Population based training (#1833)

* docs: update new algorithm service details

* feat: trial augmentation strategy

* feat: pbt suggestion service

* feat: PbtTemplate and associated test image

* feat: introduce annotation field to trial specifications

* feat: trial assignment changes to support annotations from suggestion

- Add new Annotation types to suggestion_types.go
- Add Annotation object and update Trial parser in trial.py

* feat: update pbt suggestion to use new Annotation api

- Suggestion uses exact match to track spawned trials
- Trials that get transmitted, but not created (or added to experiment) are added back to the respawn pool (population_size consistency)

* chore: gofmt and black run across PBT changes

* feedback: remove tf summary export, change default print unit, reduce range to be percentage compatible.

* feedback: move PBT template to example.

* feedback: changes to inject_webhook and utils.

- Rename mutateVolume to mutateMetricsCollectorVolume
- Add addContainerVolumeMount
- Add getPrimaryContainerIndex

* feedback: change suggestion mutation mount variable name and add to consts

* feedback: Add trial_names to GetSuggestionsReply and change suggestion path to <experiment>/<trial>

* feedback: removed unnecessary checks and moved to async pbt implementation

* feedback: update trial name override location and change annotations override to labels.

* feedback: add pbt to github workflow

* feedback: move labels to ParameterAssignments in GetSuggestionsReply and cleanup pbt.yaml.

* feedback: remove operator changes

* feedback: GHA updates

* feedback: new formatting changes

* feedback: add suggestion-pbt to gh-actions build-load.sh.

* fix: missing pbt->simple-pbt name changes, add simple-pbt to update-images.sh update yaml function (causing failing gha).

* feedback: add pointer to website from main readme for pbt

Author: a9p

.github/workflows/publish-algorithm-images.yaml

@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ jobs:
             dockerfile: cmd/suggestion/goptuna/v1beta1/Dockerfile
           - component-name: suggestion-optuna
             dockerfile: cmd/suggestion/optuna/v1beta1/Dockerfile
+          - component-name: suggestion-pbt
+            dockerfile: cmd/suggestion/pbt/v1beta1/Dockerfile
           - component-name: suggestion-enas
             dockerfile: cmd/suggestion/nas/enas/v1beta1/Dockerfile
           - component-name: suggestion-darts

.github/workflows/publish-trial-images.yaml

@@ -43,3 +43,5 @@ jobs:
             dockerfile: examples/v1beta1/trial-images/darts-cnn-cifar10/Dockerfile.cpu
           - trial-name: darts-cnn-cifar10-gpu
             dockerfile: examples/v1beta1/trial-images/darts-cnn-cifar10/Dockerfile.gpu
+          - trial-name: simple-pbt
+            dockerfile: examples/v1beta1/trial-images/simple-pbt/Dockerfile

.github/workflows/simple-pbt-e2e-test.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+name: E2E Test with simple-pbt
+on:
+  - pull_request
+
+env:
+  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+jobs:
+  e2e:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    timeout-minutes: 120
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Setup Test Env
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/template-setup-e2e-test
+        with:
+          kubernetes-version: ${{ matrix.kubernetes-version }}
+
+      - name: Run e2e test with ${{ matrix.experiments }} experiments
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/template-e2e-test
+        with:
+          experiments: ${{ matrix.experiments }}
+          # Comma Delimited
+          trial-images: simple-pbt
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        # Detail: https://hub.docker.com/r/kindest/node
+        # TODO (tenzen-y): We need to consider running tests on more kubernetes versions.
+        # kubernetes-version: ["v1.20.15", "v1.21.12", "v1.22.9", "v1.23.6", "v1.24.1"]
+        kubernetes-version: ["v1.21.12", "v1.22.9", "v1.23.6"]
+        # Comma Delimited
+        experiments: ["simple-pbt"]

Makefile

@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ prepare-pytest:
 	pip install -r cmd/suggestion/hyperband/v1beta1/requirements.txt
 	pip install -r cmd/suggestion/nas/enas/v1beta1/requirements.txt
 	pip install -r cmd/suggestion/nas/darts/v1beta1/requirements.txt
+	pip install -r cmd/suggestion/pbt/v1beta1/requirements.txt
 	pip install -r cmd/earlystopping/medianstop/v1beta1/requirements.txt
 	pip install -r cmd/metricscollector/v1beta1/tfevent-metricscollector/requirements.txt
 

README.md

@@ -125,6 +125,15 @@ custom algorithm.
       <td>
       </td>
     </tr>
+    <tr align="center">
+      <td>
+        <a href="https://www.kubeflow.org/docs/components/katib/experiment/#pbt">Population Based Training</a>
+      </td>
+      <td>
+      </td>
+      <td>
+      </td>
+    </tr>
   </tbody>
 </table>
 

cmd/suggestion/pbt/v1beta1/Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+FROM python:3.9-slim
+
+ENV TARGET_DIR /opt/katib
+ENV SUGGESTION_DIR cmd/suggestion/pbt/v1beta1
+ENV GRPC_HEALTH_PROBE_VERSION v0.4.6
+
+RUN if [ "$(uname -m)" = "ppc64le" ] || [ "$(uname -m)" = "aarch64" ]; then \
+    apt-get -y update && \
+    apt-get -y install gfortran libopenblas-dev liblapack-dev wget && \
+    apt-get clean && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*; \
+    else \
+    apt-get -y update && \
+    apt-get -y install wget && \
+    apt-get clean && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*; \
+    fi
+RUN if [ "$(uname -m)" = "ppc64le" ]; then \
+    wget -qO/bin/grpc_health_probe https://github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-health-probe/releases/download/${GRPC_HEALTH_PROBE_VERSION}/grpc_health_probe-linux-ppc64le; \
+    elif [ "$(uname -m)" = "aarch64" ]; then \
+    wget -qO/bin/grpc_health_probe https://github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-health-probe/releases/download/${GRPC_HEALTH_PROBE_VERSION}/grpc_health_probe-linux-arm64; \
+    else \
+    wget -qO/bin/grpc_health_probe https://github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-health-probe/releases/download/${GRPC_HEALTH_PROBE_VERSION}/grpc_health_probe-linux-amd64; \
+    fi && \
+    chmod +x /bin/grpc_health_probe
+
+ADD ./pkg/ ${TARGET_DIR}/pkg/
+ADD ./${SUGGESTION_DIR}/ ${TARGET_DIR}/${SUGGESTION_DIR}/
+WORKDIR  ${TARGET_DIR}/${SUGGESTION_DIR}
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+RUN chgrp -R 0 ${TARGET_DIR} \
+  && chmod -R g+rwX ${TARGET_DIR}
+
+ENV PYTHONPATH ${TARGET_DIR}:${TARGET_DIR}/pkg/apis/manager/v1beta1/python:${TARGET_DIR}/pkg/apis/manager/health/python
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["python", "main.py"]

cmd/suggestion/pbt/v1beta1/main.py

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Copyright 2022 The Kubeflow Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import grpc
+import time
+from pkg.apis.manager.v1beta1.python import api_pb2_grpc
+from pkg.apis.manager.health.python import health_pb2_grpc
+from pkg.suggestion.v1beta1.pbt.service import PbtService
+from concurrent import futures
+
+_ONE_DAY_IN_SECONDS = 60 * 60 * 24
+DEFAULT_PORT = "0.0.0.0:6789"
+
+
+def serve():
+    server = grpc.server(futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=10))
+    service = PbtService()
+    api_pb2_grpc.add_SuggestionServicer_to_server(service, server)
+    health_pb2_grpc.add_HealthServicer_to_server(service, server)
+
+    server.add_insecure_port(DEFAULT_PORT)
+    print("Listening...")
+    server.start()
+    try:
+        while True:
+            time.sleep(_ONE_DAY_IN_SECONDS)
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        server.stop(0)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    serve()

cmd/suggestion/pbt/v1beta1/requirements.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+grpcio==1.41.1
+protobuf==3.19.1
+googleapis-common-protos==1.53.0
+numpy==1.22.2

docs/new-algorithm-service.md

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from pkg.apis.manager.v1beta1.python import api_pb2_grpc
 from pkg.suggestion.v1beta1.internal.search_space import HyperParameter, HyperParameterSearchSpace
 from pkg.suggestion.v1beta1.internal.trial import Trial, Assignment
 from pkg.suggestion.v1beta1.hyperopt.base_service import BaseHyperoptService
-from pkg.suggestion.v1beta1.base_health_service import HealthServicer
+from pkg.suggestion.v1beta1.internal.base_health_service import HealthServicer
 
 
 # Inherit SuggestionServicer and implement GetSuggestions.
@@ -90,9 +90,7 @@ Then build the Docker image.
 
 ### Use the algorithm in Katib.
 
-Update the [Katib config](../manifests/v1beta1/components/controller/katib-config.yaml)
-and [Katib config patch](../manifests/v1beta1/installs/katib-standalone/katib-config-patch.yaml)
-with the new algorithm entity:
+Update the [Katib config](../manifests/v1beta1/components/controller/katib-config.yaml) and [operator](../operators/katib-controller/src/suggestion.json) with the new algorithm entity:
 
 ```diff
   suggestion: |-

examples/v1beta1/README.md

@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ Experiments for the following algorithms:
 
 - [HyperBand](./hp-tuning/hyperband.yaml)
 
+- [PBT](./hp-tuning/simple-pbt.yaml)
+
 ### Neural Architecture Search
 
 Check the [Neural Architecture Search](https://www.kubeflow.org/docs/components/katib/overview/#neural-architecture-search)
@@ -110,6 +112,8 @@ Check the following images for the Trial containers:
 
 - [DARTS PyTorch CNN CIFAR-10](./trial-images/darts-cnn-cifar10)
 
+- [PBT proof of concept](./trial-images/simple-pbt)
+
 ## Katib with Kubeflow Training Operator
 
 Katib has out of the box support for the [Kubeflow Training Operators](https://github.com/kubeflow/training-operator) to

examples/v1beta1/hp-tuning/simple-pbt.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+apiVersion: kubeflow.org/v1beta1
+kind: Experiment
+metadata:
+  namespace: kubeflow
+  name: simple-pbt
+spec:
+  maxTrialCount: 2
+  parallelTrialCount: 2
+  maxFailedTrialCount: 3
+  resumePolicy: FromVolume
+  objective:
+    type: maximize
+    goal: 0.99
+    objectiveMetricName: Validation-accuracy
+  algorithm:
+    algorithmName: pbt
+    algorithmSettings:
+      - name: suggestion_trial_dir
+        value: /var/log/katib/checkpoints/
+      - name: n_population
+        value: '40'
+      - name: truncation_threshold
+        value: '0.2'
+  parameters:
+    - name: lr
+      parameterType: double
+      feasibleSpace:
+        min: '0.0001'
+        max: '0.02'
+        step: '0.0001'
+  trialTemplate:
+    primaryContainerName: training-container
+    trialParameters:
+      - name: learningRate
+        description: Learning rate for training the model
+        reference: lr
+    trialSpec:
+      apiVersion: batch/v1
+      kind: Job
+      spec:
+        template:
+          spec:
+            containers:
+              - name: training-container
+                image: docker.io/kubeflowkatib/simple-pbt:latest
+                command:
+                  - "python3"
+                  - "/opt/pbt/pbt_test.py"
+                  - "--epochs=20"
+                  - "--lr=${trialParameters.learningRate}"
+                  - "--checkpoint=/var/log/katib/checkpoints/"
+            restartPolicy: Never

examples/v1beta1/trial-images/simple-pbt/Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+FROM python:3.9-slim
+
+ADD examples/v1beta1/trial-images/simple-pbt /opt/pbt
+WORKDIR /opt/pbt
+
+RUN python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+RUN chgrp -R 0 /opt/pbt \
+  && chmod -R g+rwX /opt/pbt
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["python3", "/opt/pbt/pbt_test.py"]

examples/v1beta1/trial-images/simple-pbt/pbt_test.py

@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# Implementation based on:
+#   https://github.com/ray-project/ray/blob/master/python/ray/tune/examples/pbt_example.py
+
+import argparse
+import numpy as np
+import os
+import pickle
+import random
+import time
+
+# Ensure job runs for at least this long (secs) to allow metrics collector to
+# read PID correctly before cleanup
+_METRICS_COLLECTOR_SPAWN_LATENCY = 7
+
+
+class PBTBenchmarkExample:
+    """Toy PBT problem for benchmarking adaptive learning rate.
+    The goal is to optimize this trainable's accuracy. The accuracy increases
+    fastest at the optimal lr, which is a function of the current accuracy.
+    The optimal lr schedule for this problem is the triangle wave as follows.
+    Note that many lr schedules for real models also follow this shape:
+     best lr
+      ^
+      |    /\
+      |   /  \
+      |  /    \
+      | /      \
+      ------------> accuracy
+    In this problem, using PBT with a population of 2-4 is sufficient to
+    roughly approximate this lr schedule. Higher population sizes will yield
+    faster convergence. Training will not converge without PBT.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, lr, checkpoint: str):
+        self._lr = lr
+
+        self._checkpoint_file = os.path.join(checkpoint, "training.ckpt")
+        if os.path.exists(self._checkpoint_file):
+            with open(self._checkpoint_file, "rb") as fin:
+                checkpoint_data = pickle.load(fin)
+            self._accuracy = checkpoint_data["accuracy"]
+            self._step = checkpoint_data["step"]
+        else:
+            os.makedirs(checkpoint, exist_ok=True)
+            self._step = 1
+            self._accuracy = 0.0
+
+    def save_checkpoint(self):
+        with open(self._checkpoint_file, "wb") as fout:
+            pickle.dump({"step": self._step, "accuracy": self._accuracy}, fout)
+
+    def step(self):
+        midpoint = 50  # lr starts decreasing after acc > midpoint
+        q_tolerance = 3  # penalize exceeding lr by more than this multiple
+        noise_level = 2  # add gaussian noise to the acc increase
+        # triangle wave:
+        #  - start at 0.001 @ t=0,
+        #  - peak at 0.01 @ t=midpoint,
+        #  - end at 0.001 @ t=midpoint * 2,
+        if self._accuracy < midpoint:
+            optimal_lr = 0.01 * self._accuracy / midpoint
+        else:
+            optimal_lr = 0.01 - 0.01 * (self._accuracy - midpoint) / midpoint
+        optimal_lr = min(0.01, max(0.001, optimal_lr))
+
+        # compute accuracy increase
+        q_err = max(self._lr, optimal_lr) / (
+            min(self._lr, optimal_lr) + np.finfo(float).eps
+        )
+        if q_err < q_tolerance:
+            self._accuracy += (1.0 / q_err) * random.random()
+        elif self._lr > optimal_lr:
+            self._accuracy -= (q_err - q_tolerance) * random.random()
+        self._accuracy += noise_level * np.random.normal()
+        self._accuracy = max(0, min(100, self._accuracy))
+
+        self._step += 1
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "epoch {}:\nlr={:0.4f}\nValidation-accuracy={:0.4f}".format(
+            self._step, self._lr, self._accuracy / 100
+        )
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # Parse CLI arguments
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="PBT Basic Test")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--lr", type=float, default=0.0001, help="learning rate (default: 0.0001)"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--epochs", type=int, default=20, help="number of epochs to train (default: 20)"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--checkpoint",
+        type=str,
+        default="/var/log/katib/checkpoints/",
+        help="checkpoint directory (resume and save)",
+    )
+    opt = parser.parse_args()
+
+    benchmark = PBTBenchmarkExample(opt.lr, opt.checkpoint)
+
+    start_time = time.time()
+    for i in range(opt.epochs):
+        benchmark.step()
+    exec_time_thresh = time.time() - start_time - _METRICS_COLLECTOR_SPAWN_LATENCY
+    if exec_time_thresh < 0:
+        time.sleep(abs(exec_time_thresh))
+    benchmark.save_checkpoint()
+
+    print(benchmark)

examples/v1beta1/trial-images/simple-pbt/requirements.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+numpy==1.22.2