update check for hf_token

Author: trujillm

charts/all/vllm-inference-service/templates/inference-service.yaml

@@ -35,10 +35,13 @@ spec:
             python - <<'PY'
             from huggingface_hub import snapshot_download, login
             import os
-            token = os.environ.get("HF_TOKEN")
+            token = os.environ.get("HF_TOKEN", "").strip()
             model = os.environ.get("MODEL_ID")
             if token:
+                print("HF_TOKEN found, logging in to Hugging Face...")
                 login(token=token)
+            else:
+                print("No HF_TOKEN found, downloading model without authentication...")
             snapshot_download(
                 repo_id=model,
                 local_dir="/cache/models"