Deploying Local LLMs to Kubernetes: A DevOps Guide

A guide for DevOps engineers on orchestrating LLMs availability and scaling using Kubernetes. Key Sections: 1. **Prerequisites:** GPU Operator setup, Nvidia Container Toolkit. 2. **Serving Options:** KServe vs Ray Serve vs simple Deployment. 3. **Resource Management:** Requests/Limits for GPU, dealing with bin-packing. 4. **Scaling:** HPA based on custom metrics (queue depth). 5. **Example:** Full Helm chart walkthrough for a vLLM service. **Internal Linking Strategy:** Link to Pillar. Link to 'Ollama vs vLLM'. Continue reading Deploying Local LLMs to Kubernetes: A DevOps Guide on SitePoint .