This guide is targeted towards system administrators and data scientists who want to work with the easiest, fastest, and free method of running your own machine learning models.
A typical installation of Wallaroo Community Edition follows this process:
Step | Description | Average Setup Time |
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Get A License | Download or redownload the Wallaroo Community Edition license. | 5 minutes |
Provision Wallaroo Installation from OCI Marketplace | Set up the cloud environment hosting the Wallaroo instance. | 15 minutes |
Activate the Wallaroo Instance | Start the Wallaroo instance and make it available for use. | 15-20 minutes |
General completion time: 5 minutes
The first step to installing Wallaroo CE is to set up your Wallaroo Community Edition Account at the web site https://portal.wallaroo.community. This process typically takes about 5 minutes.
Once you’ve submitted your credentials, you’ll be sent an email with a link to your license file.
Follow the link and download your license file. Store it in a secure location.
If your license is misplaced or otherwise lost, it can be downloaded again later from the same link, or by following the registration steps again to be provided with a link to your license file.
Verify the prerequisites are met before creating the new Wallaroo instance through the OCI Marketplace:
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The following steps detail:
The following steps provisions a new Wallaroo installation from the OCI Marketplace. See the video below for a demonstration.
During this process the following information must be stored:
Login to the OCI Marketplace. From the OCI Marketplace listing Wallaroo AI inference platform - Community Edition (Ampere), select Get App.
Set the following required options. For other options, refer to the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure documentation Creating an Instance.
When finished, select Create.
Wait until the new instance state is Running then continue to activate the new Wallaroo instance.
Once the new Wallaroo instance State is Running, the new instance is activated through the following steps.
From the OCI Instances page, select the Public IP for the new Wallaroo instance.
From a browser, access the Kots Administrative Console from the instances public IP address through the following address:
http://instance-public-ip:30000
Login with the default password: W@11y$
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Upload your Wallaroo license file.
A preflight check verifies that all of the minimum requirements are met. This may take a few minutes. If there are any issues, Wallaroo can still be launched but may not function properly. When ready, select Continue.
Review the installation config page. Most of the settings are left as default. Once complete, scroll to the bottom of the Config page and select Deploy.
While the initial startup is complete, change the Kots Administrative Console Password:
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, and select Change password.You will receive an email invitation associated with the license with a temporary password and a link to this Wallaroo instance’s URL. Either enter the URL for your Wallaroo instance or use the link in the email.
To login to your new Wallaroo instance, enter the email address and temporary password associated with the license.
With that, Wallaroo Community edition is launched and ready for use! From this point on you can just use the Wallaroo instance URL.
Now that your Wallaroo Community Edition has been installed, let’s work with some sample models to show off what you can do. Check out either the Wallaroo 101 if this is your first time using Wallaroo, or for more examples of how to use Wallaroo see the Wallaroo Tutorials.