Homework

Solutions to the Datatalksclub MLOPS zoomcamp homework 4 (deployment) Original homework

In this homework, we'll deploy the ride duration model in batch mode. Like in homework 1, we'll use the Yellow Taxi Trip Records dataset.

You'll find the starter code in the homework directory.

Solution: homework_solution/

Q1. Notebook

We'll start with the same notebook we ended up with in homework 1. We cleaned it a little bit and kept only the scoring part. You can find the initial notebook here.

Run this notebook for the March 2023 data.

What's the standard deviation of the predicted duration for this dataset?

• 1.24
• 6.24 ✔️
• 12.28
• 18.28

Q2. Preparing the output

Like in the course videos, we want to prepare the dataframe with the output.

First, let's create an artificial ride_id column:

df['ride_id'] = f'{year:04d}/{month:02d}_' + df.index.astype('str')

Next, write the ride id and the predictions to a dataframe with results.

Save it as parquet:

df_result.to_parquet(
    output_file,
    engine='pyarrow',
    compression=None,
    index=False
)

What's the size of the output file?

• 36M
• 46M
• 56M
• 66M ✔️

Note: Make sure you use the snippet above for saving the file. It should contain only these two columns. For this question, don't change the dtypes of the columns and use pyarrow, not fastparquet.

Q3. Creating the scoring script

Now let's turn the notebook into a script.

Which command you need to execute for that?

jupyter nbconvert --to script starter.ipynb ✔️

Q4. Virtual environment

Now let's put everything into a virtual environment. We'll use pipenv for that.

Install all the required libraries. Pay attention to the Scikit-Learn version: it should be the same as in the starter notebook.

After installing the libraries, pipenv creates two files: Pipfile and Pipfile.lock. The Pipfile.lock file keeps the hashes of the dependencies we use for the virtual env.

What's the first hash for the Scikit-Learn dependency?

sha256:057b991ac64b3e75c9c04b5f9395eaf19a6179244c089afdebaad98264bff37c ✔️

Q5. Parametrize the script

Let's now make the script configurable via CLI. We'll create two parameters: year and month.

Run the script for April 2023.

What's the mean predicted duration?

• 7.29
• 14.29 ✔️
• 21.29
• 28.29

Hint: just add a print statement to your script.

Q6. Docker container

Finally, we'll package the script in the docker container. For that, you'll need to use a base image that we prepared.

This is what the content of this image is: text text

FROM python:3.10.13-slim

WORKDIR /app
COPY [ "model2.bin", "model.bin" ]

Note: you don't need to run it. We have already done it.

It is pushed to agrigorev/zoomcamp-model:mlops-2024-3.10.13-slim, which you need to use as your base image.

That is, your Dockerfile should start with:

FROM agrigorev/zoomcamp-model:mlops-2024-3.10.13-slim

# do stuff here

This image already has a pickle file with a dictionary vectorizer and a model. You will need to use them.

Important: don't copy the model to the docker image. You will need to use the pickle file already in the image.

Now run the script with docker. What's the mean predicted duration for May 2023?

• 0.19
• 7.24
• 14.24 ✔️
• 21.19

Bonus: upload the result to the cloud (Not graded)

Just printing the mean duration inside the docker image doesn't seem very practical. Typically, after creating the output file, we upload it to the cloud storage.

Modify your code to upload the parquet file to S3/GCS/etc.

Bonus: Use an orchestrator for batch inference

Here we didn't use any orchestration. In practice we usually do.

• Split the code into logical code blocks
• Use a workflow orchestrator for the code execution

Publishing the image to dockerhub

This is how we published the image to Docker hub:

docker build -t mlops-zoomcamp-model:2024-3.10.13-slim .
docker tag mlops-zoomcamp-model:2024-3.10.13-slim agrigorev/zoomcamp-model:mlops-2024-3.10.13-slim

docker login --username USERNAME
docker push agrigorev/zoomcamp-model:mlops-2024-3.10.13-slim

This is just for your reference, you don't need to do it.

Submit the results

• Submit your results here: https://courses.datatalks.club/mlops-zoomcamp-2025/homework/hw4
• It's possible that your answers won't match exactly. If it's the case, select the closest one.