How to Set Up RunPod Network Volumes for AI Creation

When working with large AI models in your creative workflows, managing storage efficiently becomes crucial. 💾 Network Volumes provide a persistent storage solution that allows you to access your custom models across different serverless instances - perfect for orchestrating complex AI workflows in Promptus. ⚡

Prerequisites 📋

• A RunPod account
• GitHub access
• Docker installed
• Postman for testing API calls

Setting Up Your Network Volume 💾

1. Log into your RunPod account
2. Navigate to "My Storage" section
3. Click "Add Network Volume"
4. Name your volume (like "SD-Models")
5. Click "Deploy" 🚀

Selecting the Right Profile 🎯

For AI image generation work, select "RunPod Fast Stable Diffusion" as it comes pre-loaded with Stable Diffusion 1.4 and 2.0 models. ✨

Organizing Your Models 🗂️

1. Connect to Jupiter Notebook
2. Open a new terminal
3. Create a "models" folder in the workspace directory
4. Move existing SD models to this new folder

Adding Custom Models 🎭

From Civitai 🌐

• Find a model you like on Civitai
• Copy the download link
• Use wget to download
• Verify the download with sha256sum

From Google Drive ☁️

• Get a shareable link 🔗
• Install gdown 📥
• Extract the file ID from the URL 🆔
• Download with gdown 💾

Setting Up the Serverless Endpoint 🛠️

1. Clone the helper repository
2. Build the Docker image
3. Tag and push to Docker Hub
4. Create a new Serverless template
5. Create an endpoint using that template
6. Select the Network Volume created earlier

Testing Your Setup 🧪

Use Postman to:

• Copy your new Serverless endpoint ID
• Import the Postman collection
• Set your variables
• Test getting available models

Integrating with Promptus 🎨

This setup integrates seamlessly with Promptus workflows, allowing you to: 🌟

• Create complex AI generation workflows
• Switch between different models without re-uploading
• Build reusable visual workflows �

Visit promptus.ai to get started with these advanced workflows using either the Promptus Web interface or App. 🚀✨