Alto is the easiest way to run any code on the cloud! Alto is designed to be used with Prism projects, but it can be used to any arbitrary code (e.g., functions, scripts, Jupyter notebooks, or entire projects)!
Alto can be installed via pip
. Alto requires Python >= 3.8.
pip install --upgrade pip
pip install alto-dev
Then, initialize a configuration file with the alto init
CLI command. This command will automatically prompt you for all the information needed to configure your cloud environment.
$ alto init
What type of cloud environment do you want to use [ec2]? ec2
What would you like the name of your configuration file to be (default: alto.yml)?
<HH:MM:SS> | INFO | Building configuration file...
<HH:MM:SS> | INFO | Done!
To run your project on your cloud environment, use the alto build
command. Under the hood, this command:
- Builds the cloud environment according to instructions contained in the configuration file, and
- Executes your project on the cloud.
$ alto build -f alto.yml
<HH:MM:SS> | INFO | my_cloud_agent[build] | Created key pair my_cloud_agent
<HH:MM:SS> | INFO | my_cloud_agent[build] | Created security group with ID sg-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX in VPC vpc-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
<HH:MM:SS> | INFO | my_cloud_agent[build] | Created EC2 instance with ID i-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
<HH:MM:SS> | INFO | my_cloud_agent[build] | Instance i-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX is pending... checking again in 5 seconds
<HH:MM:SS> | INFO | my_cloud_agent[build] | Instance i-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX is pending... checking again in 5 seconds
<HH:MM:SS> | INFO | my_cloud_agent[build] | Instance i-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX is pending... checking again in 5 seconds
<HH:MM:SS> | INFO | my_cloud_agent[build] | Instance i-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX is pending... checking again in 5 seconds
...
...
<HH:MM:SS> | INFO | my_cloud_agent[run] | Done!
<HH:MM:SS> | INFO | my_cloud_agent[delete] | Deleting key-pair my_cloud_agent at /../../../my_cloud_agent.pem
<HH:MM:SS> | INFO | my_cloud_agent[delete] | Deleting instance i-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
<HH:MM:SS> | INFO | my_cloud_agent[delete] | Deleting security group sg-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Alternatively, you could use the alto apply
command to first build the cloud environment and then use alto run
to actually run the code.
Check out our documentation to see the full list of CLI command and their usage!
Alto currently supports the following cloud environments (which we call "Agents"):
- ec2
We're always looking to improve our product. Here's what we're working on at the moment:
- Additional Agents: GCP Virtual Machines, EMR clusters, Databricks clusters, and more!
- Managed service: Managed platform to easily view, manage, and schedule your different cloud deployments
Let us know if you'd like to see another feature!