akka optimize training base-models select

Select a base model for runs, evaluations, and endpoints

Synopsis

Select an allowed base model.

Selecting registers the model. On a deployment configured to cache weights during selection, it also starts downloading them. The command returns after the selection request is accepted. To follow preparation, read the entry with base-models get or use --wait.

--wait covers admission and any download configured for selection. On a deployment that downloads weights only when work starts, it returns as soon as the selection is ready.

Runs, evaluations, and endpoints can start as soon as the model is selected. If its weights are not cached, the first work that needs them downloads them. A cached selection uses storage but no standing compute.

The entry reports what the selection cached. It does not report weights that a job downloaded afterwards.

akka optimize training base-models select BASE_MODEL [flags]

Examples

  # Select a model
  akka-optimize training base-models select Qwen/Qwen3-8B

  # Then watch it prepare
  akka-optimize training base-models get Qwen/Qwen3-8B

  # Or wait for admission and any download configured for selection
  akka-optimize training base-models select Qwen/Qwen3-8B --wait

Options

  -h, --help               help for select
      --timeout duration   Maximum time to wait for admission and selection; requires --wait (default 30m0s)
      --wait               Wait for admission and any weight download configured for selection

Options inherited from parent commands

      --cache-file string    location of cache file (default "~/.akka/cache.yaml")
      --config string        location of config file (default "~/.akka/config.yaml")
      --context string       configuration context to use
      --disable-prompt       Disable all interactive prompts when running akka commands. If input is required, defaults will be used, or an error will be raised.
                             This is equivalent to setting the environment variable AKKA_DISABLE_PROMPTS to true.
      --force                Skip the confirmation prompt
      --jq string            Filter the JSON output with a jq expression
      --json string          Output JSON with only these fields; --json= lists the fields a command offers
      --no-color             Print without color, as NO_COLOR does
  -o, --output string        set output format to one of [text,json,json-compact,go-template=] (default "text")
      --page-mode string     the mode for paging, either paged, buffered or auto. (default "auto")
  -q, --quiet                set quiet output (helpful when used as part of a script)
      --region string        Region to use if the project has more than one region
      --trainer-url string   Trainer service URL (default http://localhost:9001, or TRAINER_URL)
      --url string           Optimize service URL (default http://localhost:9010, or OPTIMIZE_URL)
      --use-grpc-web         use grpc-web when talking to Akka APIs. This is useful when behind corporate firewalls that decrypt traffic but don't support HTTP/2.
      --verbose              set verbose output

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