Why CI/CD for ML?
Software engineers have had CI/CD for decades. ML models deserve the same treatment — automated testing, building, and deployment.
The ML CI/CD Pipeline
Train → Track → Package → Test → Deploy → Monitor
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name: ML Model Deploy
on:
push:
paths:
- 'models/**'
- 'training/**'
jobs:
train-and-deploy:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: Set up Python
uses: actions/setup-python@v5
with:
python-version: '3.11'
- name: Install dependencies
run: pip install mlflow scikit-learn
- name: Train model
run: python training/train.py
env:
MLFLOW_TRACKING_URI: ${{ secrets.MLFLOW_URI }}
- name: Build Docker image
run: |
mlflow models build-docker \
-m "models:/wine-quality/Production" \
-n "wine-quality:${{ github.sha }}"
- name: Push to registry
run: |
docker tag wine-quality:${{ github.sha }} \
${{ secrets.REGISTRY }}/wine-quality:${{ github.sha }}
docker push ${{ secrets.REGISTRY }}/wine-quality:${{ github.sha }}
- name: Deploy to Kubernetes
run: |
kubectl set image deployment/wine-quality \
wine-quality=${{ secrets.REGISTRY }}/wine-quality:${{ github.sha }}Testing Before Deployment
Add a test stage:
- name: Test model
run: |
docker run -d -p 8080:8080 wine-quality:${{ github.sha }}
sleep 10
curl -f http://localhost:8080/health
python tests/test_inference.pyCanary Deployment Strategy
Don't deploy to 100% immediately:
- Deploy canary — send 10% of traffic to new version
- Monitor metrics — accuracy, latency, error rate
- Promote or rollback — based on metrics
- Full rollout — if canary succeeds
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Always keep the previous model version:
# Quick rollback
kubectl rollout undo deployment/wine-quality
# Or rollback to specific version via MLflow
kubectl set image deployment/wine-quality \
wine-quality=registry/wine-quality:previous-shaBest Practices
- Version everything — code, data, model, config
- Test inference — don't just test training
- Use staging environments — mirror production
- Automate rollbacks — metric-based triggers
- Monitor continuously — deployment is not the end
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