Installation and setup
Neptune comes with a client library neptune-client.
Before you start
Make sure you meet the following prerequisites before starting:
Have Python 3.6+ installed
Install the neptune-client
Depending on your operating system open a terminal or CMD and run this command:
pip install neptune-client
conda install -c conda-forge neptune-client
This is tested with neptune-client==0.9.16
Install psutil
If you want to have your hardware consumption logged you should additionally install psutil.
pip install psutil
conda install -c anaconda psutil
This is tested with psutil==5.8.0
The Neptune integration with R is available as a CRAN package and a Github project.
Before you start
Make sure you meet the following prerequisites before starting:
Have Python 3.x installed
Warning Even if you are using R you still need to have Python installed on your system. The easiest way to install a Python environment is with Conda. Go here to read installation instructions.
Install neptune package
Install the package by running:
install.packages('neptune')
Get API token
Click on the User menu button (where your user Avatar is)
Click Get Your API token. This will open a modal window.
Copy your API token
Set to the environment variable
Assign it to the bash environment variable NEPTUNE_API_TOKEN:
export NEPTUNE_API_TOKEN='YOUR_LONG_API_TOKEN'
set NEPTUNE_API_TOKEN="YOUR_LONG_API_TOKEN"
export NEPTUNE_API_TOKEN='YOUR_LONG_API_TOKEN'
from getpass import getpassapi_token = getpass('Enter your private Neptune API token: ')
or append this line to your ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile files (recommended).
Note
You can also pass your Neptune API token to the api_token argument of neptune.init()
# Create run in projectrun = neptune.init(api_token='<YOUR_API_TOKEN>')
Important
Always keep your API token secret - it is like a password to the application. Appending the “export NEPTUNE_API_TOKEN=’YOUR_LONG_API_TOKEN’” line to your ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile file is the recommended method to ensure it remains secret.
To log Runs into a Project you need to know the full name of your Project. It has a format of:workspace_name/project_name.
To find your Project name:
go to your project in the Neptune UI
go to Settings > Properties
copy the full project name from there
Set to the environment variable
Assign it to the bash environment variable NEPTUNE_PROJECT:
export NEPTUNE_PROJECT='<YOUR_WORKSPACE/YOUR_PROJECT>'
set NEPTUNE_PROJECT='<YOUR_WORKSPACE/YOUR_PROJECT>'
export NEPTUNE_PROJECT='<YOUR_WORKSPACE/YOUR_PROJECT>'
or append this line to your ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile files (recommended).
Note
You can also pass your project name to the project argument of neptune.init()
# Create run in projectrun = neptune.init(project='my_workspace/my_project')
You can also deploy Neptune on your own infrastructure. If you are interested in that read: How to deploy Neptune on-prem
