README.md

LLM Services

Overview

Python application that provides a RESTful API for LLM services. The application is built using LangChain, LangServe, LangSmith, Fast API and is designed to be deployed locally or to Google Cloud Run.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.11
• Google Cloud SDK (configured with the right project and billing account)

Setup Instructions

1. Create and Activate Virtual Environment

   Run the following command to set up the virtual environment and install the required packages:

   make setup
   

2. Create and edit the Environment Variables

   Before running the application, make sure to edit environment variables:

   make set_env
   

3. Serve Application Locally

   To serve your application locally, run:

   make run_local
   

4. Serve Application to Cloud Run

   To deploy your application to Google Cloud Run, execute:

   make run_cloud
   

5. Test the application with the client.ipynb notebook

   To test the application, run the client.ipynb notebook.

Deployment

To deploy the application to Google Cloud Run, run the following command:

gcloud run deploy llm-demo --source ./llm-services/ --allow-unauthenticated --region us-east1 --set-env-vars=OPENAI_API_KEY=your_key

Observability platform

We use LangSmith to monitor the application. To access the monitoring dashboard, visit the following link: https://smith.langchain.com/o/c12a8b7f-6f5f-4f2a-994d-fe049b3b9ab8/

Related resources

• Deploy to GCP: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/deploy-langchain-on-cloud-run-with-langserve
• LangSmith: https://python.langchain.com/docs/langsmith/
• LangServe: https://python.langchain.com/docs/langserve
• LangChain templates: https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/tree/master/templates