Introduction to MLflow for MLOps

Learn how to use MLflow for managing the machine learning lifecycle. Track experiments, package models, and deploy to production.

In this course you'll learn how to use MLflow - an open source platform for managing the machine learning lifecycle. You'll learn how to:

• Install MLflow and explore its components like the UI, tracking, and model packaging
• Log metrics, parameters, and artifacts to track ML experiments
• Create reproducible ML projects with MLflow for repeatable model training
• Package models and dependencies for deployment and serving
• Use model registries to version, stage, and deploy models
• Deploy models to tools like Azure ML and SageMaker

This course includes hands-on exercises, projects, and real-world examples so you can apply your new MLflow skills immediately.

Use the reference repository for MLFlow examples and projects:

• Example MLFlow Projects

Learning objectives

• Install and configure MLflow
• Use the tracking UI and APIs
• Log metrics, parameters, tags, and artifacts
• Create reproducible ML projects
• Version, stage, and deploy models with registries
• Deploy models to Azure ML, SageMaker, etc

Lesson 1: Introduction to MLflow

Lesson Outline

• Overview of MLflow components
• Installation and configuration
• Tracking experiments with UI, Python, R APIs
• Logging metrics, params, tags, artifacts

Lesson 2: MLflow Projects

Lesson Outline

• Motivation for reproducible ML projects
• Creating project directories
• Running projects locally or on Git
• Customizing execution environments

Lesson 3: MLflow Models

Lesson Outline

• Packaging models and dependencies
• Model versioning with registries
• Staging and promoting model stages
• Deploying models to services

About your instructor

Alfredo Deza has over a decade of experience as a Software Engineer doing DevOps, automation, and scalable system architecture. Before getting into technology he participated in the 2004 Olympic Games and was the first-ever World Champion in High Jump representing Peru. He currently works in Developer Relations at Microsoft and is an Adjunct Professor at Duke University teaching Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Data Engineering, Python, and Rust. With Alfredo's guidance, you will gain the knowledge and skills to work with MLFlow and apply it to MLOps tasks.

Resources

• Pytest Master Class

• Practical MLOps book