vLLM on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Azure Artificial Intelligence (AI)

vLLM, a high throughput OpenAI compatible inference and serving engine for large language models, secured and ready to serve from first boot.

Base
Hardened build
minimal ports, security patches applied at build time
Access
Unique credentials
generated on first boot, readable only by root
Verified
Boots working
services pass a health gate before release
Support
24/7, 365 days
by email and live chat, 24 hour response SLA

Overview

vLLM is a high throughput, memory efficient inference and serving engine for large language models. Its PagedAttention scheduler delivers leading serving throughput and it exposes an OpenAI compatible REST API, so existing OpenAI client code works unchanged against a private, self hosted inference backend for open weight models.

Why the cloudimg image

cloudimg ships vLLM hardened and fully patched on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, with the inference server bound to loopback behind an nginx TLS proxy that enforces a unique API key generated on first boot into a root only file. A paired deployment guide and 24/7 support are included with every image.

Common uses

  • High throughput LLM inference
  • Private self hosted model serving
  • OpenAI compatible API backend