This add-on has been deprecated
Important Note:
The seeq-azureml add-on is meant to be used for proof-of-concept models only. There are four significant caveats that users should be aware of when using this add-on:
- A new Azure app registration must be set up to provide the identity to Seeq via OIDC (Open ID Connect).
- The Azure app registration needs contributor access to the AzureML Studio workspace.
- A secret needs to be generated and configured in an ini file as per the instructions on the Seeq Add-on Installation section of the documentation.
- This add-on has very limited capability for scalability to multiple assets.
seeq-azureml provides an example framework that allows a data scientist working in Azure ML Studio and a plant engineer or subject matter expert (SME) working in Seeq to collaborate and develop an effective, sustainable solution for high value problems in manufacturing.
This python module integrates with Microsoft Azure Machine Learning (AML) models as a web service and can be installed as a Seeq Add-on in Seeq Workbench. The plant engineer and/or SME interacts with the module through an easy to use UI from which they can accomplish critical activities such as ad hoc/historical evaluations, model deployment in real time, scaling to other assets, etc.
The seeq-azureml add-on is distributed as an example of a collaborative workflow between data scientists (model builders) and plant engineers/SMEs (model consumers). Users are encouraged to fork the repo and make the necessary modifications/enhancements that addresses the specific needs/workflows of their organization.
The documentation for seeq-azureml can be found here.
seeq-azureml User Guide provides a more in-depth explanation of how this Seeq Add-on enables engineers and SMEs in OT to directly interface with models built by data science teams in Azure ML Studio and that have been registered and deployed in an AML endpoint as a cloud service.
For additional details on the Data Scientist workflow, take a look at following video
Data Scientist Workflow
Seeq_Data_Scientist_Rev_1.mp4
For additional details on the Engineering workflow, take a look at the following video
Engineering Workflow
Seeq_Data_Engineer_Rev_1.mp4
The backend of seeq-azureml requires Python >3.7 or later.
See requirements.txt
file for a list of
dependencies and versions. Additionally, you will need to install the seeq
module with the appropriate version that
matches your Seeq server. For more information on the seeq
module see seeq at pypi
If you want to install seeq-azureml as a Seeq Add-on Tool, you will need:
- Seeq Data Lab (> R50.5.0, >R51.1.0, >R52.1.0, or >=R53)
seeq
module whose version matches the Seeq server version, and the version of SPy >= 182.25- Seeq server admin access
- Enable Add-on Tools in the Seeq server
The latest build of the project can be found here as a wheel file. The file is published as a courtesy and does not imply any guarantee or obligation for support from the publisher.
Before installing the seeq-azureml Seeq Add-on, you will have to create an Azure application and service
principal. Follow the steps
in here to
create your application, and
choose Option 2
for the Authentication
method.
Once the Azure application and service principal have been created. Follow these steps to install the Seeq Add-on:
- Create a new Seeq Data Lab project and open the Terminal window
- Run
pip install seeq-azureml
- Run
python -m seeq.addons.azureml [--users <users_list> --groups <groups_list>]
- Create an
aml_config.ini
file in the~/.seeq
folder of the Seeq Data Lab Project with the information required to connect to the Azure ML services. The following steps summarized how to create theaml_config.ini
file in the correct Seeq Data Lab location and where to get the values required for the configuration.- Download the
aml_config.ini
configuration file from here - Upload the file to the Seeq Data Lab project using the
Upload
button located in the top-right corner of the home page of the project. - From the Seeq Data Lab project home page, open the uploaded file and modify the fields appropriately:
- The
SUBSCRIPTION_ID
,RESOURCE_GROUP
, andWORKSPACE_NAME
can be obtained by logging into the Azure portal and clicking on the Machine Learning service . Once in the Machine Learning service, click on the desiredWORKSPACE_NAME
from the list. TheOverview
tab will show a list ofEssentials
from which you can take the values forSUBSCRIPTION_ID
andRESOURCE_GROUP
. - The
TENANT_ID
,APP_ID
, andAPP_SECRET
are obtained when creating the Azure application in the section Get tenant and app ID values for signing in , Option 2 . - Save the
aml_config.ini
file.
- The
- Back to the Terminal window from Steps 1 and 2, run the command
mv aml_config.ini .seeq/
to move theaml_config.ini
file to the appropriate folder.
- Download the
Note: If Step 3 gives an error make sure that the seeq module is >= a.b.c.182.25 where a.b.c are explained here
We welcome new contributors of all experience levels.
- Official source code repo: https://github.com/seeq12/seeq-azureml
- Issue tracker: https://github.com/seeq12/seeq-azureml/issues
You can get started by cloning the repository with the command:
git clone [email protected]:seeq12/seeq-azureml.git
For development work, it is highly recommended creating a python virtual environment and install the package in that working environment. If you are not familiar with python virtual environments, you can take a look here
Once your virtual environment is activated, you can install seeq-azureml from source with:
python setup.py install
There are two main ways to test seeq-azureml: automatic testing mainly for the backend, and user interface testing.
After installing from source, you can launch the test suite from the root directory of the project (i.e. seeq-azureml
directory). There are two types of automatic tests set up: 1) unit test and system test. The system and unit tests
can be run at the same time or independently. Use the pytest markers defined in pytest.ini
to run only one set of
tests at a time.
For example, to run only the unit tests:
pytest -v -m unit
The system tests require a connection to both a Seeq server and Azure ML Studio. Before running system tests, you will
have to provide the required variables in tests/test_config.ini
. Please be careful not to commit your credentials in
the configuration file back into the repository. To avoid committing changes in the configuration file, run the
following command in the root directory of the project before modifying the configuration file.
git update-index --assume-unchanged tests/test_config.ini
Then, you can fill out the configuration file and use it for the tests. Lastly, make sure that the seeq
module version
in your local environment should match the Seeq server version.
To run only the system tests (after modifying tests/test_config.ini):
pytest -v -m system
To run all tests (both unit and system tests):
pytest -v
To test the UI, use the developer_notebook.ipynb
in the development
folder of the project. This notebook can also be
used while debugging from your IDE. You can also create a whl first, install it on your virtual environment, and then
run developer_notebook.ipynb
notebook there.
The changelog can be found here
Code related issues (e.g. bugs, feature requests) can be created in the issue tracker
Maintainer: Seeq
Please cite this work as:
seeq-azureml
Seeq Corporation, 2021
https://github.com/seeq12/seeq-azureml