Backend.AI GUI Console Essential Guide

Backend.AI GUI Console is a web client that provides easy-to-use GUI interface to work with the Backend.AI server.

This document is an essential guide for Backend.AI GUI Console. The latest versions of full user’s guide can be found from sites below:

• https://console.docs.backend.ai/en/latest (English)
• https://console.docs.backend.ai/ko/latest (Korean)

Table of Contents

• Disclaimer
• Overview
  • Key Concepts
  • Backend.AI feature details
  • Guide for accessible menu by user role
• Installation
  • Simple Backend.AI Server Management Guide
• Login
  • Menus in the sidebar
• Summary Page
  • Topbar
  • Summary panel
• CPU/Memory Allocation and Using Compute Sessions
  • Start a new session
  • Utilize Jupyter Notebook and check the resource quota from inside the container
  • Web terminal
  • Query compute session log
  • Delete a compute session
• GPU Virtualization and Fractional GPU Allocation
• Resource Monitoring and Automated Job Scheduling
  • Resource monitoring through GUI
  • Job scheduler
• Handing Folders for Consistent Management of Data and Modlels
  • Create storage folder
  • Explore folder
  • Rename folder
  • Delete folder
  • Automount folder
• Create a Compute Session with Mounted Folders
  • Configuring a compute session environment using an automount folder
• Data Sharing and Access Control by Shared Storage Folder
  • Sharing user’s storage folders with other users
  • Adjust permission for shared folders
• Multi-version Machine Learning Container Support
• Statistics Page
• User Setting Page
  • GENERAL tab
  • LOGS tab
• Admin Menus
  • Create and update user
  • Deactivate user account
  • Sharing a group storage folder with group members
  • Limiting Maximum Compute Resources per User (Keypair)
  • Session List Download
  • Server management
  • Information
• FAQ & Troubleshoot
  • Session list is not display correctly
  • Suddenly, I cannot login with my account
  • How to install apt packages?
  • How to install pip packages?
  • I can create a compute session, but cannot launch Jupyter Notebook
  • Indicated resources are not match with actual allocation
  • Page layout is weird
  • Service unreachable
  • Start/stop/restart Manager service
  • Start/stop/restart Agent service
  • Start/stop/restart Console-Server service
  • Start/stop/restart database
  • Start/stop/restart Redis
  • Start/stop/restart Etcd
  • Start/stop/restart WSProxy
• Terms of License Agreement
  • Backend.AI License (Software)
• References

Provider

• Company: Lablup Inc.
• Headquarter: Namyoung Bldg. 403, 34, Seolleung-ro 100-gil, Gangnam-gu Seoul, Republic of Korea
• Homepage: https://www.lablup.com
• Cloud service: https://cloud.backend.ai
• Contact: contact@lablup.com (070-8200-2587)