C API inference demo (C/C++)#
This demo demonstrate how to use C API from the OpenVINO Model Server to create C and C++ application. Building the application is executed inside the docker container to illustrate end to end usage flow. Check C API full documentation here.
Prepare demo image#
Enter the directory with the example and build the demo docker image with all dependencies and examples that will be named openvino/model_server-capi.
The example image also contains dummy model and config.json required for the applications.
git clone https://github.com/openvinotoolkit/model_server.git
cd model_server/demos/c_api_minimal_app
make
The make command downloads the ovms.tar.gz package from web and executes the c_api_minimal_app/capi_files/demos/MakefileCapi to build the applications.
And executes the /ovms/bin/demo1 application and /ovms/bin/demo2_c application in the image environment.
You can find the source code for the example applications in the ovms repository path src/main_capi.c and src/main_capi.cpp. or make modifications in the built image:
docker run -it openvino/model_server-capi:latest
cat main_capi.c
cat main_capi.cpp
Afterwards rebuild and run the modified examples using the MakefileCapi rules:
make -f MakefileCapi c
make -f MakefileCapi cpp
It will link the main_capi.cpp binary with the libovms_shared.so library from /ovms/lib and use the headers from /ovms/include directory:
g++ main_capi.cpp -I/ovms/include -L/ovms/lib -lovms_shared
The example output is:
[2022-12-19 11:39:41.428][14][serving][info][modelinstance.cpp:797] Loaded model dummy; version: 1; batch size: 30; No of InferRequests: 12
[2022-12-19 11:39:41.428][14][serving][debug][modelversionstatus.cpp:88] setAvailable: dummy - 1 (previous state: LOADING) -> error: OK
[2022-12-19 11:39:41.428][14][serving][info][modelversionstatus.cpp:113] STATUS CHANGE: Version 1 of model dummy status change. New status: ( "state": "AVAILABLE", "error_code": "OK" )
[2022-12-19 11:39:41.428][14][serving][info][model.cpp:88] Updating default version for model: dummy, from: 0
[2022-12-19 11:39:41.428][14][serving][info][model.cpp:98] Updated default version for model: dummy, to: 1
[2022-12-19 11:39:41.428][14][modelmanager][info][modelmanager.cpp:478] Configuration file doesn't have custom node libraries property.
[2022-12-19 11:39:41.428][14][modelmanager][info][modelmanager.cpp:495] Configuration file doesn't have pipelines property.
[2022-12-19 11:39:41.428][14][serving][info][servablemanagermodule.cpp:44] ServableManagerModule started
Server ready for inference
[2022-12-19 11:39:41.428][14][serving][debug][capi.cpp:606] Processing C-API inference request for servable: dummy; version: 1
[2022-12-19 11:39:41.428][14][serving][debug][modelmanager.cpp:1350] Requesting model: dummy; version: 1.
[2022-12-19 11:39:41.428][14][serving][debug][modelinstance.cpp:1013] Model: dummy, version: 1 already loaded
[2022-12-19 11:39:41.428][14][serving][debug][modelinstance.cpp:1187] Getting infer req duration in model dummy, version 1, nireq 0: 0.002 ms
[2022-12-19 11:39:41.428][478][modelmanager][info][modelmanager.cpp:900] Started model manager thread
[2022-12-19 11:39:41.428][14][serving][debug][modelinstance.cpp:1195] Preprocessing duration in model dummy, version 1, nireq 0: 0.000 ms
[2022-12-19 11:39:41.428][14][serving][debug][modelinstance.cpp:1205] Deserialization duration in model dummy, version 1, nireq 0: 0.019 ms
[2022-12-19 11:39:41.428][479][modelmanager][info][modelmanager.cpp:920] Started cleaner thread
[2022-12-19 11:39:41.429][14][serving][debug][modelinstance.cpp:1213] Prediction duration in model dummy, version 1, nireq 0: 0.369 ms
[2022-12-19 11:39:41.429][14][serving][debug][modelinstance.cpp:1222] Serialization duration in model dummy, version 1, nireq 0: 0.011 ms
[2022-12-19 11:39:41.429][14][serving][debug][modelinstance.cpp:1230] Postprocessing duration in model dummy, version 1, nireq 0: 0.000 ms
[2022-12-19 11:39:41.429][14][serving][debug][capi.cpp:650] Total C-API req processing time: 0.474 ms
output is correct
No more job to be done, will shut down
[2022-12-19 11:39:41.429][14][serving][info][grpcservermodule.cpp:177] GRPCServerModule shutting down
[2022-12-19 11:39:41.429][14][serving][info][grpcservermodule.cpp:180] Shutdown gRPC server
[2022-12-19 11:39:41.429][14][serving][info][grpcservermodule.cpp:184] GRPCServerModule shutdown
[2022-12-19 11:39:41.429][14][serving][info][httpservermodule.cpp:54] HTTPServerModule shutting down
[evhttp_server.cc : 320] NET_LOG: event_base_loopexit() exits with value 0
[evhttp_server.cc : 253] NET_LOG: event_base_dispatch() exits with value 1
[2022-12-19 11:39:41.604][14][serving][info][httpservermodule.cpp:59] Shutdown HTTP server
[2022-12-19 11:39:41.604][14][serving][info][servablemanagermodule.cpp:54] ServableManagerModule shutting down
[2022-12-19 11:39:41.604][478][modelmanager][info][modelmanager.cpp:916] Stopped model manager thread
[2022-12-19 11:39:41.604][479][modelmanager][info][modelmanager.cpp:930] Stopped cleaner thread
[2022-12-19 11:39:41.604][14][serving][info][modelmanager.cpp:985] Shutdown model manager
[2022-12-19 11:39:41.604][14][serving][info][modelmanager.cpp:993] Shutdown cleaner thread
[2022-12-19 11:39:41.604][14][serving][info][servablemanagermodule.cpp:57] ServableManagerModule shutdown
It is also possible to use custom model but that requires copying it to the built image and adjust the configs and example applications accordingly. To make the changes permanent in the resulting demo image you can modify the specific dockerfiles in c_api_minimal_app/capi_files/ directory Dockerfile.ubuntu Dockerfile.redhat
And run the demo make with os specific arguments:
make BASE_OS=redhat
Capi Benchmark#
This guide shows how to perform benchmark tests using OpenVINO Model Server C-API. It starts the model server and initiates a load from multithreaded clients sending sequential requests with synthetic data. It can demonstrate expected throughput and latency for a specific model, configuration and C-API calls.
Clone OpenVINO™ Model Server GitHub repository and go to the top directory.
git clone https://github.com/openvinotoolkit/model_server.git
cd model_server/demos/c_api_minimal_app
Build the tool
make
Command
docker run openvino/model_server-capi:latest -c /ovms/bin/capi_benchmark
OpenVINO Model Server
Usage:
/ovms/bin/capi_benchmark [OPTION...]
-h, --help Show this help message and exit
--log_level LOG_LEVEL serving log level - one of TRACE, DEBUG,
INFO, WARNING, ERROR (default: ERROR)
--config_path CONFIG_PATH
Config file path for OVMS to read (default:
/ovms/src/test/c_api/config_benchmark.json)
--niter NITER number of inferences to conduct (default:
1000)
--nstreams NSTREAMS nstreams from OVMS configuration (default:
1)
--servable_name MODEL_NAME
Model name to sent request to
--servable_version MODEL_VERSION
workload threads per ireq, if not set
version will be set by default model
version policy (default: 0)
--mode MODE Workload mode. Possible values:
INFERENCE_ONLY, RESET_BUFFER, RESET_REQUEST
(default: INFERENCE_ONLY)
--seed SEED Random values generator seed.
Available modes#
INFERENCE_ONLY (default), measures only the time it takes to preform inferences using C-API
RESET_BUFFER, include time it takes to recreate inference request data buffer
RESET_REQUEST, include time it takes to recreate whole inference request
Perform the measurement using sample model, one can specify different model using config_path option and specifying desired config file.
docker run openvino/model_server-capi:latest -c '/ovms/bin/capi_benchmark --servable_name dummy --nstreams 12 --config_path /ovms/demos/config_benchmark.json'
Mode requested: INFERENCE_ONLY
Server ready for inference
Benchmark starting workload
FPS: 235128
Average latency : 0.053ms
main() exit