Setup Server

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Install the Python package manager uv (that will also install uvx command to invoke Python tools without installing them).

Start a MLflow server locally.

uvx mlflow server

:::info See Secure Installs to learn how to pin dependencies to known good versions using hash checking and upload-time filtering. :::

Python Environment: Python 3.10+

Install the mlflow Python package via pip and start a MLflow server locally.

pip install --upgrade mlflow
mlflow server

:::info See Secure Installs to learn how to pin dependencies to known good versions using hash checking and upload-time filtering. :::

MLflow provides a Docker Compose file to start a local MLflow server with a PostgreSQL database and a MinIO server.

git clone --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --sparse https://github.com/mlflow/mlflow.git
cd mlflow
git sparse-checkout set docker-compose
cd docker-compose
cp .env.dev.example .env
docker compose up -d

Refer to the instruction for more details (e.g., overriding the default environment variables).