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Overview

SGLang supports deployment across major cloud platforms, leveraging managed services for Kubernetes, GPUs, and TPUs. This guide covers platform-specific configurations and best practices.

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Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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AWS SageMaker

AWS SageMaker provides managed inference with built-in SGLang container support.

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Prerequisites

  • AWS account with SageMaker access
  • IAM role with SageMaker permissions
  • AWS CLI configured
  • SGLang container on Amazon ECR

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Build and Push Container

# Set AWS configuration
export AWS_ACCOUNT="<YOUR_AWS_ACCOUNT>"
export AWS_REGION="<YOUR_AWS_REGION>"
export ECR_REGISTRY="${AWS_ACCOUNT}.dkr.ecr.${AWS_REGION}.amazonaws.com"

# Build SageMaker container
docker build -f docker/sagemaker.Dockerfile -t sglang-sagemaker .

# Tag for ECR
docker tag sglang-sagemaker:latest ${ECR_REGISTRY}/sglang-sagemaker:latest

# Login to ECR
aws ecr get-login-password --region ${AWS_REGION} | \
  docker login --username AWS --password-stdin ${ECR_REGISTRY}

# Create repository if it doesn't exist
aws ecr create-repository --repository-name sglang-sagemaker --region ${AWS_REGION}

# Push image
docker push ${ECR_REGISTRY}/sglang-sagemaker:latest

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Deploy Model Endpoint

Use the SageMaker Python SDK: 
import sagemaker
from sagemaker import Model

# Initialize SageMaker session
sagemaker_session = sagemaker.Session()
role = sagemaker.get_execution_role()

# Define model
model = Model(
    image_uri=f"{ECR_REGISTRY}/sglang-sagemaker:latest",
    role=role,
    sagemaker_session=sagemaker_session,
    env={
        "SM_SGLANG_MODEL_PATH": "meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct",
        "SM_SGLANG_HOST": "0.0.0.0",
        "SM_SGLANG_PORT": "8080",
        "SM_SGLANG_TP": "1",
        "HF_TOKEN": "<your_hf_token>"
    }
)

# Deploy endpoint
predictor = model.deploy(
    instance_type="ml.g5.xlarge",
    initial_instance_count=1,
    endpoint_name="sglang-llama-endpoint"
)

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SageMaker Environment Variables

The SageMaker container uses environment variables with the SM_SGLANG_ prefix: 
SM_SGLANG_MODEL_PATH=/opt/ml/model  # Default model path
SM_SGLANG_HOST=0.0.0.0              # Server host
SM_SGLANG_PORT=8080                 # Server port
SM_SGLANG_TP=1                      # Tensor parallelism
All SGLang launch arguments can be set using this pattern: 
SM_SGLANG_<ARGUMENT_NAME>=<value>
# Example: --max-running-requests becomes
SM_SGLANG_MAX_RUNNING_REQUESTS=32

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Query SageMaker Endpoint

import json
import boto3

runtime = boto3.client("sagemaker-runtime")

response = runtime.invoke_endpoint(
    EndpointName="sglang-llama-endpoint",
    ContentType="application/json",
    Body=json.dumps({
        "model": "meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct",
        "messages": [
            {"role": "user", "content": "What is the capital of France?"}
        ],
        "max_tokens": 100
    })
)

result = json.loads(response["Body"].read())
print(result)

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AWS Deep Learning Containers

AWS maintains official SGLang containers with security patches: 
# Check available images
aws ecr describe-images \
  --repository-name sglang \
  --registry-id <AWS_DLC_ACCOUNT> \
  --region ${AWS_REGION}
See AWS SGLang DLCs for the latest images.

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Amazon EKS

Deploy SGLang on Elastic Kubernetes Service:

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Create EKS Cluster

# Install eksctl
curl --silent --location "https://github.com/weaveworks/eksctl/releases/latest/download/eksctl_$(uname -s)_amd64.tar.gz" | tar xz -C /tmp
sudo mv /tmp/eksctl /usr/local/bin

# Create cluster with GPU nodes
eksctl create cluster \
  --name sglang-cluster \
  --region us-west-2 \
  --nodegroup-name gpu-nodes \
  --node-type p3.2xlarge \
  --nodes 2 \
  --nodes-min 1 \
  --nodes-max 4

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Install NVIDIA Device Plugin

kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NVIDIA/k8s-device-plugin/v0.14.0/nvidia-device-plugin.yml

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Deploy SGLang

Follow the Kubernetes deployment guide with EKS-specific configurations: 
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: sglang-service
  annotations:
    service.beta.kubernetes.io/aws-load-balancer-type: "nlb"
spec:
  type: LoadBalancer
  selector:
    app: sglang
  ports:
    - port: 80
      targetPort: 30000

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AWS EC2

Direct deployment on EC2 GPU instances:

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Launch GPU Instance

# Launch p3.2xlarge instance with NVIDIA Deep Learning AMI
aws ec2 run-instances \
  --image-id ami-0c55b159cbfafe1f0 \
  --instance-type p3.2xlarge \
  --key-name your-key-pair \
  --security-groups sglang-sg \
  --block-device-mappings 'DeviceName=/dev/sda1,Ebs={VolumeSize=200}'

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Install and Run SGLang

# SSH into instance
ssh -i your-key.pem ubuntu@<instance-ip>

# Pull and run Docker container
docker pull lmsysorg/sglang:latest
docker run -d --gpus all -p 30000:30000 \
  lmsysorg/sglang:latest \
  python3 -m sglang.launch_server \
  --model-path meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct \
  --host 0.0.0.0 --port 30000

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Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

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Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

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Create GKE Cluster with GPUs

# Create cluster
gcloud container clusters create sglang-cluster \
  --zone us-central1-a \
  --machine-type n1-standard-8 \
  --accelerator type=nvidia-tesla-v100,count=1 \
  --num-nodes 2 \
  --enable-autoscaling \
  --min-nodes 1 \
  --max-nodes 4

# Install NVIDIA driver
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/container-engine-accelerators/master/nvidia-driver-installer/cos/daemonset-preloaded-latest.yaml

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Deploy SGLang on GKE

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: sglang-gke
spec:
  replicas: 1
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: sglang
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: sglang
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: sglang
        image: lmsysorg/sglang:latest
        command:
        - python3
        - -m
        - sglang.launch_server
        - --model-path
        - meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct
        - --host
        - 0.0.0.0
        - --port
        - "30000"
        resources:
          limits:
            nvidia.com/gpu: 1
        volumeMounts:
        - name: cache
          mountPath: /root/.cache
      volumes:
      - name: cache
        emptyDir: {}
      nodeSelector:
        cloud.google.com/gke-accelerator: nvidia-tesla-v100

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Google Cloud TPU

SGLang supports TPU inference through the JAX backend:

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Prerequisites

  • TPU v5e, v6e, or v7 instance
  • SGLang-JAX installation

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Using SkyPilot

# sky-tpu.yaml
resources:
  cloud: gcp
  accelerators: tpu-v5e-8
  disk_size: 256

setup: |
  pip install "sglang-jax[tpu]"

run: |
  python -m sglang_jax.launch_server \
    --model meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct \
    --host 0.0.0.0 \
    --port 30000
Deploy with SkyPilot: 
# Install SkyPilot
pip install skypilot-nightly[gcp]

# Configure GCP access
gcloud auth application-default login

# Launch
sky launch -c tpu-cluster sky-tpu.yaml

# Check status
sky status tpu-cluster

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Direct TPU VM Setup

# Create TPU VM
gcloud compute tpus tpu-vm create sglang-tpu \
  --zone=us-central2-b \
  --accelerator-type=v5litepod-8 \
  --version=tpu-ubuntu2204-base

# SSH into TPU VM
gcloud compute tpus tpu-vm ssh sglang-tpu --zone=us-central2-b

# Install SGLang-JAX
pip install "sglang-jax[tpu]"

# Launch server
python -m sglang_jax.launch_server \
  --model meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct \
  --host 0.0.0.0 \
  --port 30000

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Google Compute Engine

# Create GPU instance
gcloud compute instances create sglang-vm \
  --zone=us-central1-a \
  --machine-type=n1-standard-8 \
  --accelerator=type=nvidia-tesla-v100,count=1 \
  --image-family=ubuntu-2204-lts \
  --image-project=ubuntu-os-cloud \
  --boot-disk-size=200GB \
  --maintenance-policy=TERMINATE

# Install NVIDIA drivers
gcloud compute ssh sglang-vm -- 'curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/compute-gpu-installation/main/linux/install_gpu_driver.py --output install_gpu_driver.py && sudo python3 install_gpu_driver.py'

# Install Docker and run SGLang
gcloud compute ssh sglang-vm -- 'sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y docker.io nvidia-container-toolkit && sudo docker run -d --gpus all -p 30000:30000 lmsysorg/sglang:latest python3 -m sglang.launch_server --model-path meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct --host 0.0.0.0 --port 30000'

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Microsoft Azure

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Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

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Create AKS Cluster

# Create resource group
az group create --name sglang-rg --location eastus

# Create AKS cluster with GPU nodes
az aks create \
  --resource-group sglang-rg \
  --name sglang-aks \
  --node-count 2 \
  --node-vm-size Standard_NC6s_v3 \
  --generate-ssh-keys

# Get credentials
az aks get-credentials --resource-group sglang-rg --name sglang-aks

# Install NVIDIA device plugin
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NVIDIA/k8s-device-plugin/v0.14.0/nvidia-device-plugin.yml

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Deploy SGLang

Use standard Kubernetes manifests from the Kubernetes guide.

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Azure VM

# Create GPU VM
az vm create \
  --resource-group sglang-rg \
  --name sglang-vm \
  --image UbuntuLTS \
  --size Standard_NC6s_v3 \
  --admin-username azureuser \
  --generate-ssh-keys

# Open port 30000
az vm open-port --port 30000 --resource-group sglang-rg --name sglang-vm

# SSH and install
az vm run-command invoke \
  --resource-group sglang-rg \
  --name sglang-vm \
  --command-id RunShellScript \
  --scripts "curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sh && sudo apt-get install -y nvidia-container-toolkit && sudo docker run -d --gpus all -p 30000:30000 lmsysorg/sglang:latest python3 -m sglang.launch_server --model-path meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct --host 0.0.0.0 --port 30000"

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Azure Container Instances

az container create \
  --resource-group sglang-rg \
  --name sglang-aci \
  --image lmsysorg/sglang:latest \
  --cpu 4 \
  --memory 16 \
  --gpu-count 1 \
  --gpu-sku V100 \
  --ports 30000 \
  --command-line "python3 -m sglang.launch_server --model-path meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct --host 0.0.0.0 --port 30000"

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Other Cloud Providers

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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)

# Launch GPU instance
oci compute instance launch \
  --availability-domain <AD> \
  --compartment-id <COMPARTMENT_ID> \
  --shape VM.GPU3.1 \
  --image-id <UBUNTU_IMAGE_ID> \
  --subnet-id <SUBNET_ID>

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Alibaba Cloud

# Create ECS instance with GPU
aliyun ecs CreateInstance \
  --RegionId cn-hangzhou \
  --InstanceType ecs.gn6i-c4g1.xlarge \
  --ImageId ubuntu_22_04_x64

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Lambda Labs

Lambda Labs provides cost-effective GPU cloud: 
# Launch instance via Lambda Cloud dashboard
# SSH into instance
ssh ubuntu@<instance-ip>

# Install SGLang
pip install "sglang[all]"

# Launch server
python -m sglang.launch_server \
  --model-path meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct \
  --host 0.0.0.0 \
  --port 30000

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Cloud Storage Integration

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AWS S3 for Models

# Download model from S3
import boto3
s3 = boto3.client('s3')
s3.download_file('my-bucket', 'models/llama-8b', '/models/llama-8b')

# Launch with local model
python -m sglang.launch_server --model-path /models/llama-8b

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Google Cloud Storage

# Download model
gsutil -m cp -r gs://my-bucket/models/llama-8b /models/

# Launch
python -m sglang.launch_server --model-path /models/llama-8b

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Azure Blob Storage

# Install Azure CLI
az storage blob download-batch \
  --account-name mystorageaccount \
  --source models \
  --destination /models/

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Cost Optimization

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Use Spot/Preemptible Instances

AWS Spot Instances: 
aws ec2 run-instances \
  --instance-type p3.2xlarge \
  --instance-market-options MarketType=spot
GCP Preemptible VMs: 
gcloud compute instances create sglang-vm \
  --preemptible \
  --machine-type n1-standard-8 \
  --accelerator type=nvidia-tesla-v100,count=1
Azure Spot VMs: 
az vm create \
  --priority Spot \
  --max-price -1 \
  --size Standard_NC6s_v3

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Auto-Scaling

Implement cluster autoscaling to scale down during low usage: 
# AWS EKS
aws eks update-nodegroup-config \
  --cluster-name sglang-cluster \
  --nodegroup-name gpu-nodes \
  --scaling-config minSize=0,maxSize=4,desiredSize=1

# GKE
gcloud container clusters update sglang-cluster \
  --enable-autoscaling \
  --min-nodes 0 \
  --max-nodes 4

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Security Best Practices

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Network Security

  1. Use private subnets for compute instances
  2. Implement VPC peering for multi-region deployments
  3. Configure security groups to restrict access:
# AWS security group
aws ec2 create-security-group \
  --group-name sglang-sg \
  --description "SGLang security group"

aws ec2 authorize-security-group-ingress \
  --group-name sglang-sg \
  --protocol tcp \
  --port 30000 \
  --cidr 10.0.0.0/16

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Secrets Management

AWS Secrets Manager: 
import boto3
client = boto3.client('secretsmanager')
response = client.get_secret_value(SecretId='hf-token')
token = response['SecretString']
GCP Secret Manager: 
echo -n "your-token" | gcloud secrets create hf-token --data-file=-
kubectl create secret generic hf-token \
  --from-literal=token=$(gcloud secrets versions access latest --secret=hf-token)
Azure Key Vault: 
az keyvault secret set \
  --vault-name sglang-vault \
  --name hf-token \
  --value "your-token"

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Monitoring and Logging

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AWS CloudWatch

import boto3
cloudwatch = boto3.client('cloudwatch')

cloudwatch.put_metric_data(
    Namespace='SGLang',
    MetricData=[
        {
            'MetricName': 'Requests',
            'Value': 100,
            'Unit': 'Count'
        },
    ]
)

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GCP Cloud Logging

gcloud logging read "resource.type=k8s_container AND resource.labels.container_name=sglang" \
  --limit 50 \
  --format json

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Azure Monitor

az monitor metrics list \
  --resource /subscriptions/<sub-id>/resourceGroups/sglang-rg/providers/Microsoft.ContainerService/managedClusters/sglang-aks \
  --metric CPUUsagePercentage

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Next Steps