In the previous section, we covered the off-chain configuration of your AI Gateway node. This section will explain how to connect your AI Gateway to the Livepeer AI network to start requesting AI inference jobs on-chain.
Once your AI Gateway is set up off-chain, it’s time to connect it to the Livepeer AI network for on-chain inference jobs. The process is similar to setting up a Mainnet Transcoding Network Gateway, with a few extra flags specific to Livepeer AI. You can refer to the Mainnet Transcoding Network Gateway guide for more information. Here’s a summary of the key steps:
Verify Off-chain AI Gateway
Ensure your AI Gateway node is functioning correctly off-chain before connecting it to the Livepeer AI network. Refer to the previous section for details.
Prepare your Ethereum account
Make sure your Ethereum account has enough ETH to cover gas fees and AI inference job payments. For more details, see the Fund Gateway Guide.
Fund your AI Gateway
Deposit enough funds into your AI Gateway to cover the deposit and reserve needed for AI inference requests. Follow the steps in the Deposit Gateway Funds via Livepeer CLI guide.
Configure Transcoding Options
Configure transcoding options even though the AI Gateway doesn’t handle transcoding, due to current Livepeer AI software requirements. See the Transcoding Options guide for more information.
Launch the AI Gateway
Now launch your AI Gateway node. The process is similar to the docker or binary setup in the previous section, but requires additional flags to enable on-chain functionality. Example:
-aiServiceRegistry
: Ensures that the Gateway is connected to the Livepeer AI network.-network=arbitrum-one-mainnet
: Connects the AI Gateway to the Arbitrum Mainnet network.-ethUrl=https://arb1.arbitrum.io/rpc
: Sets the Arbitrum Mainnet RPC URL. Replace it with your own if necessary.-ethKeystorePath=/root/.lpData/arbitrum-one-mainnet/keystore
: Sets the path to the Ethereum keystore file for the AI Gateway.-ethAcctAddr <LIVEPEER_AI_ORCH_ETH_ADDRESS>
: Sets the Ethereum account address for the AI Gateway.-ethPassword=/root/.lpData/.eth_secret
: Sets the path to the Ethereum keystore password file.-ethOrchAddr=<MAIN_ORCH_ETH_ADDRESS>
: Sets the Ethereum address of the Mainnet Transcoding Network Gateway.-maxTotalEV=100000000000000
: Ensures the AI Gateway complies with the max ticket value limits in go-livepeer
.-maxPricePerUnit=<MAX PRICE in WEI or USD>
: This defaults to 0. Set to acceptable max price in wei (or USD, e.g. 0.02USD) willing to pay. Note: this can impact amount of Orchestrators available to process the work.-ignoreMaxPriceIfNeeded=<true or false>
: This defaults to false. Set to true if want to process requests if no Orchestrators are under maxPricePerUnit or do not want to use a max price.-maxPricePerCapability=/path/to/maxPrices.json
: This flag sets the max price per unit for one or many pipeline/models. Refer to the Set Max Price Per Pipeline and Model section for more details.To avoid overpaying for AI inference jobs, you can set a maximum price per unit
for each pipeline and model. This feature is optional and can be configured
using the -maxPricePerCapability
flag. If a price is not set for a specific
pipeline/model, the -maxPricePerUnit
price will be used. The flag input should
be a JSON file with the specified max prices. The example below demonstrates the
following configurations:
image-to-image
pipeline and model
ByteDance/SDXL-Lightning
to 1,700,000 wei per unit (pixels).text-to-image
pipeline and model
stabilityai/stable-diffusion-3-medium-diffusers
to 4,768,371 wei per unit
(pixels).upscale
pipeline for all models to 4,768,371 wei per
unit. The pixels_per_unit
defaults to 1
if not specified.image-to-video
pipeline for all models to 3,390,842
wei per unit (pixels).audio-to-text
pipeline for all models to 12,882,811
wei per unit (milliseconds of audio).In the previous section, we covered the off-chain configuration of your AI Gateway node. This section will explain how to connect your AI Gateway to the Livepeer AI network to start requesting AI inference jobs on-chain.
Once your AI Gateway is set up off-chain, it’s time to connect it to the Livepeer AI network for on-chain inference jobs. The process is similar to setting up a Mainnet Transcoding Network Gateway, with a few extra flags specific to Livepeer AI. You can refer to the Mainnet Transcoding Network Gateway guide for more information. Here’s a summary of the key steps:
Verify Off-chain AI Gateway
Ensure your AI Gateway node is functioning correctly off-chain before connecting it to the Livepeer AI network. Refer to the previous section for details.
Prepare your Ethereum account
Make sure your Ethereum account has enough ETH to cover gas fees and AI inference job payments. For more details, see the Fund Gateway Guide.
Fund your AI Gateway
Deposit enough funds into your AI Gateway to cover the deposit and reserve needed for AI inference requests. Follow the steps in the Deposit Gateway Funds via Livepeer CLI guide.
Configure Transcoding Options
Configure transcoding options even though the AI Gateway doesn’t handle transcoding, due to current Livepeer AI software requirements. See the Transcoding Options guide for more information.
Launch the AI Gateway
Now launch your AI Gateway node. The process is similar to the docker or binary setup in the previous section, but requires additional flags to enable on-chain functionality. Example:
-aiServiceRegistry
: Ensures that the Gateway is connected to the Livepeer AI network.-network=arbitrum-one-mainnet
: Connects the AI Gateway to the Arbitrum Mainnet network.-ethUrl=https://arb1.arbitrum.io/rpc
: Sets the Arbitrum Mainnet RPC URL. Replace it with your own if necessary.-ethKeystorePath=/root/.lpData/arbitrum-one-mainnet/keystore
: Sets the path to the Ethereum keystore file for the AI Gateway.-ethAcctAddr <LIVEPEER_AI_ORCH_ETH_ADDRESS>
: Sets the Ethereum account address for the AI Gateway.-ethPassword=/root/.lpData/.eth_secret
: Sets the path to the Ethereum keystore password file.-ethOrchAddr=<MAIN_ORCH_ETH_ADDRESS>
: Sets the Ethereum address of the Mainnet Transcoding Network Gateway.-maxTotalEV=100000000000000
: Ensures the AI Gateway complies with the max ticket value limits in go-livepeer
.-maxPricePerUnit=<MAX PRICE in WEI or USD>
: This defaults to 0. Set to acceptable max price in wei (or USD, e.g. 0.02USD) willing to pay. Note: this can impact amount of Orchestrators available to process the work.-ignoreMaxPriceIfNeeded=<true or false>
: This defaults to false. Set to true if want to process requests if no Orchestrators are under maxPricePerUnit or do not want to use a max price.-maxPricePerCapability=/path/to/maxPrices.json
: This flag sets the max price per unit for one or many pipeline/models. Refer to the Set Max Price Per Pipeline and Model section for more details.To avoid overpaying for AI inference jobs, you can set a maximum price per unit
for each pipeline and model. This feature is optional and can be configured
using the -maxPricePerCapability
flag. If a price is not set for a specific
pipeline/model, the -maxPricePerUnit
price will be used. The flag input should
be a JSON file with the specified max prices. The example below demonstrates the
following configurations:
image-to-image
pipeline and model
ByteDance/SDXL-Lightning
to 1,700,000 wei per unit (pixels).text-to-image
pipeline and model
stabilityai/stable-diffusion-3-medium-diffusers
to 4,768,371 wei per unit
(pixels).upscale
pipeline for all models to 4,768,371 wei per
unit. The pixels_per_unit
defaults to 1
if not specified.image-to-video
pipeline for all models to 3,390,842
wei per unit (pixels).audio-to-text
pipeline for all models to 12,882,811
wei per unit (milliseconds of audio).