MLOps - Production

Quality, not quantity

MLOps integrates machine learning development with operations to streamline and automate model deployment, monitoring, and maintenance. It enhances efficiency, reliability, and scalability through version control, automated pipelines, and continuous monitoring, facilitating faster and more robust machine learning projects in production environments.

Content

Pre-requisite in ML Pipelines needed
MLOps with Docker, GitLab, and AWS in 6 Days (2.5 Hours Each)
Module 1: Introduction to MLOps and Docker

Introduction to MLOps

  • Definition and importance of MLOps

  • Overview of the MLOps lifecycle

  • Key concepts and components

  • Introduction to Docker

  • What is Docker and why use it in MLOps?

  • Installing Docker and basic Docker commands

  • Building Docker images

  • Running and managing Docker containers

  • Dockerfile basics: creating a Dockerfile for a machine learning project

  • Hands-on Exercises

  • Building and running a simple Docker container

  • Dockerizing a basic ML application

Module 2: Version Control with GitLab and CI/CD Pipelines
  • Introduction to GitLab

  • GitLab overview and setup

  • Git basics: cloning, branching, committing, and merging

  • Using GitLab for version control in ML projects

  • CI/CD with GitLab

  • Introduction to CI/CD and its importance in MLOps

  • Setting up GitLab CI/CD pipelines

  • Writing `.gitlab-ci.yml` for ML projects

  • Automating tests and builds with GitLab CI/CD

  • Hands-on Exercises

  • Creating a GitLab repository and setting up version control for an ML project

  • Building a simple CI/CD pipeline to automate testing and deployment of a Dockerized ML model

Module 3: Deploying ML Models on AWS
  • Introduction to AWS for MLOps

  • Overview of AWS services relevant to MLOps

  • Setting up AWS account and CLI

  • Introduction to Amazon S3, EC2, and SageMaker

  • Deploying Docker Containers on AWS

  • Pushing Docker images to Amazon ECR (Elastic Container Registry)

  • Running Docker containers on Amazon ECS (Elastic Container Service)

  • Setting up and managing EC2 instances for ML model deployment

  • Hands-on Exercises

  • Deploying a Dockerized ML model on AWS ECS

  • Storing and retrieving model data from S3

Module 4: Scaling and Monitoring ML Deployments
  • Scaling ML Deployments

  • Horizontal and vertical scaling strategies

  • Using AWS Auto Scaling with ECS and EC2

  • Best practices for scaling ML models in production

  • Monitoring and Logging

  • Importance of monitoring in MLOps

  • Setting up monitoring and logging with AWS CloudWatch

  • Integrating logging and monitoring into GitLab CI/CD pipelines

  • Advanced Topics and Best Practices

  • Security best practices for MLOps with Docker, GitLab, and AWS

  • Managing secrets and configurations

  • Cost optimization strategies on AWS

  • Hands-on Exercises

  • Implementing monitoring for an ML deployment on AWS

  • Scaling an ML deployment based on usage patterns

  • Final project: End-to-end MLOps pipeline from development to deployment and monitoring

Each day combines theoretical lessons with practical, hands-on exercises to ensure participants can apply the concepts learned in real-world scenarios. The course culminates in a comprehensive project that integrates all the tools and techniques covered.