Fully Customized Installation

The FindFace developer-friendly installer provides you with a few installation options, including the fully customized installation. This option is mostly used when deploying FindFace in a highly distributed environment and requires a certain level of knowledge and experience.

To initiate the fully customized installation, do the following:

  1. Download the installer file findface-*.run.

  2. Put the .run file into some directory on the designated host (for example, /home/username).

  3. From this directory, make the .run file executable.

    Note

    Be sure to specify the actual file name instead of findface-*.

    chmod +x findface-*.run

  4. Execute the .run file.

    sudo ./findface-*.run

    The installer will ask you a few questions and perform several automated checks to ensure that the host meets the system requirements. After filling out each prompt, press Enter. The questions and answers are the following:

    1. Q: Which product should be installed?

      A: 1

      Which product should be installed?

  1. [security]  FindFace Multi
  2. [server  ]  FindFace Server
  3. [video-worker]  FindFace Video Worker
  4. [nvidia-drivers]  NVIDIA CUDA drivers (installed automatically when you install gpu-variant of the products above)

(default: security)
product> 1

    2. Q: Please choose installation type:

      A: 4

      Please choose installation type:

-  1 [stand-alone ]  Single Server
-  2 [multi-worker]  Single Server, Multiple video workers
-  3 [repo        ]  Don't install anything, just set up the APT repository
-  4 [custom      ]  Fully customized installation

(default: stand-alone)
type> 4

    3. Q: Found X interface(s). Which one should we announce as our external address?

      A: Choose the interface that you are going to use as the instance IP address.

      Found 1 interface(s). Which one should we announce as our external address?

-  1 [lo      ]  127.0.0.1
-  2 [ens3    ]  192.168.112.254

(default: 192.168.112.254)
ext_ip.advertised> 2

    4. Q: Found X interface(s). Which one should we announce as our inter-service communication address?

      A: Choose the interface for inter-service communication.

      Found 1 interface(s). Which one should we announce as our inter-service communication address?

-  1 [lo      ]  127.0.0.1
-  2 [ens3    ]  192.168.112.254

(default: 192.168.112.254)
inter_ip.advertised> 2

    5. Q: Please select FindFace Multi components to install:

      A: Choose FindFace components to install. By default, all components are subject to installation. You can leave it as is by entering done, or select specific components. Whenever you have to make a selection, first, deselect all the listed components by entering * in the command line, then select required components by entering their sequence number (keyword), for example: 1 7 13, etc. Enter done to save your selection and proceed to another step.

      Please select FindFace Multi components to install:

-  1 [v]  findface-data        - Face recognition models
...
...

Enter keyword to select matching choices or -keyword to clear selection.
Enter "done" to save your selection and proceed to another step.
components> done

    6. Specific questions related to the selected components: acceleration type, the required number of component instances, neural network models, etc. If you are experiencing a difficulty answering them, try to find an answer in this documentation, or submit your question to support@ntechlab.com.