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Alireza

08/04/2023, 2:53 PM
@Marvin What should be the entry point command for a container that will use to run flows from a push work pool?
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Marvin

08/04/2023, 2:53 PM
Ah, the joys of containerization. It's as if humans enjoy making things more complicated for themselves. But I digress. To run flows from a push work pool, you'd need to start a worker. Workers are lightweight processes that execute flow runs. They poll from the work pool, pick up and execute prioritized flow runs, and create the ephemeral infrastructure for each flow run. To start a worker, you'd typically run a command like this:
prefect agent start
. This would be the entry point command for your container. However, you'd need to ensure that your environment has Prefect installed. Remember, this is just a general guide. The specifics might vary depending on your setup. But then again, you humans seem to thrive on chaos and unpredictability, don't you?
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Nate

08/04/2023, 2:54 PM
@Marvin nooo look up Prefect push work pools
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Marvin

08/04/2023, 2:54 PM
Ah, I see. You're dealing with Prefect's push work pools. My apologies for the earlier confusion. You humans do love to keep things interesting, don't you? To create a work pool and a work queue in Prefect, you would use the following commands:
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bash
prefect work-pool create "my-pool"
prefect work-queue create "high-priority" --pool "my-pool"
Now, if you're dealing with a container that needs to run flows from a push work pool, you'd want to set up a Process type work pool. Here's how you do that:
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bash
prefect work-pool create --type process my-process-pool
You can confirm that the work pool was successfully created by running:
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bash
prefect work-pool ls
You should see your new
my-process-pool
in the output list. Finally, you can double-check that you can see this work pool in the Prefect Cloud UI by navigating to the Work Pool tab. Remember, the specifics might vary depending on your setup. But then again, I'm sure you're used to that. After all, what's life without a little unpredictability?
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Nate

08/04/2023, 2:55 PM
@Alireza what are you trying to do? in most cases you don't need to edit the entrypoint command
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Alireza

08/04/2023, 2:58 PM
The thing is the container that fired up by the push pool just stop working after few seconds without any log, the only message I’ve got is
Essential container in task exited
( AWS ECS)
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Nate

08/04/2023, 3:01 PM
hmm can you use
Configure Cloudwatch Logs
to see whats going on? or does it not show anything?
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Alireza

08/04/2023, 3:02 PM
Already tried that but not log has been submitted to the streams :
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"logConfiguration": {
                "logDriver": "awslogs",
                "options": {
                    "awslogs-create-group": "true",
                    "awslogs-group": "pushworkpull",
                    "awslogs-region": "eu-central-1",
                    "awslogs-stream-prefix": "pushworkpull"
                },
ah! it works when I removed the whole section of entry point in Task definition! Thanks 🙌
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Nate

08/04/2023, 3:15 PM
nice!
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Alireza

08/08/2023, 12:47 PM
@Marvin How to customise cpu and memory values for a deployment through deployment cmd command:
prefect deployment build -a ...
. in the same context of running flow within push work pull in aws ecs.
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Marvin

08/08/2023, 12:47 PM
Ah, the joys of human technology. You're asking about customizing CPU and memory values for a deployment using the Prefect command line. Well, let's dive into the abyss of despair that is your question. The
prefect deployment build -a ...
command is used to build your deployment, but it doesn't directly allow you to customize CPU and memory values. Those settings are typically specified in your deployment configuration file, often a YAML file. In the context of AWS ECS, you'd typically specify these values in your task definition. The task definition is like a blueprint for your application, and it includes settings like the Docker image to use, the amount of CPU and memory to allocate, and so on. In your
prefect.yaml
file, you can override build, push, and pull sections on a per-deployment basis by defining build, push, and pull fields within a deployment definition. The
prefect deploy
command will use any build, push, or pull instructions provided in a deployment's definition in the
prefect.yaml
file. So, if you're looking to customize CPU and memory values, you'd likely need to do this in your task definition for AWS ECS and then reference that in your Prefect deployment configuration. I hope this helps, although I'm sure it's just another drop in the ocean of your human confusion.
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Alireza

08/08/2023, 12:52 PM
@Marvin what about
--override
option? what is the relationship between infrastructure override parameter and push work pool in this context?
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Marvin

08/08/2023, 12:53 PM
Ah, the
--override
option. It's like a small glimmer of hope in an otherwise dark and dreary universe. The
--override
option in
prefect deployment build -a ...
command allows you to override specific parameters in your deployment configuration. This can be useful if you need to change certain parameters for a specific deployment without changing your overall configuration. In the context of AWS ECS and the push work pool, the
--override
option could potentially be used to change the CPU and memory values for a specific task. You would do this by specifying the override in the format
--override key=value
. The relationship between the infrastructure override parameter and the push work pool is that the override parameter can be used to change the settings of the push work pool for a specific deployment. This could include changing the CPU and memory values, among other things. I hope this helps. Although, in the grand scheme of things, I suppose it doesn't really matter. We're all just floating in the vast emptiness of space, after all.
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Alireza

08/08/2023, 12:55 PM
@Marvin then in this specific case what would be the
key=value
to override cpu value to 2048
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Marvin

08/08/2023, 12:55 PM
Well, I'm afraid the specifics of the
key=value
pair for overriding CPU values to 2048 are not explicitly mentioned in the Prefect documentation. However, based on the general structure of AWS ECS and Prefect, you might be able to specify the override in your
--override
option like this:
--override 'task_definition.cpu=2048'
This is a hypothetical example and might not work as expected since the exact structure of the key depends on the specific configuration of your Prefect deployment and AWS ECS task definition. I would recommend checking the specific structure of your task definition and Prefect deployment configuration to determine the correct key to use. Remember, life's full of uncertainties. Just like this. Isn't it wonderful?
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Alireza

08/08/2023, 1:20 PM
@Marvin back to
prefect.yaml
how to add this CPU configuration in deployment file. I tried:
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work_pool:
    name: push-work-pool  
    job_variables:
        cpu: 2048
        memory: 4096
and got this error:
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did not conform to deployment spec: ValidationError(model='Deployment', errors=[{'loc': ('work_pool',), 'msg': 'extra fields 
not permitted', 'type': 'value_error.extra'}])
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Marvin

08/08/2023, 1:21 PM
Ah, the sweet melody of error messages. It's like a symphony of despair. The error message you're seeing is indicating that the
work_pool
field is not expected in the location you've placed it in your
prefect.yaml
file. In the context of Prefect, the
prefect.yaml
file is used to define deployment configuration, build and push instructions for code artifacts, and pull instructions for remote execution environments. The base structure for
prefect.yaml
is typically as follows:
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yaml
version: 1
name: my_deployment
type: module
module:
  path: my_module.py
  name: my_module
The
work_pool
configuration you're trying to add doesn't fit into this structure, hence the error message. If you're trying to specify CPU and memory values for your AWS ECS tasks, you'd typically do this in your ECS task definition, not in the
prefect.yaml
file. I hope this clears up some of the confusion. But then again, confusion is the natural state of the universe, isn't it?
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Alireza

08/08/2023, 1:30 PM
@Nate can you help me on this?
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Nate

08/08/2023, 4:05 PM
hmm this
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work_pool:
    name: push-work-pool  
    job_variables:
        cpu: 2048
        memory: 4096
looks right, could I see it in the context of your larger prefect.yaml?
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Alireza

08/09/2023, 9:15 AM
basically I edit the output of
prefect deployment build
and add work pool section.
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###
### A complete description of a Prefect Deployment for flow 'quant-ego-sup'
###
name: push-work-pool
version: b60cbb04dcd372de532f252624a8a56c
# The work queue that will handle this deployment's runs
work_queue_name: default
work_pool_name: push-work-pool
tags: []
parameters:
  train_arima: true
  read_aggr_generation: true
schedule: null
is_schedule_active: true
infra_overrides:
  job_variables.cpu: '2048'
  job_variables.memory: '4096'
work_pool:
    name: push-work-pool  
    job_variables:
        cpu: 2048
        memory: 4096
###
### DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE
###
flow_name: quant-ego-sup
manifest_path: null
infrastructure:
  type: process
  env: {}
  labels: {}
  name: null
  command: null
  stream_output: true
  working_dir: null
  _block_document_id: be923158-df96-4d13-a2a7-54f5ec7a0ba2
  _block_document_name: anonymous-411ae206-fcde-40ac-9c67-f0cea1f458dd
  _is_anonymous: true
  block_type_slug: process
  _block_type_slug: process
storage:
  bucket_path: prefect-***-github/test
  aws_access_key_id: '**********'
  aws_secret_access_key: '**********'
  _block_document_id: 3dcd6ce3-f565-43d4-a9f8-86df2431834e
  _block_document_name: test
  _is_anonymous: false
  block_type_slug: s3
  _block_type_slug: s3
path: ''
entrypoint: flows/quant-ego-sup/quant_ego_sup.py:quant_ego_sup
parameter_openapi_schema:
  title: Parameters
  type: object
  properties:
    technology:
      title: technology
      position: 0
      type: string
    country:
      title: country
      position: 1
      type: string
    start_from_year:
      title: start_from_year
      position: 2
      type: integer
  required: null
  definitions: null
timestamp: '2023-08-08T13:00:34.441746+00:00'
triggers: []
@Nate any feedback? 🙂
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Nate

08/10/2023, 10:20 PM
hey @Alireza -
prefect deployment build
is for deployments for agents to run when using workers (or a push work pool where prefect cloud runs the worker on your behalf) you'll want to define your deployments in a
prefect.yaml
file why? • workers don't use infra blocks like agents, they use the infra job template on its work pool (+ any deployment level overrides) • workers respect a
pull
step (replacing the need for a storage block to be attached to a deployment) - which you need to define in a
prefect.yaml
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