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Chapter 2. Initializing InstructLab
You must initialize the InstructLab environments to begin working with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI models.
2.1. Creating your RHEL AI environment
You can start interacting with LLMs and the RHEL AI tooling by initializing the InstructLab environment.
System profiles for AMD machines is a Technology Preview feature only. Technology Preview features are not supported with Red Hat production service level agreements (SLAs) and might not be functionally complete. Red Hat does not recommend using them in production. These features provide early access to upcoming product features, enabling customers to test functionality and provide feedback during the development process.
For more information about the support scope of Red Hat Technology Preview features, see Technology Preview Features Support Scope.
Prerequisites
- You installed RHEL AI with the bootable container image.
- You have root user access on your machine.
Procedure
Optional: You can view your machine’s information by running the following command:
$ ilab system info
Initialize InstructLab by running the following command:
$ ilab config init
The RHEL AI CLI starts setting up your environment and
config.yaml
file. The CLI automatically detects your machine’s hardware and selects a system profile based on the GPU types. System profiles populate theconfig.yaml
file with the proper parameter values based on your detected hardware.Example output of profile auto-detection
Generating config file and profiles: /home/user/.config/instructlab/config.yaml /home/user/.local/share/instructlab/internal/system_profiles/ We have detected the NVIDIA H100 X4 profile as an exact match for your system. -------------------------------------------- Initialization completed successfully! You're ready to start using `ilab`. Enjoy! --------------------------------------------
If the CLI does not detect an exact match for your system, you can manually select a system profile when prompted. Select your hardware vendor and configuration that matches your system.
Example output of selecting system profiles
Please choose a system profile to use. System profiles apply to all parts of the config file and set hardware specific defaults for each command. First, please select the hardware vendor your system falls into [0] NO SYSTEM PROFILE [1] NVIDIA Enter the number of your choice [0]: 4 You selected: NVIDIA Next, please select the specific hardware configuration that most closely matches your system. [0] No system profile [1] NVIDIA H100 X2 [2] NVIDIA H100 X8 [3] NVIDIA H100 X4 [4] NVIDIA L4 X8 [5] NVIDIA A100 X2 [6] NVIDIA A100 X8 [7] NVIDIA A100 X4 [8] NVIDIA L40S X4 [9] NVIDIA L40S X8 Enter the number of your choice [hit enter for hardware defaults] [0]: 3
Example output of a completed
ilab config init
run.You selected: /Users/<user>/.local/share/instructlab/internal/system_profiles/nvidia/H100/h100_x4.yaml -------------------------------------------- Initialization completed successfully! You're ready to start using `ilab`. Enjoy! --------------------------------------------
If you want to use the skeleton taxonomy tree, which includes two skills and one knowledge
qna.yaml
file, you can clone the skeleton repository and place it in thetaxonomy
directory by running the following command:rm -rf ~/.local/share/instructlab/taxonomy/ ; git clone https://github.com/RedHatOfficial/rhelai-sample-taxonomy.git ~/.local/share/instructlab/taxonomy/
If the incorrect system profile is auto-detected, you can run the following command:
$ ilab config init --profile <path-to-system-profile>
where
- <path-to-system-profile>
Specify the path to the correct system profile. You can find the system profiles in the
~/.local/share/instructlab/internal/system_profiles
path.Example profile selection command
$ ilab config init --profile ~/.local/share/instructlab/internal/system_profiles/amd/mi300x/mi300x_x8.yaml
Directory structure of the InstructLab environment
├─ ~/.config/instructlab/config.yaml 1 ├─ ~/.cache/instructlab/models/ 2 ├─ ~/.local/share/instructlab/datasets 3 ├─ ~/.local/share/instructlab/taxonomy 4 ├─ ~/.local/share/instructlab/phased/<phase1-or-phase2>/checkpoints/ 5
- 1
~/.config/instructlab/config.yaml
: Contains theconfig.yaml
file.- 2
~/.cache/instructlab/models/
: Contains all downloaded large language models, including the saved output of ones you generate with RHEL AI.- 3
~/.local/share/instructlab/datasets/
: Contains data output from the SDG phase, built on modifications to the taxonomy repository.- 4
~/.local/share/instructlab/taxonomy/
: Contains the skill and knowledge data.- 5
~/.local/share/instructlab/phased/<phase1-or-phase2>/checkpoints/
: Contains the output of the multi-phase training process
Verification
You can view the full
config.yaml
file by running the following command$ ilab config show
You can also manually edit the
config.yaml
file by running the following command:$ ilab config edit