How to Install Determined¶
Two main components are required to use Determined: Determined CLI and a Determined cluster. All users should install the Determined CLI on their local development machine. The Determined cluster should be installed in your training environment.
Install the Determined CLI¶
The Determined CLI is a command line tool that allows you to launch new experiments and interact with a Determined cluster. To install the CLI, refer to the installation instructions.
Install a Determined Cluster¶
A Determined cluster comprises a master and one or more agents. A Determined cluster can be installed on Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), an on-premise cluster, or on a local development machine.
On-premise Deployments¶
On-premise deployments are useful if you already have access to the machines that you would like to install Determined on, whether that means a single laptop for experimentation or a fleet of multi-GPU servers.
det-deploy is the most convenient on-premise option; once installed,
it will allow you to start a cluster by running a single command on each
machine. If you would like more control over the process, you can
instead manually manage the Docker images that det-deploy uses
internally. If you are using Ubuntu, you also have the option of
installing most components of Determined using Debian packages and
running them as systemd services.
To install Determined on-premise, first install Docker. Then install Determined by your preferred method:
Cloud Deployments¶
Determined can also be deployed to instances running in public cloud providers such as AWS and GCP. Using Determined in the cloud allows you to access more computational resources than you might have local access to; Determined can also manage your cloud resources for you automatically.
To install on the cloud, please follow the instructions for your preferred cloud vendor:
Kubernetes¶
Determined can also be deployed onto Kubernetes clusters. To install on Kubernetes, please follow the Determined on Kubernetes installation instructions.
Notes¶
Each Determined cluster requires access to a PostgreSQL database. In addition, Determined can use Docker to run the master and agents. Depending on your installation method, some of these services will be installed for you:
On a cloud provider using
det-deploy, Docker and PostgreSQL will be installed for you.On-premise using
det-deploy, Docker will need to be installed.When doing a manual installation, you will have to install Docker and PostgreSQL yourself.
More information on a Determined cluster can be found: