May '22 Community Gems

Is it possible to export a plot generated using dvc plots diff HEAD main to vega-lite for use in CML?

Thanks for the awesome question @dominic!

You can use the dvc plots diff --show-vega command to export the plot to vega-lite on a single graph. You'll need to run the following command:

$ dvc plots diff HEAD main --targets prediction.json --show-vega > vega.json

You can also include this plot in a comment with CML so that it appears on your pull requests in GitHub.

What is the difference between dvc pull and dvc checkout?

Great question @Derek!

Here are some explanations around how dvc pull and dvc checkout work. They're comparable to git pull and git checkout.

• dvc pull fetches data from your remote cache to your local cache and syncs it to your workspace
• dvc checkout syncs data from your local cache to your workspace

Is there a way to add all of the outs of a foreach job to the deps of a downstream stage?

Very interesting question from @mathematiguy!

One way to do this is to have all foreach stages write out to different paths within the same directory and then track the entire directory as a dependency of your downstream stage.

Here's an example of how that might look in your dvc.yaml file.

stages:
  cleanups:
    foreach:
      - raw1
      - labels1
      - raw2
    do:
      cmd: echo "${item}" > "data/${item}"
      outs:
        - data/${item}

  reduce:
    cmd: echo file > file
    deps:
      - data
    outs:
      - file

Is there a way to version and move data from one cloud storage to another with DVC remotes?

Wonderful question from @Hisham!

There are a couple of ways you can do this. One approach is to use dvc add --to-remote.

The other approach is to use the import-url --to-remote functionality. The main difference between these approaches is that dvc import-url has the added benefit of keeping a connection to the data source so it can be updated later with dvc update.

You can see an example of how to do this in the docs. Just make sure that you have your remotes set up!

If I'm using Feast feature store, is it possible to version datasets with DVC?

This is a good integration question from @Bernardo Galvao!

If you want to fetch historical features from the offline store to generate training data, a typical pattern would be to write the script to do so and set up a DVC pipeline stage to track that script and version the output file. This is similar to how a lot of people use DVC alongside SQL databases.

How can I run a DVC pipeline in a Docker container?

Nice question from @Anudeep!

Here's an example of a Dockerfile with a simple DVC setup.

FROM ubuntu:latest
RUN apt-get update && apt install -y python-is-python3 python3-pip
WORKDIR /dvc_project

COPY . .
pip install -r requirements.txt # assuming your requirements, including dvc, are here
CMD dvc pull && dvc exp run

You would save this file and then run the following commands in your terminal.

$ docker build -t "myproject-dvc-exp-run" .
$ docker run myproject-dvc-exp-run

You could also use the dvc repro command or any of the other DVC commands.

How can I reset a repository and start fresh with DVC?

Nice question from @strickvl!

The best approach for resetting a repo is to run the dvc destroy command that will remove all DVC file and internals from your repository.

Is there an example of using CML with GCP that can be used as a reference?

Excellent question from @sabygo!

Here is a GitHub Actions snippet to get you started:

jobs:
  setup:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - uses: iterative/setup-cml@v1
      - name: Deploy runner
        env:
          GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS_DATA: ${{ secrets.GCP_CML_RUNNER_KEY }}
        run: |
          cml runner \
            --single \
            --labels=cml-gcp \
            --token=${{ secrets.GCP_SECRET }} \
            --cloud=gcp \
            --cloud-region=us-west \
            --cloud-type=e2-highcpu-2
  test:
    needs: [setup]
    runs-on: [self-hosted, cml-gcp]
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      # - uses: iterative/setup-cml@v1
      - run: |
          echo "model training"

Can I use preemptive instances provided by GCP as a cml-runner?

Good question from @Atsu!

Yes! You can use cml runner --cloud-spot to request a preemptive instance.

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