local version of cutlass instead.
To achieve this, you can set the environment variable VLLM_CUTLASS_SRC_DIR to point to your local cutlass directory.
To avoid your system being overloaded, you can limit the number of compilation jobs
to be run simultaneously, via the environment variable `MAX_JOBS`. For example:
```console
```bash
export MAX_JOBS=6
pip install-e .
```
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Additionally, if you have trouble building vLLM, we recommend using the NVIDIA PyTorch Docker image.
```console
```bash
# Use `--ipc=host` to make sure the shared memory is large enough.
docker run \
--gpus all \
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If you don't want to use docker, it is recommended to have a full installation of CUDA Toolkit. You can download and install it from [the official website](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit-archive). After installation, set the environment variable `CUDA_HOME` to the installation path of CUDA Toolkit, and make sure that the `nvcc` compiler is in your `PATH`, e.g.:
```console
```bash
export CUDA_HOME=/usr/local/cuda
export PATH="${CUDA_HOME}/bin:$PATH"
```
Here is a sanity check to verify that the CUDA Toolkit is correctly installed:
```console
```bash
nvcc --version# verify that nvcc is in your PATH
${CUDA_HOME}/bin/nvcc --version# verify that nvcc is in your CUDA_HOME
```
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Simply disable the `VLLM_TARGET_DEVICE` environment variable before installing:
```console
```bash
export VLLM_TARGET_DEVICE=empty
pip install-e .
```
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Another way to access the latest code is to use the docker images:
```console
```bash
export VLLM_COMMIT=33f460b17a54acb3b6cc0b03f4a17876cff5eafd # use full commit hash from the main branch
@@ -31,17 +31,17 @@ Currently, there are no pre-built ROCm wheels.
Alternatively, you can install PyTorch using PyTorch wheels. You can check PyTorch installation guide in PyTorch [Getting Started](https://pytorch.org/get-started/locally/). Example:
1. Install [Triton flash attention for ROCm](https://github.com/ROCm/triton)
Install ROCm's Triton flash attention (the default triton-mlir branch) following the instructions from [ROCm/triton](https://github.com/ROCm/triton/blob/triton-mlir/README.md)
```console
```bash
python3 -m pip install ninja cmake wheel pybind11
pip uninstall -y triton
git clone https://github.com/OpenAI/triton.git
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@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Currently, there are no pre-built ROCm wheels.
For example, for ROCm 6.3, suppose your gfx arch is `gfx90a`. To get your gfx architecture, run `rocminfo |grep gfx`.
@@ -90,24 +90,26 @@ Currently, there are no pre-built ROCm wheels.
4. Build vLLM. For example, vLLM on ROCM 6.3 can be built with the following steps:
```bash
pip install --upgrade pip
??? Commands
# Build & install AMD SMI
pip install /opt/rocm/share/amd_smi
```bash
pip install --upgrade pip
# Install dependencies
pip install --upgrade numba \
scipy \
huggingface-hub[cli,hf_transfer] \
setuptools_scm
pip install "numpy<2"
pip install -r requirements/rocm.txt
# Build & install AMD SMI
pip install /opt/rocm/share/amd_smi
# Build vLLM for MI210/MI250/MI300.
export PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH="gfx90a;gfx942"
python3 setup.py develop
```
# Install dependencies
pip install --upgrade numba \
scipy \
huggingface-hub[cli,hf_transfer] \
setuptools_scm
pip install "numpy<2"
pip install -r requirements/rocm.txt
# Build vLLM for MI210/MI250/MI300.
export PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH="gfx90a;gfx942"
python3 setup.py develop
```
This may take 5-10 minutes. Currently, `pip install .` does not work for ROCm installation.
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@@ -146,7 +148,7 @@ If you choose to build this rocm_base image yourself, the steps are as follows.
It is important that the user kicks off the docker build using buildkit. Either the user put DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 as environment variable when calling docker build command, or the user needs to setup buildkit in the docker daemon configuration /etc/docker/daemon.json as follows and restart the daemon:
```console
```json
{
"features":{
"buildkit":true
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@@ -156,7 +158,7 @@ It is important that the user kicks off the docker build using buildkit. Either
To build vllm on ROCm 6.3 for MI200 and MI300 series, you can use the default:
First, build a docker image from <gh-file:docker/Dockerfile.rocm> and launch a docker container from the image.
It is important that the user kicks off the docker build using buildkit. Either the user put `DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1` as environment variable when calling docker build command, or the user needs to setup buildkit in the docker daemon configuration /etc/docker/daemon.json as follows and restart the daemon:
```console
```bash
{
"features": {
"buildkit": true
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@@ -185,13 +187,13 @@ Their values can be passed in when running `docker build` with `--build-arg` opt
To build vllm on ROCm 6.3 for MI200 and MI300 series, you can use the default:
XPU platform supports **tensor parallel** inference/serving and also supports **pipeline parallel** as a beta feature for online serving. We require Ray as the distributed runtime backend. For example, a reference execution like following:
By default, a ray instance will be launched automatically if no existing one is detected in the system, with `num-gpus` equals to `parallel_config.world_size`. We recommend properly starting a ray cluster before execution, referring to the <gh-file:examples/online_serving/run_cluster.sh> helper script.
This tab provides instructions on running vLLM with Intel Gaudi devices.
This page provides instructions on running vLLM with Intel Gaudi devices.
!!! warning
There are no pre-built wheels or images for this device, so you must build vLLM from source.
# --8<-- [end:installation]
# --8<-- [start:requirements]
## Requirements
- OS: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Python: 3.10
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@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ please follow the methods outlined in the
To verify that the Intel Gaudi software was correctly installed, run:
```console
```bash
hl-smi # verify that hl-smi is in your PATH and each Gaudi accelerator is visible
apt list --installed | grep habana # verify that habanalabs-firmware-tools, habanalabs-graph, habanalabs-rdma-core, habanalabs-thunk and habanalabs-container-runtime are installed
pip list | grep habana # verify that habana-torch-plugin, habana-torch-dataloader, habana-pyhlml and habana-media-loader are installed
Currently, the latest features and performance optimizations are developed in Gaudi's [vLLM-fork](https://github.com/HabanaAI/vllm-fork) and we periodically upstream them to vLLM main repo. To install latest [HabanaAI/vLLM-fork](https://github.com/HabanaAI/vllm-fork), run the following:
If you're observing the following error: `docker: Error response from daemon: Unknown runtime specified habana.`, please refer to "Install Using Containers" section of [Intel Gaudi Software Stack and Driver Installation](https://docs.habana.ai/en/v1.18.0/Installation_Guide/Bare_Metal_Fresh_OS.html). Make sure you have `habana-container-runtime` package installed and that `habana` container runtime is registered.
# --8<-- [end:build-image-from-source]
# --8<-- [start:extra-information]
## Extra information
## Supported features
### Supported features
-[Offline inference][offline-inference]
- Online serving via [OpenAI-Compatible Server][openai-compatible-server]
- Online serving via [OpenAI-Compatible Server][serving-openai-compatible-server]
- HPU autodetection - no need to manually select device within vLLM
- Paged KV cache with algorithms enabled for Intel Gaudi accelerators
The following configurations have been validated to function with
Gaudi2 devices. Configurations that are not listed may or may not work.
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@@ -183,7 +175,6 @@ Currently in vLLM for HPU we support four execution modes, depending on selected
| 0 | 0 | torch.compile |
| 0 | 1 | PyTorch eager mode |
| 1 | 0 | HPU Graphs |
<figcaption>vLLM execution modes</figcaption>
!!! warning
In 1.18.0, all modes utilizing `PT_HPU_LAZY_MODE=0` are highly experimental and should be only used for validating functional correctness. Their performance will be improved in the next releases. For obtaining the best performance in 1.18.0, please use HPU Graphs, or PyTorch lazy mode.
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@@ -207,9 +198,14 @@ INFO 08-01 21:37:59 hpu_model_runner.py:504] Decode bucket config (min, step, ma
`min` determines the lowest value of the bucket. `step` determines the interval between buckets, and `max` determines the upper bound of the bucket. Furthermore, interval between `min` and `step` has special handling -- `min` gets multiplied by consecutive powers of two, until `step` gets reached. We call this the ramp-up phase and it is used for handling lower batch sizes with minimum wastage, while allowing larger padding on larger batch sizes.
| `min` | Determines the lowest value of the bucket. |
| `step` | Determines the interval between buckets. |
| `max` | Determines the upper bound of the bucket. |
| Ramp-up phase | A special handling phase applied between `min` and `step`:<br/>- `min` is multiplied by consecutive powers of two until `step` is reached.<br/>- Minimizes resource wastage for small batch sizes.<br/>- Allows larger padding for larger batches. |
@@ -241,19 +237,21 @@ As an example, if a request of 3 sequences, with max sequence length of 412 come
Warmup is an optional, but highly recommended step occurring before vLLM server starts listening. It executes a forward pass for each bucket with dummy data. The goal is to pre-compile all graphs and not incur any graph compilation overheads within bucket boundaries during server runtime. Each warmup step is logged during vLLM startup:
```text
INFO 08-01 22:26:47 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Prompt][1/24] batch_size:4 seq_len:1024 free_mem:79.16 GiB
INFO 08-01 22:26:47 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Prompt][2/24] batch_size:4 seq_len:896 free_mem:55.43 GiB
INFO 08-01 22:26:48 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Prompt][3/24] batch_size:4 seq_len:768 free_mem:55.43 GiB
...
INFO 08-01 22:26:59 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Prompt][24/24] batch_size:1 seq_len:128 free_mem:55.43 GiB
INFO 08-01 22:27:00 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Decode][1/48] batch_size:4 seq_len:2048 free_mem:55.43 GiB
INFO 08-01 22:27:00 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Decode][2/48] batch_size:4 seq_len:1920 free_mem:55.43 GiB
INFO 08-01 22:27:01 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Decode][3/48] batch_size:4 seq_len:1792 free_mem:55.43 GiB
...
INFO 08-01 22:27:16 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Decode][47/48] batch_size:2 seq_len:128 free_mem:55.43 GiB
INFO 08-01 22:27:16 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Decode][48/48] batch_size:1 seq_len:128 free_mem:55.43 GiB
```
??? Logs
```text
INFO 08-01 22:26:47 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Prompt][1/24] batch_size:4 seq_len:1024 free_mem:79.16 GiB
INFO 08-01 22:26:47 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Prompt][2/24] batch_size:4 seq_len:896 free_mem:55.43 GiB
INFO 08-01 22:26:48 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Prompt][3/24] batch_size:4 seq_len:768 free_mem:55.43 GiB
...
INFO 08-01 22:26:59 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Prompt][24/24] batch_size:1 seq_len:128 free_mem:55.43 GiB
INFO 08-01 22:27:00 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Decode][1/48] batch_size:4 seq_len:2048 free_mem:55.43 GiB
INFO 08-01 22:27:00 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Decode][2/48] batch_size:4 seq_len:1920 free_mem:55.43 GiB
INFO 08-01 22:27:01 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Decode][3/48] batch_size:4 seq_len:1792 free_mem:55.43 GiB
...
INFO 08-01 22:27:16 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Decode][47/48] batch_size:2 seq_len:128 free_mem:55.43 GiB
INFO 08-01 22:27:16 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Decode][48/48] batch_size:1 seq_len:128 free_mem:55.43 GiB
```
This example uses the same buckets as in the [Bucketing Mechanism][gaudi-bucketing-mechanism] section. Each output line corresponds to execution of a single bucket. When bucket is executed for the first time, its graph is compiled and can be reused later on, skipping further graph compilations.
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@@ -288,37 +286,39 @@ When there's large amount of requests pending, vLLM scheduler will attempt to fi
Each described step is logged by vLLM server, as follows (negative values correspond to memory being released):
INFO 08-02 17:37:52 hpu_model_runner.py:430] Pre-loading model weights on hpu:0 took 14.97 GiB of device memory (14.97 GiB/94.62 GiB used) and 2.95 GiB of host memory (475.2 GiB/1007 GiB used)
INFO 08-02 17:37:52 hpu_model_runner.py:438] Wrapping in HPU Graph took 0 B of device memory (14.97 GiB/94.62 GiB used) and -252 KiB of host memory (475.2 GiB/1007 GiB used)
INFO 08-02 17:37:52 hpu_model_runner.py:442] Loading model weights took in total 14.97 GiB of device memory (14.97 GiB/94.62 GiB used) and 2.95 GiB of host memory (475.2 GiB/1007 GiB used)
INFO 08-02 17:37:54 hpu_worker.py:134] Model profiling run took 504 MiB of device memory (15.46 GiB/94.62 GiB used) and 180.9 MiB of host memory (475.4 GiB/1007 GiB used)
INFO 08-02 17:37:54 hpu_worker.py:158] Free device memory: 79.16 GiB, 39.58 GiB usable (gpu_memory_utilization=0.5), 15.83 GiB reserved for HPUGraphs (VLLM_GRAPH_RESERVED_MEM=0.4), 23.75 GiB reserved for KV cache
INFO 08-02 17:37:54 hpu_executor.py:85] # HPU blocks: 1519, # CPU blocks: 0
INFO 08-02 17:37:54 hpu_worker.py:190] Initializing cache engine took 23.73 GiB of device memory (39.2 GiB/94.62 GiB used) and -1.238 MiB of host memory (475.4 GiB/1007 GiB used)
INFO 08-02 17:37:54 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Prompt][1/24] batch_size:4 seq_len:1024 free_mem:55.43 GiB
...
INFO 08-02 17:38:22 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Decode][48/48] batch_size:1 seq_len:128 free_mem:55.43 GiB
INFO 08-02 17:38:22 hpu_model_runner.py:1159] Using 15.85 GiB/55.43 GiB of free device memory for HPUGraphs, 7.923 GiB for prompt and 7.923 GiB for decode (VLLM_GRAPH_PROMPT_RATIO=0.3)
INFO 08-02 17:38:22 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Graph/Prompt][1/24] batch_size:1 seq_len:128 free_mem:55.43 GiB
...
INFO 08-02 17:38:26 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Graph/Prompt][11/24] batch_size:1 seq_len:896 free_mem:48.77 GiB
INFO 08-02 17:38:27 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Graph/Decode][1/48] batch_size:4 seq_len:128 free_mem:47.51 GiB
...
INFO 08-02 17:38:41 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Graph/Decode][48/48] batch_size:1 seq_len:2048 free_mem:47.35 GiB
INFO 08-02 17:38:41 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Graph/Prompt][12/24] batch_size:4 seq_len:256 free_mem:47.35 GiB
INFO 08-02 17:38:42 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Graph/Prompt][13/24] batch_size:2 seq_len:512 free_mem:45.91 GiB
INFO 08-02 17:38:42 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Graph/Prompt][14/24] batch_size:1 seq_len:1024 free_mem:44.48 GiB
INFO 08-02 17:38:43 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Graph/Prompt][15/24] batch_size:2 seq_len:640 free_mem:43.03 GiB
INFO 08-02 17:38:43 hpu_model_runner.py:1206] Warmup finished in 49 secs, allocated 14.19 GiB of device memory
INFO 08-02 17:38:43 hpu_executor.py:91] init_cache_engine took 37.92 GiB of device memory (53.39 GiB/94.62 GiB used) and 57.86 MiB of host memory (475.4 GiB/1007 GiB used)
INFO 08-02 17:37:52 hpu_model_runner.py:430] Pre-loading model weights on hpu:0 took 14.97 GiB of device memory (14.97 GiB/94.62 GiB used) and 2.95 GiB of host memory (475.2 GiB/1007 GiB used)
INFO 08-02 17:37:52 hpu_model_runner.py:438] Wrapping in HPU Graph took 0 B of device memory (14.97 GiB/94.62 GiB used) and -252 KiB of host memory (475.2 GiB/1007 GiB used)
INFO 08-02 17:37:52 hpu_model_runner.py:442] Loading model weights took in total 14.97 GiB of device memory (14.97 GiB/94.62 GiB used) and 2.95 GiB of host memory (475.2 GiB/1007 GiB used)
INFO 08-02 17:37:54 hpu_worker.py:134] Model profiling run took 504 MiB of device memory (15.46 GiB/94.62 GiB used) and 180.9 MiB of host memory (475.4 GiB/1007 GiB used)
INFO 08-02 17:37:54 hpu_worker.py:158] Free device memory: 79.16 GiB, 39.58 GiB usable (gpu_memory_utilization=0.5), 15.83 GiB reserved for HPUGraphs (VLLM_GRAPH_RESERVED_MEM=0.4), 23.75 GiB reserved for KV cache
INFO 08-02 17:37:54 hpu_executor.py:85] # HPU blocks: 1519, # CPU blocks: 0
INFO 08-02 17:37:54 hpu_worker.py:190] Initializing cache engine took 23.73 GiB of device memory (39.2 GiB/94.62 GiB used) and -1.238 MiB of host memory (475.4 GiB/1007 GiB used)
INFO 08-02 17:37:54 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Prompt][1/24] batch_size:4 seq_len:1024 free_mem:55.43 GiB
...
INFO 08-02 17:38:22 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Decode][48/48] batch_size:1 seq_len:128 free_mem:55.43 GiB
INFO 08-02 17:38:22 hpu_model_runner.py:1159] Using 15.85 GiB/55.43 GiB of free device memory for HPUGraphs, 7.923 GiB for prompt and 7.923 GiB for decode (VLLM_GRAPH_PROMPT_RATIO=0.3)
INFO 08-02 17:38:22 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Graph/Prompt][1/24] batch_size:1 seq_len:128 free_mem:55.43 GiB
...
INFO 08-02 17:38:26 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Graph/Prompt][11/24] batch_size:1 seq_len:896 free_mem:48.77 GiB
INFO 08-02 17:38:27 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Graph/Decode][1/48] batch_size:4 seq_len:128 free_mem:47.51 GiB
...
INFO 08-02 17:38:41 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Graph/Decode][48/48] batch_size:1 seq_len:2048 free_mem:47.35 GiB
INFO 08-02 17:38:41 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Graph/Prompt][12/24] batch_size:4 seq_len:256 free_mem:47.35 GiB
INFO 08-02 17:38:42 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Graph/Prompt][13/24] batch_size:2 seq_len:512 free_mem:45.91 GiB
INFO 08-02 17:38:42 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Graph/Prompt][14/24] batch_size:1 seq_len:1024 free_mem:44.48 GiB
INFO 08-02 17:38:43 hpu_model_runner.py:1066] [Warmup][Graph/Prompt][15/24] batch_size:2 seq_len:640 free_mem:43.03 GiB
INFO 08-02 17:38:43 hpu_model_runner.py:1206] Warmup finished in 49 secs, allocated 14.19 GiB of device memory
INFO 08-02 17:38:43 hpu_executor.py:91] init_cache_engine took 37.92 GiB of device memory (53.39 GiB/94.62 GiB used) and 57.86 MiB of host memory (475.4 GiB/1007 GiB used)
```
### Recommended vLLM Parameters
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-`VLLM_{phase}_{dim}_BUCKET_{param}` - collection of 12 environment variables configuring ranges of bucketing mechanism
*`{phase}` is either `PROMPT` or `DECODE`
* `{phase}` is either `PROMPT` or `DECODE`
*`{dim}` is either `BS`, `SEQ` or `BLOCK`
* `{dim}` is either `BS`, `SEQ` or `BLOCK`
*`{param}` is either `MIN`, `STEP` or `MAX`
* `{param}` is either `MIN`, `STEP` or `MAX`
* Default values:
* Default values:
- Prompt:
- batch size min (`VLLM_PROMPT_BS_BUCKET_MIN`): `1`
It's recommended to use [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/), a very fast Python environment manager, to create and manage Python environments. Please follow the [documentation](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/#getting-started) to install `uv`. After installing `uv`, you can create a new Python environment and install vLLM using the following commands:
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ If you are using NVIDIA GPUs, you can install vLLM using [pip](https://pypi.org/
It's recommended to use [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/), a very fast Python environment manager, to create and manage Python environments. Please follow the [documentation](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/#getting-started) to install `uv`. After installing `uv`, you can create a new Python environment and install vLLM using the following commands:
Another delightful way is to use `uv run` with `--with [dependency]` option, which allows you to run commands such as `vllm serve` without creating any permanent environment:
```console
```bash
uv run --with vllm vllm --help
```
You can also use [conda](https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/getting-started.html) to create and manage Python environments. You can install `uv` to the conda environment through `pip` if you want to manage it within the environment.
```console
```bash
conda create -n myenv python=3.12 -y
conda activate myenv
pip install--upgrade uv
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@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ from vllm import LLM, SamplingParams
```
The next section defines a list of input prompts and sampling parameters for text generation. The [sampling temperature](https://arxiv.org/html/2402.05201v1) is set to `0.8` and the [nucleus sampling probability](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-p_sampling) is set to `0.95`. You can find more information about the sampling parameters [here][sampling-params].
!!! warning
!!! important
By default, vLLM will use sampling parameters recommended by model creator by applying the `generation_config.json` from the Hugging Face model repository if it exists. In most cases, this will provide you with the best results by default if [SamplingParams][vllm.SamplingParams] is not specified.
However, if vLLM's default sampling parameters are preferred, please set `generation_config="vllm"` when creating the [LLM][vllm.LLM] instance.
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@@ -109,21 +110,21 @@ By default, it starts the server at `http://localhost:8000`. You can specify the
Run the following command to start the vLLM server with the [Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct) model:
```console
```bash
vllm serve Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct
```
!!! note
By default, the server uses a predefined chat template stored in the tokenizer.
You can learn about overriding it [here][chat-template].
!!! warning
!!! important
By default, the server applies `generation_config.json` from the huggingface model repository if it exists. This means the default values of certain sampling parameters can be overridden by those recommended by the model creator.
To disable this behavior, please pass `--generation-config vllm` when launching the server.
This server can be queried in the same format as OpenAI API. For example, to list the models:
```console
```bash
curl http://localhost:8000/v1/models
```
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Once your server is started, you can query the model with input prompts:
Since this server is compatible with OpenAI API, you can use it as a drop-in replacement for any applications using OpenAI API. For example, another way to query the server is via the `openai` Python package:
```python
fromopenaiimportOpenAI
# Modify OpenAI's API key and API base to use vLLM's API server.
You can control the size of the CPU Memory buffer to which tensors are read from the file, and limit this size.
You can read further about CPU buffer memory limiting [here](https://github.com/run-ai/runai-model-streamer/blob/master/docs/src/env-vars.md#runai_streamer_memory_limit).
vLLM also supports loading sharded models using Run:ai Model Streamer. This is particularly useful for large models that are split across multiple files. To use this feature, use the `--load-format runai_streamer_sharded` flag:
The sharded loader expects model files to follow the same naming pattern as the regular sharded state loader: `model-rank-{rank}-part-{part}.safetensors`. You can customize this pattern using the `pattern` parameter in `--model-loader-extra-config`:
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ To create sharded model files, you can use the script provided in <gh-file:examp
The sharded loader supports all the same tunable parameters as the regular Run:ai Model Streamer, including `concurrency` and `memory_limit`. These can be configured in the same way:
By default, vLLM will use sampling parameters recommended by model creator by applying the `generation_config.json` from the huggingface model repository if it exists. In most cases, this will provide you with the best results by default if [SamplingParams][vllm.SamplingParams] is not specified.
However, if vLLM's default sampling parameters are preferred, please pass `generation_config="vllm"` when creating the [LLM][vllm.LLM] instance.
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In particular, it accepts input similar to [OpenAI Chat Completions API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/chat)
and automatically applies the model's [chat template](https://huggingface.co/docs/transformers/en/chat_templating) to format the prompt.
!!! warning
!!! important
In general, only instruction-tuned models have a chat template.
Base models may perform poorly as they are not trained to respond to the chat conversation.