Automate Training with the trainML Python SDK

January 24, 2021

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trainML jobs and datasets can now be created, managed, and monitored programmatically using our Python SDK.

How It Works

Install the trainML PyPi package into a python virtual environment using Python 3.8 or above:

pip install trainml

Authentication

In order to use the SDK, you must generate API keys for your trainML account and supply them to the SDK. To create new API keys, go to the account settings page and click the Create button in the API Keys section. This will automatically download a credentials.json file. This file can only be generated once per API key.

Treat this file as a password, as anyone with access to your API key will have the ability to create and control resources in your trainML account.

You can deactivate any API key by clicking the Remove button.

The easiest way to authenticate is to place the credentials file downloaded into the .trainml folder of your home directory and ensure only you have access to it. From the directory that the credentials.json file was downloaded, run the following command:

mkdir -p ~/.trainml
mv credentials.json ~/.trainml/credentials.json
chmod 600 ~/.trainml/credentials.json

For more ways to configure authentication, review the readme file on Github.

Usage

The trainML SDK utilizes the asyncio library to ease the concurrent execution of long running tasks. An example of how to create a dataset from an S3 bucket and immediately run a training job on that dataset is the following:

from trainml.trainml import TrainML
import asyncio


trainml_client = TrainML()

# Create the dataset
dataset = asyncio.run(
    trainml_client.datasets.create(
        name="Example Dataset",
        source_type="aws",
        source_uri="s3://trainml-examples/data/cifar10",
    )
)

print(dataset)

# Watch the log output, attach will return when data transfer is complete
asyncio.run(dataset.attach())

# Create the job
job = asyncio.run(
    trainml_client.jobs.create(
        name="Example Training Job",
        type="training",
        gpu_type="GTX 1060",
        gpu_count=1,
        disk_size=10,
        workers=[
            "PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$TRAINML_MODEL_PATH python -m official.vision.image_classification.resnet_cifar_main --num_gpus=1 --data_dir=$TRAINML_DATA_PATH --model_dir=$TRAINML_OUTPUT_PATH --enable_checkpoint_and_export=True --train_epochs=10 --batch_size=1024",
        ],
        data=dict(
            datasets=[dict(id=dataset.id, type="existing")],
            output_uri="s3://trainml-examples/output/resnet_cifar10",
            output_type="aws",
        ),
        model=dict(git_uri="git@github.com:trainML/test-private.git"),
    )
)
print(job)

# Watch the log output, attach will return when the training job stops
asyncio.run(job.attach())

# Cleanup job and dataset
asyncio.run(job.remove())
asyncio.run(dataset.remove())

For more examples of how to use the SDK to create, monitor, and remove jobs and datasets, review the examples provided here

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