rust-dl-webserver

This project provides an example of serving a deep learning model with batched prediction using Rust. In particular it runs a GPT2 model from rust-bert to generate text based on input context.

Features

• Batched prediction using batched-fn when GPU is detected.
• Back pressure mechanism that will return a 503 status code if the server gets back-logged with too many requests.

Running the server

In order for the server to make use of your GPU (if you have one available) you'll need to compile it against the right version of the LibTorch C++ library, which you can download from https://pytorch.org/get-started/locally/.

After downloading, unzip the file and then run the server with

make run LIBTORCH=/path/to/libtorch

If you don't have a GPU available, just run

make run

Now in a separate terminal you can send several requests in to the server at once:

curl -d '{"text":"Hello, World!"}' \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    http://localhost:3030/generate &
curl -d '{"text":"Stay at home"}' \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    http://localhost:3030/generate &
curl -d '{"text":"Wash your hands"}' \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    http://localhost:3030/generate &
curl -d '{"text":"Do not touch your face"}' \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    http://localhost:3030/generate &

The logs from the server should look something like this: