Operations

Requirements

llama-cpp-python is installed as a pre-built wheel (not compiled from source). requirements.txt specifies the Vulkan variant via --extra-index-url https://abetlen.github.io/llama-cpp-python/whl/vulkan. Other backends are available by changing the index URL:

Docker image installs libvulkan1. GPU access (/dev/dri) is commented out in compose.yaml by default — uncomment for hardware acceleration. Falls back to CPU without GPU.

The x86-64-v2 baseline or equivalent is required by NumPy's pre-built wheels (see NumPy SIMD build options), usually configurable in virtual machines. CPUs without these instructions can still run the orchestrator by recompiling NumPy from source with reduced SIMD flags (NPY_DISABLE_CPU_FEATURES), or by using a distro that ships a compatible build.

Installation

Using Docker

The Python orchestrator runs in Docker. Quick start:

cd plugins/agent
docker compose up -d --build

Verify: curl http://localhost:8120/docs should show the Swagger UI.

Port 127.0.0.1:8120:8120 — bound to localhost only, MUST NOT be publicly exposed.

Here a quick snippet to install docker.

Environment Variables

In case of multiple orchestrators on the same machine it's highly recommended to point HF_CACHE_DIR to the same directory.

Without Docker

This setup is technically possible but it is unsupported by our support subscription service. The script assumes Ubuntu 24.04 LTS but it's experimental and not guaranteed to work.

#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

# install host dependencies
pkgs=(
  python3
  python3-pip
  python3.12-venv
  python-is-python3
  libgomp1
  libvulkan1
)
apt install "${pkgs[@]}"

# make virtual env
VTE="/var/www/html/vte"
AGENT="$VTE/plugins/agent"
cd "$AGENT"
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

# install python libraries
pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
pip install -r requirements.txt

# install systemd service
SERVICE="vte-agent.service"
cat > "/etc/systemd/system/$SERVICE" <<UNIT
[Unit]
Description=vtenext AI agent orchestrator
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target

[Service]
Type=simple
Restart=unless-stopped
RestartSec=3

User=www-data
Group=www-data

Environment=PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
Environment=PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
Environment=PYTHONPATH=${AGENT}/src
Environment=HF_CACHE_DIR=${AGENT}/hf_cache
Environment=HOST=127.0.0.1
Environment=PORT=8120

WorkingDirectory=${AGENT}
ExecStart=${AGENT}/venv/bin/python -m vte_agent

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target
UNIT

systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable --now "$SERVICE"

# verify
systemctl --no-pager --full status "$SERVICE"
curl -fsS "http://127.0.0.1:8120/docs" >/dev/null && echo "OK"

Troubleshooting

• Slow startup: Embedding model downloads from HuggingFace on first container start — cached in HF_CACHE_DIR afterwards.
• Empty docs: /rag/build raises RuntimeError if docs/<agent_id>/ is empty.
• GPU not used: Uncomment /dev/dri in compose.yaml. Falls back to CPU otherwise.
• CPU compat: Verify with /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 --help