This document is relevant for: Inf1, Inf2, Trn1, Trn2

Get Started with TensorFlow Neuron#

This page provide links that will assist you to quickly start with TensorFlow Neuron.

Note

Below instructions are for Ubuntu20, if you looking for complete setup instructions for different platforms, please Check Here.

Launch the Instance

  • Please follow the instructions at launch an Amazon EC2 Instance to Launch an instance, when choosing the instance type at the EC2 console. Please make sure to select the correct instance type.

  • To get more information about instances sizes and pricing see: Trn1 web page, Inf2 web page, Inf1 web page

  • Select your Amazon Machine Image (AMI) of choice, please note that Neuron supports Amazon Linux 2 AMI(HVM) - Kernel 5.10.

  • When launching a Trn1, please adjust your primary EBS volume size to a minimum of 512GB.

  • After launching the instance, follow the instructions in Connect to your instance to connect to the instance

Note

If you are facing a connectivity issue during the model loading process on a Trn1 instance with Ubuntu, that could probably be because of Ubuntu limitations with multiple interfaces. To solve this problem, please follow the steps mentioned here.

Users are highly encouraged to use DLAMI to launch the instances, since DLAMIs come with the required fix.

Install Drivers and Tools
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/awsdocs-neuron/checkouts/latest/src/helperscripts/n2-helper.py", line 1137, in <module>
    print(n2_manifest.generate_script(args))
  File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/awsdocs-neuron/checkouts/latest/src/helperscripts/n2-helper.py", line 138, in generate_script
    str_python = self.set_python_venv(args)
  File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/awsdocs-neuron/checkouts/latest/src/helperscripts/n2-helper.py", line 575, in set_python_venv
    packages_supporting_python_versions = self.get_pip_packages_supporting_python_versions(args)
  File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/awsdocs-neuron/checkouts/latest/src/helperscripts/n2-helper.py", line 82, in get_pip_packages_supporting_python_versions
    framework_python_versions = df_framework.loc[
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Install TensorFlow Neuron (tensorflow-neuron)
# Install Python 
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
sudo apt-get install python3.9

# Install Python venv 
sudo apt-get install -y python3.9-venv g++ 

# Create Python venv
python3.9 -m venv aws_neuron_venv_tensorflow_inf1 

# Activate Python venv 
source aws_neuron_venv_tensorflow_inf1/bin/activate 
python -m pip install -U pip 

# Install Jupyter notebook kernel
pip install ipykernel 
python3.9 -m ipykernel install --user --name aws_neuron_venv_tensorflow_inf1 --display-name "Python (tensorflow-neuron)"
pip install jupyter notebook
pip install environment_kernels

# Set pip repository pointing to the Neuron repository 
python -m pip config set global.extra-index-url https://pip.repos.neuron.amazonaws.com

# Install TensorFlow Neuron
python -m pip install tensorflow-neuron[cc] "protobuf"

# Install Neuron TensorBoard
python -m pip install tensorboard-plugin-neuron

# Optional: Install Tensorflow Neuron model server
sudo apt-get install tensorflow-model-server-neuronx=2.10.1.2.12.2.0 -y
Get Started with Inference (Inf1)
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This document is relevant for: Inf1, Inf2, Trn1, Trn2