$ ssh root@your_droplet_ip
ssh root@your_droplet_ip
ssh root@your_droplet_ip
-weight: 500;">apt -weight: 500;">update && -weight: 500;">apt -weight: 500;">upgrade -y
-weight: 500;">apt -weight: 500;">install -y python3--weight: 500;">pip python3-venv -weight: 500;">git -weight: 500;">curl -weight: 500;">wget
-weight: 500;">apt -weight: 500;">update && -weight: 500;">apt -weight: 500;">upgrade -y
-weight: 500;">apt -weight: 500;">install -y python3--weight: 500;">pip python3-venv -weight: 500;">git -weight: 500;">curl -weight: 500;">wget
-weight: 500;">apt -weight: 500;">update && -weight: 500;">apt -weight: 500;">upgrade -y
-weight: 500;">apt -weight: 500;">install -y python3--weight: 500;">pip python3-venv -weight: 500;">git -weight: 500;">curl -weight: 500;">wget
# Create a dedicated virtual environment
python3 -m venv /opt/vllm-env
source /opt/vllm-env/bin/activate # Install vLLM with vision support
-weight: 500;">pip -weight: 500;">install vllm[vision] ---weight: 500;">upgrade # Install additional dependencies
-weight: 500;">pip -weight: 500;">install fastapi uvicorn pydantic pillow requests
# Create a dedicated virtual environment
python3 -m venv /opt/vllm-env
source /opt/vllm-env/bin/activate # Install vLLM with vision support
-weight: 500;">pip -weight: 500;">install vllm[vision] ---weight: 500;">upgrade # Install additional dependencies
-weight: 500;">pip -weight: 500;">install fastapi uvicorn pydantic pillow requests
# Create a dedicated virtual environment
python3 -m venv /opt/vllm-env
source /opt/vllm-env/bin/activate # Install vLLM with vision support
-weight: 500;">pip -weight: 500;">install vllm[vision] ---weight: 500;">upgrade # Install additional dependencies
-weight: 500;">pip -weight: 500;">install fastapi uvicorn pydantic pillow requests
python3 -c "from vllm import LLM; print('vLLM installed successfully')"
python3 -c "from vllm import LLM; print('vLLM installed successfully')"
python3 -c "from vllm import LLM; print('vLLM installed successfully')"
huggingface-cli login
# Paste your token when prompted
huggingface-cli login
# Paste your token when prompted
huggingface-cli login
# Paste your token when prompted
# /opt/inference_server.py
from vllm import LLM, SamplingParams
from vllm.vision.utils import load_image
import json
import base64
from io import BytesIO
from PIL import Image # Initialize model with aggressive quantization for 48GB cards
# For 80GB cards, -weight: 500;">remove quantization
llm = LLM( model="meta-llama/Llama-2-vision-13b-chat", # Use 13B for L40S, 90B for H100 tensor_parallel_size=1, gpu_memory_utilization=0.9, quantization="awq", # 4-bit quantization trust_remote_code=True, max_model_len=4096,
) def process_image(image_path: str, prompt: str) -> str: """Process image with Llama Vision""" image = load_image(image_path) # Build the message with vision message = { "role": "user", "content": [ {"type": "image", "image": image}, {"type": "text", "text": prompt} ] } sampling_params = SamplingParams( temperature=0.7, max_tokens=512, top_p=0.9, ) outputs = llm.generate([message], sampling_params) return outputs[0].outputs[0].text if __name__ == "__main__": # Test inference result = process_image( "test_image.jpg", "Describe what you see in this image in one sentence." ) print(result)
# /opt/inference_server.py
from vllm import LLM, SamplingParams
from vllm.vision.utils import load_image
import json
import base64
from io import BytesIO
from PIL import Image # Initialize model with aggressive quantization for 48GB cards
# For 80GB cards, -weight: 500;">remove quantization
llm = LLM( model="meta-llama/Llama-2-vision-13b-chat", # Use 13B for L40S, 90B for H100 tensor_parallel_size=1, gpu_memory_utilization=0.9, quantization="awq", # 4-bit quantization trust_remote_code=True, max_model_len=4096,
) def process_image(image_path: str, prompt: str) -> str: """Process image with Llama Vision""" image = load_image(image_path) # Build the message with vision message = { "role": "user", "content": [ {"type": "image", "image": image}, {"type": "text", "text": prompt} ] } sampling_params = SamplingParams( temperature=0.7, max_tokens=512, top_p=0.9, ) outputs = llm.generate([message], sampling_params) return outputs[0].outputs[0].text if __name__ == "__main__": # Test inference result = process_image( "test_image.jpg", "Describe what you see in this image in one sentence." ) print(result)
# /opt/inference_server.py
from vllm import LLM, SamplingParams
from vllm.vision.utils import load_image
import json
import base64
from io import BytesIO
from PIL import Image # Initialize model with aggressive quantization for 48GB cards
# For 80GB cards, -weight: 500;">remove quantization
llm = LLM( model="meta-llama/Llama-2-vision-13b-chat", # Use 13B for L40S, 90B for H100 tensor_parallel_size=1, gpu_memory_utilization=0.9, quantization="awq", # 4-bit quantization trust_remote_code=True, max_model_len=4096,
) def process_image(image_path: str, prompt: str) -> str: """Process image with Llama Vision""" image = load_image(image_path) # Build the message with vision message = { "role": "user", "content": [ {"type": "image", "image": image}, {"type": "text", "text": prompt} ] } sampling_params = SamplingParams( temperature=0.7, max_tokens=512, top_p=0.9, ) outputs = llm.generate([message], sampling_params) return outputs[0].outputs[0].text if __name__ == "__main__": # Test inference result = process_image( "test_image.jpg", "Describe what you see in this image in one sentence." ) print(result)
python
# /opt/api_server.py
from fastapi import FastAPI, File, UploadFile, Form
from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
from vllm import LLM, SamplingParams
from vllm.vision.utils import load_image
import uvicorn
import io
from PIL import Image
import asyncio
from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor app = FastAPI() # Load model once at startup
llm = LLM( model="meta-llama/Llama-2-vision-13b-chat", tensor_parallel_size=1, gpu_memory_utilization=0.9, quantization="awq", max_model_len=4096,
) executor = ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=4) def run_inference(image_bytes, prompt): """Run inference in thread pool""" image = Image.open(io.BytesIO(image_bytes)) message = { "role": "user", "content": [ {"type": "image", "image": image}, {"type": "text", "text": prompt} ] } sampling_params = SamplingParams(temperature=0.7, max_tokens=512) outputs = llm.generate([ ---
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# /opt/api_server.py
from fastapi import FastAPI, File, UploadFile, Form
from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
from vllm import LLM, SamplingParams
from vllm.vision.utils import load_image
import uvicorn
import io
from PIL import Image
import asyncio
from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor app = FastAPI() # Load model once at startup
llm = LLM( model="meta-llama/Llama-2-vision-13b-chat", tensor_parallel_size=1, gpu_memory_utilization=0.9, quantization="awq", max_model_len=4096,
) executor = ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=4) def run_inference(image_bytes, prompt): """Run inference in thread pool""" image = Image.open(io.BytesIO(image_bytes)) message = { "role": "user", "content": [ {"type": "image", "image": image}, {"type": "text", "text": prompt} ] } sampling_params = SamplingParams(temperature=0.7, max_tokens=512) outputs = llm.generate([ ---
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python
# /opt/api_server.py
from fastapi import FastAPI, File, UploadFile, Form
from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
from vllm import LLM, SamplingParams
from vllm.vision.utils import load_image
import uvicorn
import io
from PIL import Image
import asyncio
from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor app = FastAPI() # Load model once at startup
llm = LLM( model="meta-llama/Llama-2-vision-13b-chat", tensor_parallel_size=1, gpu_memory_utilization=0.9, quantization="awq", max_model_len=4096,
) executor = ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=4) def run_inference(image_bytes, prompt): """Run inference in thread pool""" image = Image.open(io.BytesIO(image_bytes)) message = { "role": "user", "content": [ {"type": "image", "image": image}, {"type": "text", "text": prompt} ] } sampling_params = SamplingParams(temperature=0.7, max_tokens=512) outputs = llm.generate([ ---
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- Self-hosted: $0.30/month - A DigitalOcean account (or equivalent GPU provider)
- About 45 minutes
- Basic comfort with Linux and Python - Compute → GPU Droplets
- Select: H100 GPU (80GB VRAM) or L40S (48GB VRAM)
- OS: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Region: Choose closest to your users
- Authentication: SSH key (critical for security)
- Billing: Hourly (scale up only when needed)
