LMForge Setup Steps:

1. First, ensure you have requisite programs installed. You will need

• Python (most of features have been tested on versions 3.10 and 3.11).
• MySQL

2. Next, create a Python environment using the following command in the terminal (you should be located in the outer django_backend folder):

• For Windows:

• To create a virtual environment : python -m venv venv
• To activate virtual environment : .\venv\Scripts\activate

• For Linux / macOS:

• To create a virtual environment : python3 -m venv venv
• To activate virtual environment : source venv/bin/activate

3. Then, install dependencies. Most dependencies can be installed using the command below. However, torch with CUDA support must be configured according to your environment.

• pip install -r requirements.txt
• Visit the following site to retrieve the appropriate pip install for torch: https://pytorch.org/

4. Next, create .env file in your django_backend > django_backend folder which should contain the following information: DATABASE_NAME=mydatabase DATABASE_USER=myuser DATABASE_PASSWORD=mypassword DATABASE_HOST=localhost DATABASE_PORT=3306 WANDB_API_KEY=yourKey HF_API_KEY=yourKey OPENAI_API_KEY=yourKey

• If you haven't already, please create a MySQL database first and make sure to update the values above to match your system.

5. Last, make sure your file location in your terminal is in the outer django_backend folder. Then, run the commands below one by one:

• python manage.py makemigrations
• python manage.py migrate
• python manage.py runserver

• Whenever you want to start the applicatoin again, start your Python virtual environment and simply run the last of the three above commands.