MXNet

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This guide demonstrates the process of automatically containerizing your MXNet model.

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What you will need

Dockerhub account

Connection to running Chassis.ml service (either from a local deployment or via publicly-hosted service)

Trained MXNet model that can be loaded into memory or code to train a MXNet model from scratch

Python environment

NOTE: To follow along, you can reference the Jupyter notebook example and data files here.

Set Up Environment

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We recommend you follow this guide using a Jupyter Notebook. Follow the appropriate install instructions based on your environment.

Create a Python virtual environment and install the python packages required to load and run your model. At a minimum, pip install the following packages:

pip install chassisml modzy-sdk

If you would like to follow this guide directly, pip install the following additional packages:

mxnet>=1.9.0
matplotlib>=3.5.1
numpy>=1.22.3

Load Model into Memory

If you plan to use the Chassis service, you must first load your model into memory. If you have your trained model file saved locally (.pth, .pkl, .h5, .joblib, or other file format), you can load your model from the weights file directly, or alternatively train and use the model object.

import cv2
import chassisml
import numpy as np
import getpass
import json
import mxnet as mx
import mxnet.image as mxnet_img
from mxnet import gluon, nd
from mxnet.gluon.model_zoo import vision
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

ctx = mx.cpu()
mobileNet = vision.mobilenet0_5(pretrained=True, ctx=ctx)

# load imagenet labels for postprocessing
imagenet_labels = np.array(json.load(open('data/image_net_labels.json', 'r')))
print(imagenet_labels[4])

# load sample image
filename = "data/dog.jpg"

# visualize image to test
image = mx.image.imread(filename)
plt.imshow(image.asnumpy())

def predict(model, image, categories, k=3):
    predictions = model(transform(image)).softmax()
    top_pred = predictions.topk(k=k)[0].asnumpy()
    probs = []
    labels = []
    for index in top_pred:
        probability = predictions[0][int(index)]
        probs.append(probability.asscalar())
        category = categories[int(index)]
        labels.append(category)

    return probs, labels

After testing the model, we get the following printed to our console:

# test model
probs, labels = predict(mobileNet, image, imagenet_labels, 3)
print(probs)
print(labels)
>>> [0.84015656, 0.13626784, 0.006610237]
>>> ['boxer', 'bull mastiff', 'Rhodesian ridgeback']

Define `process` Function

You can think of this function as your "inference" function that will take input data as raw bytes, process the inputs, make predictions, and return the results. This method is the sole parameter required to create a ChassisModel object.

def process(input_bytes):
    # read image bytes
    img = mxnet_img.imdecode(input_bytes)

    # run inference
    probs, labels = predict(mobileNet, img, imagenet_labels, 3)

    # structure results
    inference_result = {
        "classPredictions": [
            {"class": labels[i], "score": probs[i]}
        for i in range(len(probs)) ]
    }

    structured_output = {
        "data": {
            "result": inference_result,
            "explanation": None,
            "drift": None,
        }
    }
    return structured_output

Create `ChassisModel` Object and Publish Model

First, connect to a running instance of the Chassis service - either by deploying on your machine or by connecting to the publicly hosted version of the service). Then, you can use the process function you defined to create a ChassisModel object, run a few tests to ensure your model object returns the expected results, and finally publish your model.

chassis_client = chassisml.ChassisClient("http://localhost:5000")
chassis_model = chassis_client.create_model(process_fn=process)

Define sample file from local filepath and run a series of tests.

NOTE: test_env method is not available on publicly-hosted service.

sample_filepath = './data/dog.jpg'
results = chassis_model.test(sample_filepath)
print(results)

test_env_result = chassis_model.test_env(sample_filepath)
print(test_env_result)

Define your Dockerhub credentials and publish your model.

dockerhub_user = <my.username>
dockerhub_pass = <my.password>

response = chassis_model.publish(
   model_name="MXNET MobileNet Image Classifiction",
   model_version="0.0.1",
   registry_user=dockerhub_user,
   registry_pass=dockerhub_pass
)

job_id = response.get('job_id')
final_status = chassis_client.block_until_complete(job_id)

You have successfully completed the packaging of your MXNet model. In your Dockerhub account, you should see your new container listed in the "Repositories" tab.

1438 — Figure 1. Example Chassis-built Container

Congratulations! In just minutes you automatically created a Docker container with just a few lines of code. To deploy your new model container to Modzy, follow one of the following guides:

Set Up Environment

Load Model into Memory

Define process Function

Create ChassisModel Object and Publish Model

Define `process` Function

Create `ChassisModel` Object and Publish Model