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How to Deploy EleutherAI GPT-NeoX-20B on Azure VM with Hugging Face
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Overview
EleutherAI GPT-NeoX-20B is a powerful AI model for natural language processing and text generation. This guide walks through its deployment on Azure Virtual Machine (VM) using Hugging Face Transformers.
Step 1: Set Up an Azure VM
Create an Azure Virtual Machine
Go to Azure Portal → Virtual Machines.
Click Create VM and configure:
Size: Standard_NC6s_v3 (for GPU) or Standard_D8s_v3 (for CPU)
OS: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Storage: 100GB SSD (recommended)
Enable port 22 (SSH) and port 5000 for API access.
Connect to Your VM via SSH
Once deployed, connect to the instance:
ssh -i your-key.pem azure-user@your-vm-ip Step 2: Install Required Dependencies
Update System and Install Packages
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -ysudo apt install -y python3-pip git
Set Up Virtual Environment and Install Libraries
pip3 install virtualenvvirtualenv gpt-neox-envsource gpt-neox-env/bin/activatepip install torch transformers flask Step 3: Download GPT-NeoX-20B Model
Create a Python script load_model.py:
from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoTokenizermodel_name = "EleutherAI/gpt-neox-20b"tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_name)model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(model_name)print("GPT-NeoX-20B model loaded successfully!")
Run the script:
python load_model.py Step 4: Deploy as an API Server
Create server.py:
from flask import Flask, request, jsonifydef generate_text(prompt): inputs = tokenizer(prompt, return_tensors="pt") output = model.generate(**inputs, max_length=200) return tokenizer.decode(output[0])app = Flask(__name__)@app.route("/generate", methods=["POST"])def generate(): data = request.json response = generate_text(data["prompt"]) return jsonify({"response": response})if __name__ == "__main__": app.run(host="0.0.0.0", port=5000)
Run the server:
python server.py Step 5: Accessing the API
Your API is now available at:
http://<YOUR-AZURE-IP>:5000/generate
Send a POST request to test:
{ "prompt": "What are the key principles of deep learning?"} Conclusion
You have successfully deployed GPT-NeoX-20B on Azure VM, making it accessible as an API using Hugging Face Transformers.
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