Deploying a model

Now that the model is accessible in storage and saved in the portable ONNX format, you can use an OpenShift AI model server to deploy it as an API.

OpenShift AI offers two options for model serving:

  • Single-model serving - Each model in the project is deployed on its own model server. This platform works well for large models or models that need dedicated resources.

  • Multi-model serving - All models in the project are deployed on the same model server. This platform is suitable for sharing resources amongst deployed models. Multi-model serving is the only option offered in the Red Hat Developer Sandbox environment.

For this workshop, since you are only deploying only one model, you can select either serving type. The steps for deploying the fraud detection model depend on the type of model serving platform you select: