Keep artifacts local in a cloud instanceΒΆ

If you want to default to keeping artifacts local in a cloud instance, enable keep_artifacts_local.

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!lamin login testuser1
!lamin init --storage s3://lamindb-ci/keep-artifacts-local
βœ… logged in with email testuser1@lamin.ai (uid: DzTjkKse)
πŸ’‘ go to: https://lamin.ai/testuser1/keep-artifacts-local
❗ updating & unlocking cloud SQLite 's3://lamindb-ci/keep-artifacts-local/cc7f2489bf7251f79ff9ca8df7ac045b.lndb' of instance 'testuser1/keep-artifacts-local'
πŸ’‘ connected lamindb: testuser1/keep-artifacts-local
❗ locked instance (to unlock and push changes to the cloud SQLite file, call: lamin close)
import lamindb as ln

ln.settings.transform.stem_uid = "l9lFf83aPwRc"
ln.settings.transform.version = "1"
ln.track()
πŸ’‘ connected lamindb: testuser1/keep-artifacts-local
πŸ’‘ notebook imports: lamindb==0.72.1
πŸ’‘ saved: Transform(uid='l9lFf83aPwRc5zKv', version='1', name='Keep artifacts local in a cloud instance', key='keep-artifacts-local', type='notebook', created_by_id=1, updated_at='2024-05-25 15:25:39 UTC')
πŸ’‘ saved: Run(uid='OccGeLYGcS2c8GsQlRkG', transform_id=1, created_by_id=1)
Run(uid='OccGeLYGcS2c8GsQlRkG', started_at='2024-05-25 15:25:39 UTC', is_consecutive=True, transform_id=1, created_by_id=1)
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# the setting should be enabled on lamin.ai
# we're temporarily setting it here only for testing purposes
ln.setup.settings.instance._keep_artifacts_local = True

You can register a managed local storage location as follows:

ln.settings.storage_local = "./my_storage_local"
πŸ’‘ defaulting to local storage: /home/runner/work/lamindb/lamindb/docs/faq/my_storage_local

Now, you have two storage locations: one in the S3 bucket, and the other locally.

ln.Storage.df()
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uid root description type region instance_uid run_id created_by_id updated_at
id
2 XnqgbmlAz1KD /home/runner/work/lamindb/lamindb/docs/faq/my_... None local None 6uGWmLpZlNoJ None 1 2024-05-25 15:25:40.625789+00:00
1 TG4oKONNR371 s3://lamindb-ci/keep-artifacts-local None s3 us-west-1 6uGWmLpZlNoJ None 1 2024-05-25 15:25:33.475034+00:00

Update storage descriptionΒΆ

You can add a description to the storage by using the description parameter:

storage_record = ln.Storage.filter(root=ln.settings.storage_local).one()
storage_record.description = "Files stored locally in site X on server Y for reason ABC"
storage_record.save()
ln.Storage.df()
uid root description type region instance_uid run_id created_by_id updated_at
id
2 XnqgbmlAz1KD /home/runner/work/lamindb/lamindb/docs/faq/my_... Files stored locally in site X on server Y for... local None 6uGWmLpZlNoJ None 1 2024-05-25 15:25:40.658514+00:00
1 TG4oKONNR371 s3://lamindb-ci/keep-artifacts-local None s3 us-west-1 6uGWmLpZlNoJ None 1 2024-05-25 15:25:33.475034+00:00

Use local storageΒΆ

If you save an artifact, by default, it’s stored in local storage.

original_filepath = ln.core.datasets.file_fcs()
artifact = ln.Artifact(original_filepath, description="My fcs file").save()
local_path = artifact.path
local_path
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PosixUPath('/home/runner/work/lamindb/lamindb/docs/faq/my_storage_local/.lamindb/gdYvZNHe8Bd7yqtmeH4W.fcs')

You’ll see the .fcs file named by the uid in your .lamindb/ directory under ./my_storage_local/:

ln.settings.storage_local.view_tree()
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1 sub-directory & 2 files with suffixes '', '.fcs'
/home/runner/work/lamindb/lamindb/docs/faq/my_storage_local
└── .lamindb/
    β”œβ”€β”€ _is_initialized
    └── gdYvZNHe8Bd7yqtmeH4W.fcs
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assert local_path.exists()
assert artifact.path.as_posix().startswith(ln.setup.settings.instance.storage_local.root.as_posix())

If you’d like to upload an artifact, you pass upload=True to the save() method.

artifact.save(upload=True)
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πŸ’‘ moved local artifact to cache: /home/runner/.cache/lamindb/gdYvZNHe8Bd7yqtmeH4W.fcs
Artifact(uid='gdYvZNHe8Bd7yqtmeH4W', description='My fcs file', suffix='.fcs', size=6785467, hash='KCEXRahJ-Ui9Y6nksQ8z1A', hash_type='md5', visibility=1, key_is_virtual=True, created_by_id=1, storage_id=1, transform_id=1, run_id=1, updated_at='2024-05-25 15:25:40 UTC')

You now see the artifact in the S3 bucket:

ln.setup.settings.storage.root.view_tree()
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2 sub-directories & 3 files with suffixes '', '.lndb', '.fcs'
s3://lamindb-ci/keep-artifacts-local
β”œβ”€β”€ cc7f2489bf7251f79ff9ca8df7ac045b.lndb
└── .lamindb/
    β”œβ”€β”€ _is_initialized
    β”œβ”€β”€ gdYvZNHe8Bd7yqtmeH4W.fcs
    └── _exclusion/

And it’s no longer present in local storage:

ln.setup.settings.instance.storage_local.root.view_tree()
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1 sub-directory & 1 files with suffixes ''
/home/runner/work/lamindb/lamindb/docs/faq/my_storage_local
└── .lamindb/
    └── _is_initialized
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assert artifact.path.exists()
assert not local_path.exists()
assert artifact.path.as_posix().startswith(ln.setup.settings.instance.storage.root.as_posix())

Direct uploadΒΆ

You can also directly upload a file by passing upload=True:

filepath = ln.core.datasets.file_mini_csv()
artifact2 = ln.Artifact(filepath, description="My csv file").save(upload=True)
artifact2.path
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S3Path('s3://lamindb-ci/keep-artifacts-local/.lamindb/L1iuOC8W3UTVnEN1gy7S.csv')

Now we have two files on S3:

ln.Artifact.df(include="storage__root")
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storage__root uid version description key suffix accessor size hash hash_type n_objects n_observations visibility key_is_virtual storage_id transform_id run_id created_by_id updated_at
id
2 s3://lamindb-ci/keep-artifacts-local L1iuOC8W3UTVnEN1gy7S None My csv file None .csv None 11 z1LdF2qN4cN0M2sXrcW8aw md5 None None 1 True 1 1 1 1 2024-05-25 15:25:42.100393+00:00
1 s3://lamindb-ci/keep-artifacts-local gdYvZNHe8Bd7yqtmeH4W None My fcs file None .fcs None 6785467 KCEXRahJ-Ui9Y6nksQ8z1A md5 None None 1 True 1 1 1 1 2024-05-25 15:25:40.872710+00:00
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assert artifact2.path.exists()

Pre-existing artifactsΒΆ

Assume we already have a file in our registered local storage location:

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file_in_local_storage = ln.core.datasets.file_bam()
file_in_local_storage.rename("./my_storage_local/output.bam")
ln.UPath("my_storage_local/").view_tree()
1 sub-directory & 2 files with suffixes '', '.bam'
/home/runner/work/lamindb/lamindb/docs/faq/my_storage_local
β”œβ”€β”€ .lamindb/
β”‚   └── _is_initialized
└── output.bam

If we create an artifact from it, it remains where it is during saving:

my_existing_file = ln.Artifact("./my_storage_local/output.bam", description="my existing file").save()
ln.UPath("my_storage_local/").view_tree()
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1 sub-directory & 2 files with suffixes '', '.bam'
/home/runner/work/lamindb/lamindb/docs/faq/my_storage_local
β”œβ”€β”€ .lamindb/
β”‚   └── _is_initialized
└── output.bam

The storage path of the artifact is constructed using key because key_is_virtual=False:

my_existing_file
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Artifact(uid='wCb3MaI2op8eLGoPaDl7', description='my existing file', key='output.bam', suffix='.bam', size=18, hash='D2yxELM5U3VLeyvrwWUMUA', hash_type='md5', visibility=1, key_is_virtual=False, created_by_id=1, storage_id=2, transform_id=1, run_id=1, updated_at='2024-05-25 15:25:42 UTC')

However, if we decide to upload the artifact, we’ll use the uid for constructing the storage path and switch key_is_virtual=True:

my_existing_file.save(upload=True)
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πŸ’‘ moved local artifact to cache: /home/runner/.cache/lamindb/output.bam
Artifact(uid='wCb3MaI2op8eLGoPaDl7', description='my existing file', key='output.bam', suffix='.bam', size=18, hash='D2yxELM5U3VLeyvrwWUMUA', hash_type='md5', visibility=1, key_is_virtual=True, created_by_id=1, storage_id=1, transform_id=1, run_id=1, updated_at='2024-05-25 15:25:42 UTC')

Here is the remote path of the artifact:

my_existing_file.path
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S3Path('s3://lamindb-ci/keep-artifacts-local/.lamindb/wCb3MaI2op8eLGoPaDl7.bam')

And here are the contents of the storage locations:

# the path on S3
ln.setup.settings.storage.root.view_tree()
# the local path
ln.setup.settings.instance.storage_local.root.view_tree()
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2 sub-directories & 5 files with suffixes '', '.fcs', '.lndb', '.bam', '.csv'
s3://lamindb-ci/keep-artifacts-local
β”œβ”€β”€ cc7f2489bf7251f79ff9ca8df7ac045b.lndb
└── .lamindb/
    β”œβ”€β”€ L1iuOC8W3UTVnEN1gy7S.csv
    β”œβ”€β”€ _is_initialized
    β”œβ”€β”€ gdYvZNHe8Bd7yqtmeH4W.fcs
    β”œβ”€β”€ wCb3MaI2op8eLGoPaDl7.bam
    └── _exclusion/
1 sub-directory & 1 files with suffixes ''
/home/runner/work/lamindb/lamindb/docs/faq/my_storage_local
└── .lamindb/
    └── _is_initialized

Delete the test instanceΒΆ

Delete the artifacts:

artifact.delete(permanent=True)
artifact2.delete(permanent=True)
my_existing_file.delete(permanent=True)

Delete the instance:

ln.setup.delete("keep-artifacts-local", force=True)
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πŸ’‘ deleted storage record on hub eb35d80e9c4d5d02aab65a03c95bb70c
πŸ’‘ deleted storage record on hub 44bdfa4450834fa39f192bc13a62b2ce
πŸ’‘ deleted instance record on hub cc7f2489bf7251f79ff9ca8df7ac045b