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# 🐳 Docker, Deploying LiteLLM Proxy

You can find the Dockerfile to build litellm proxy [here](https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/blob/main/Dockerfile)

## Quick Start

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**Step 1. Create a file called `litellm_config.yaml`**

  Example `litellm_config.yaml` (the `os.environ/` prefix means litellm will read `AZURE_API_BASE` from the env)
  ```yaml
  model_list:
    - model_name: azure-gpt-3.5
      litellm_params:
        model: azure/<your-azure-model-deployment>
        api_base: os.environ/AZURE_API_BASE
        api_key: os.environ/AZURE_API_KEY
        api_version: "2023-07-01-preview"
  ```

**Step 2. Run litellm docker image**

  See the latest available ghcr docker image here:
  https://github.com/berriai/litellm/pkgs/container/litellm

  Your litellm config.yaml should be called `litellm_config.yaml` in the directory you run this command. 
  The `-v` command will mount that file

  Pass `AZURE_API_KEY` and `AZURE_API_BASE` since we set them in step 1

  ```shell
  docker run \
      -v $(pwd)/litellm_config.yaml:/app/config.yaml \
      -e AZURE_API_KEY=d6*********** \
      -e AZURE_API_BASE=https://openai-***********/ \
      -p 4000:4000 \
      ghcr.io/berriai/litellm:main-latest \
      --config /app/config.yaml --detailed_debug
  ```

**Step 3. Send a Test Request**

  Pass `model=azure-gpt-3.5` this was set on step 1

  ```shell
  curl --location 'http://0.0.0.0:4000/chat/completions' \
      --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
      --data '{
      "model": "azure-gpt-3.5",
      "messages": [
          {
          "role": "user",
          "content": "what llm are you"
          }
      ]
  }'
  ```

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<TabItem value="cli" label="With CLI Args">

#### Run with LiteLLM CLI args

See all supported CLI args [here](https://docs.litellm.ai/docs/proxy/cli): 

Here's how you can run the docker image and pass your config to `litellm`
```shell
docker run ghcr.io/berriai/litellm:main-latest --config your_config.yaml
```

Here's how you can run the docker image and start litellm on port 8002 with `num_workers=8`
```shell
docker run ghcr.io/berriai/litellm:main-latest --port 8002 --num_workers 8
```

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<TabItem value="base-image" label="use litellm as a base image">

```shell
# Use the provided base image
FROM ghcr.io/berriai/litellm:main-latest

# Set the working directory to /app
WORKDIR /app

# Copy the configuration file into the container at /app
COPY config.yaml .

# Make sure your entrypoint.sh is executable
RUN chmod +x entrypoint.sh

# Expose the necessary port
EXPOSE 4000/tcp

# Override the CMD instruction with your desired command and arguments
# WARNING: FOR PROD DO NOT USE `--detailed_debug` it slows down response times, instead use the following CMD
# CMD ["--port", "4000", "--config", "config.yaml"]

CMD ["--port", "4000", "--config", "config.yaml", "--detailed_debug"]
```

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<TabItem value="kubernetes" label="Kubernetes">

Deploying a config file based litellm instance just requires a simple deployment that loads
the config.yaml file via a config map. Also it would be a good practice to use the env var
declaration for api keys, and attach the env vars with the api key values as an opaque secret.

```yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  name: litellm-config-file
data:
  config.yaml: |
      model_list: 
        - model_name: gpt-3.5-turbo
          litellm_params:
            model: azure/gpt-turbo-small-ca
            api_base: https://my-endpoint-canada-berri992.openai.azure.com/
            api_key: os.environ/CA_AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
type: Opaque
metadata:
  name: litellm-secrets
data:
  CA_AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY: bWVvd19pbV9hX2NhdA== # your api key in base64
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: litellm-deployment
  labels:
    app: litellm
spec:
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: litellm
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: litellm
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: litellm
        image: ghcr.io/berriai/litellm:main-latest # it is recommended to fix a version generally
        ports:
        - containerPort: 4000
        volumeMounts:
        - name: config-volume
          mountPath: /app/proxy_server_config.yaml
          subPath: config.yaml
        envFrom:
        - secretRef:
            name: litellm-secrets
      volumes:
        - name: config-volume
          configMap:
            name: litellm-config-file
```

:::info
To avoid issues with predictability, difficulties in rollback, and inconsistent environments, use versioning or SHA digests (for example, `litellm:main-v1.30.3` or `litellm@sha256:12345abcdef...`) instead of `litellm:main-latest`.
:::

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<TabItem value="helm-" label="Helm Chart">



:::info

[BETA] Helm Chart is BETA. If you run into an issues/have feedback please let us know [https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/issues](https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/issues)

:::

Use this when you want to use litellm helm chart as a dependency for other charts. The `litellm-helm` OCI is hosted here [https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/pkgs/container/litellm-helm](https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/pkgs/container/litellm-helm)

#### Step 1. Pull the litellm helm chart

```bash
helm pull oci://ghcr.io/berriai/litellm-helm

# Pulled: ghcr.io/berriai/litellm-helm:0.1.2
# Digest: sha256:7d3ded1c99c1597f9ad4dc49d84327cf1db6e0faa0eeea0c614be5526ae94e2a
```

#### Step 2. Unzip litellm helm
Unzip the specific version that was pulled in Step 1

```bash
tar -zxvf litellm-helm-0.1.2.tgz
```

#### Step 3. Install litellm helm

```bash
helm install lite-helm ./litellm-helm
```

#### Step 4. Expose the service to localhost

```bash
kubectl --namespace default port-forward $POD_NAME 8080:$CONTAINER_PORT
```

Your OpenAI proxy server is now running on `http://127.0.0.1:4000`.

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**That's it ! That's the quick start to deploy litellm**

## Options to deploy LiteLLM 

| Docs | When to Use |
| --- | --- |
| [Quick Start](#quick-start) | call 100+ LLMs + Load Balancing |
| [Deploy with Database](#deploy-with-database) | + use Virtual Keys + Track Spend (Note: When deploying with a database providing a `DATABASE_URL` and `LITELLM_MASTER_KEY` are required in your env ) |
| [LiteLLM container + Redis](#litellm-container--redis) | + load balance across multiple litellm containers |
| [LiteLLM Database container + PostgresDB + Redis](#litellm-database-container--postgresdb--redis) | + use Virtual Keys + Track Spend + load balance across multiple litellm containers |

## Deploy with Database
### Docker, Kubernetes, Helm Chart

Requirements:
- Need a postgres database (e.g. [Supabase](https://supabase.com/), [Neon](https://neon.tech/), etc) Set `DATABASE_URL=postgresql://<user>:<password>@<host>:<port>/<dbname>` in your env 
- Set a `LITELLM_MASTER_KEY`, this is your Proxy Admin key - you can use this to create other keys (🚨 must start with `sk-`)

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<TabItem value="docker-deploy" label="Dockerfile">

We maintain a [seperate Dockerfile](https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/pkgs/container/litellm-database) for reducing build time when running LiteLLM proxy with a connected Postgres Database 

```shell
docker pull ghcr.io/berriai/litellm-database:main-latest
```

```shell
docker run \
    -v $(pwd)/litellm_config.yaml:/app/config.yaml \
    -e LITELLM_MASTER_KEY=sk-1234 \
    -e DATABASE_URL=postgresql://<user>:<password>@<host>:<port>/<dbname> \
    -e AZURE_API_KEY=d6*********** \
    -e AZURE_API_BASE=https://openai-***********/ \
    -p 4000:4000 \
    ghcr.io/berriai/litellm-database:main-latest \
    --config /app/config.yaml --detailed_debug
```

Your OpenAI proxy server is now running on `http://0.0.0.0:4000`.

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#### Step 1. Create deployment.yaml

```yaml
   apiVersion: apps/v1
   kind: Deployment
   metadata:
     name: litellm-deployment
   spec:
     replicas: 1
     selector:
       matchLabels:
         app: litellm
     template:
       metadata:
         labels:
           app: litellm
       spec:
         containers:
           - name: litellm-container
             image: ghcr.io/berriai/litellm-database:main-latest
             env:
              - name: DATABASE_URL
                value: postgresql://<user>:<password>@<host>:<port>/<dbname>
```

```bash
kubectl apply -f /path/to/deployment.yaml
```

#### Step 2. Create service.yaml 

```yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: litellm-service
spec:
  selector:
    app: litellm
  ports:
    - protocol: TCP
      port: 4000
      targetPort: 4000
  type: NodePort
```

```bash
kubectl apply -f /path/to/service.yaml
```

#### Step 3. Start server

```
kubectl port-forward service/litellm-service 4000:4000
```

Your OpenAI proxy server is now running on `http://0.0.0.0:4000`.

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:::info

[BETA] Helm Chart is BETA. If you run into an issues/have feedback please let us know [https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/issues](https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/issues)

:::

Use this to deploy litellm using a helm chart. Link to [the LiteLLM Helm Chart](https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/tree/main/deploy/charts/litellm-helm)

#### Step 1. Clone the repository

```bash
git clone https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm.git
```

#### Step 2. Deploy with Helm

Run the following command in the root of your `litellm` repo. This will set the litellm proxy master key as `sk-1234`

```bash
helm install \
  --set masterkey=sk-1234 \
  mydeploy \
  deploy/charts/litellm-helm
```

#### Step 3. Expose the service to localhost

```bash
kubectl \
  port-forward \
  service/mydeploy-litellm-helm \
  4000:4000
```

Your OpenAI proxy server is now running on `http://127.0.0.1:4000`.


If you need to set your litellm proxy config.yaml, you can find this in [values.yaml](https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/blob/main/deploy/charts/litellm-helm/values.yaml)

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<TabItem value="helm-oci" label="Helm OCI Registry (GHCR)">

:::info

[BETA] Helm Chart is BETA. If you run into an issues/have feedback please let us know [https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/issues](https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/issues)

:::

Use this when you want to use litellm helm chart as a dependency for other charts. The `litellm-helm` OCI is hosted here [https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/pkgs/container/litellm-helm](https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/pkgs/container/litellm-helm)

#### Step 1. Pull the litellm helm chart

```bash
helm pull oci://ghcr.io/berriai/litellm-helm

# Pulled: ghcr.io/berriai/litellm-helm:0.1.2
# Digest: sha256:7d3ded1c99c1597f9ad4dc49d84327cf1db6e0faa0eeea0c614be5526ae94e2a
```

#### Step 2. Unzip litellm helm
Unzip the specific version that was pulled in Step 1

```bash
tar -zxvf litellm-helm-0.1.2.tgz
```

#### Step 3. Install litellm helm

```bash
helm install lite-helm ./litellm-helm
```

#### Step 4. Expose the service to localhost

```bash
kubectl --namespace default port-forward $POD_NAME 8080:$CONTAINER_PORT
```

Your OpenAI proxy server is now running on `http://127.0.0.1:4000`.

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## LiteLLM container + Redis
Use Redis when you need litellm to load balance across multiple litellm containers

The only change required is setting Redis on your `config.yaml`
LiteLLM Proxy supports sharing rpm/tpm shared across multiple litellm instances, pass `redis_host`, `redis_password` and `redis_port` to enable this. (LiteLLM will use Redis to track rpm/tpm usage )

```yaml
model_list:
  - model_name: gpt-3.5-turbo
    litellm_params:
      model: azure/<your-deployment-name>
      api_base: <your-azure-endpoint>
      api_key: <your-azure-api-key>
      rpm: 6      # Rate limit for this deployment: in requests per minute (rpm)
  - model_name: gpt-3.5-turbo
    litellm_params:
      model: azure/gpt-turbo-small-ca
      api_base: https://my-endpoint-canada-berri992.openai.azure.com/
      api_key: <your-azure-api-key>
      rpm: 6
router_settings:
  redis_host: <your redis host>
  redis_password: <your redis password>
  redis_port: 1992
```

Start docker container with config

```shell
docker run ghcr.io/berriai/litellm:main-latest --config your_config.yaml
```

## LiteLLM Database container + PostgresDB + Redis

The only change required is setting Redis on your `config.yaml`
LiteLLM Proxy supports sharing rpm/tpm shared across multiple litellm instances, pass `redis_host`, `redis_password` and `redis_port` to enable this. (LiteLLM will use Redis to track rpm/tpm usage )


```yaml
model_list:
  - model_name: gpt-3.5-turbo
    litellm_params:
      model: azure/<your-deployment-name>
      api_base: <your-azure-endpoint>
      api_key: <your-azure-api-key>
      rpm: 6      # Rate limit for this deployment: in requests per minute (rpm)
  - model_name: gpt-3.5-turbo
    litellm_params:
      model: azure/gpt-turbo-small-ca
      api_base: https://my-endpoint-canada-berri992.openai.azure.com/
      api_key: <your-azure-api-key>
      rpm: 6
router_settings:
  redis_host: <your redis host>
  redis_password: <your redis password>
  redis_port: 1992
```

Start `litellm-database`docker container with config

```shell
docker run --name litellm-proxy \
-e DATABASE_URL=postgresql://<user>:<password>@<host>:<port>/<dbname> \
-p 4000:4000 \
ghcr.io/berriai/litellm-database:main-latest --config your_config.yaml
```

## Advanced Deployment Settings

### Customization of the server root path

:::info

In a Kubernetes deployment, it's possible to utilize a shared DNS to host multiple applications by modifying the virtual service

:::

Customize the root path to eliminate the need for employing multiple DNS configurations during deployment.

👉 Set `SERVER_ROOT_PATH` in your .env and this will be set as your server root path


### Setting SSL Certification 

Use this, If you need to set ssl certificates for your on prem litellm proxy

Pass `ssl_keyfile_path` (Path to the SSL keyfile) and `ssl_certfile_path` (Path to the SSL certfile) when starting litellm proxy 

```shell
docker run ghcr.io/berriai/litellm:main-latest \
    --ssl_keyfile_path ssl_test/keyfile.key \
    --ssl_certfile_path ssl_test/certfile.crt
```

Provide an ssl certificate when starting litellm proxy server 

## Platform-specific Guide

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<TabItem value="AWS EKS" label="AWS EKS - Kubernetes">

### Kubernetes - Deploy on EKS

Step1. Create an EKS Cluster with the following spec

```shell
eksctl create cluster --name=litellm-cluster --region=us-west-2 --node-type=t2.small
```

Step 2. Mount litellm proxy config on kub cluster 

This will mount your local file called `proxy_config.yaml` on kubernetes cluster

```shell
kubectl create configmap litellm-config --from-file=proxy_config.yaml
```

Step 3. Apply `kub.yaml` and `service.yaml`
Clone the following `kub.yaml` and `service.yaml` files and apply locally

- Use this `kub.yaml` file - [litellm kub.yaml](https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/blob/main/deploy/kubernetes/kub.yaml)

- Use this `service.yaml` file - [litellm service.yaml](https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/blob/main/deploy/kubernetes/service.yaml)

Apply `kub.yaml`
```
kubectl apply -f kub.yaml
```

Apply `service.yaml` - creates an AWS load balancer to expose the proxy
```
kubectl apply -f service.yaml

# service/litellm-service created
```

Step 4. Get Proxy Base URL

```shell
kubectl get services

# litellm-service   LoadBalancer   10.100.6.31   a472dc7c273fd47fd******.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com   4000:30374/TCP   63m
```

Proxy Base URL =  `a472dc7c273fd47fd******.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com:4000`

That's it, now you can start using LiteLLM Proxy

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<TabItem value="aws-stack" label="AWS Cloud Formation Stack">

### AWS Cloud Formation Stack
LiteLLM AWS Cloudformation Stack - **Get the best LiteLLM AutoScaling Policy and Provision the DB for LiteLLM Proxy**

This will provision:
- LiteLLMServer - EC2 Instance
- LiteLLMServerAutoScalingGroup
- LiteLLMServerScalingPolicy (autoscaling policy)
- LiteLLMDB - RDS::DBInstance

#### Using AWS Cloud Formation Stack
**LiteLLM Cloudformation stack is located [here - litellm.yaml](https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/blob/main/enterprise/cloudformation_stack/litellm.yaml)**

#### 1. Create the CloudFormation Stack:
In the AWS Management Console, navigate to the CloudFormation service, and click on "Create Stack."

On the "Create Stack" page, select "Upload a template file" and choose the litellm.yaml file 

Now monitor the stack was created successfully. 

#### 2. Get the Database URL:
Once the stack is created, get the DatabaseURL of the Database resource, copy this value 

#### 3. Connect to the EC2 Instance and deploy litellm on the EC2 container
From the EC2 console, connect to the instance created by the stack (e.g., using SSH).

Run the following command, replacing <database_url> with the value you copied in step 2

```shell
docker run --name litellm-proxy \
   -e DATABASE_URL=<database_url> \
   -p 4000:4000 \
   ghcr.io/berriai/litellm-database:main-latest
```

#### 4. Access the Application:

Once the container is running, you can access the application by going to `http://<ec2-public-ip>:4000` in your browser.

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<TabItem value="google-cloud-run" label="Google Cloud Run">

### Deploy on Google Cloud Run
**Click the button** to deploy to Google Cloud Run

[![Deploy](https://deploy.cloud.run/button.svg)](https://deploy.cloud.run/?git_repo=https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm)

#### Testing your deployed proxy
**Assuming the required keys are set as Environment Variables**

https://litellm-7yjrj3ha2q-uc.a.run.app is our example proxy, substitute it with your deployed cloud run app

```shell
curl https://litellm-7yjrj3ha2q-uc.a.run.app/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
     "model": "gpt-3.5-turbo",
     "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Say this is a test!"}],
     "temperature": 0.7
   }'
```


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<TabItem value="render" label="Render deploy">

### Deploy on Render https://render.com/

<iframe width="840" height="500" src="https://www.loom.com/embed/805964b3c8384b41be180a61442389a3" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>



</TabItem>
<TabItem value="railway" label="Railway">

### Deploy on Railway https://railway.app

**Step 1: Click the button** to deploy to Railway

[![Deploy on Railway](https://railway.app/button.svg)](https://railway.app/template/S7P9sn?referralCode=t3ukrU)

**Step 2:** Set `PORT` = 4000 on Railway Environment Variables

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</Tabs>


## Extras 

### Run with docker compose

**Step 1**

- (Recommended) Use the example file `docker-compose.yml` given in the project root. e.g. https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/blob/main/docker-compose.yml

Here's an example `docker-compose.yml` file
```yaml
version: "3.9"
services:
  litellm:
    build:
      context: .
      args:
        target: runtime
    image: ghcr.io/berriai/litellm:main-latest
    ports:
      - "4000:4000" # Map the container port to the host, change the host port if necessary
    volumes:
      - ./litellm-config.yaml:/app/config.yaml # Mount the local configuration file
    # You can change the port or number of workers as per your requirements or pass any new supported CLI augument. Make sure the port passed here matches with the container port defined above in `ports` value
    command: [ "--config", "/app/config.yaml", "--port", "4000", "--num_workers", "8" ]

# ...rest of your docker-compose config if any
```

**Step 2**

Create a `litellm-config.yaml` file with your LiteLLM config relative to your `docker-compose.yml` file.

Check the config doc [here](https://docs.litellm.ai/docs/proxy/configs)

**Step 3**

Run the command `docker-compose up` or `docker compose up` as per your docker installation.

> Use `-d` flag to run the container in detached mode (background) e.g. `docker compose up -d`


Your LiteLLM container should be running now on the defined port e.g. `4000`.