LLMOps: Operationalizing Large Language Models

I wrote “LLMOps: Operationalizing Large Language Models” to share practical, production-minded guidance on this topic.

LLMOps Framework

from dataclasses import dataclass
from typing import Dict, List
import mlflow
from datetime import datetime

@dataclass
class LLMDeployment:
    model_id: str
    version: str
    endpoint: str
    config: Dict

class LLMOpsManager:
    def __init__(self):
        self.deployments = {}
        self.metrics_store = MetricsStore()
        self.prompt_registry = PromptRegistry()

    async def deploy_model(self, config: LLMDeployment) -> str:
        """Deploy LLM with full observability."""
        # Register deployment
        deployment_id = f"{config.model_id}-{config.version}-{datetime.now().isoformat()}"

        # Set up monitoring
        self.setup_monitoring(deployment_id, config)

        # Configure scaling
        self.configure_autoscaling(deployment_id, config)

        # Set up A/B testing if needed
        if config.config.get("ab_test"):
            self.setup_ab_test(deployment_id, config)

        self.deployments[deployment_id] = config
        return deployment_id

    def setup_monitoring(self, deployment_id: str, config: LLMDeployment):
        """Configure comprehensive LLM monitoring."""
        monitors = [
            LatencyMonitor(threshold_ms=1000),
            QualityMonitor(min_score=0.7),
            CostMonitor(budget_per_day=100),
            ToxicityMonitor(threshold=0.1),
            DriftMonitor(baseline=config.config.get("baseline"))
        ]

        for monitor in monitors:
            self.metrics_store.register_monitor(deployment_id, monitor)

    async def track_interaction(self, deployment_id: str, interaction: Dict):
        """Track LLM interaction for analysis."""
        metrics = {
            "timestamp": datetime.now(),
            "deployment_id": deployment_id,
            "input_tokens": interaction["input_tokens"],
            "output_tokens": interaction["output_tokens"],
            "latency_ms": interaction["latency_ms"],
            "cost_usd": self.calculate_cost(interaction),
            "quality_score": await self.evaluate_quality(interaction),
            "user_feedback": interaction.get("feedback")
        }

        self.metrics_store.record(metrics)

        # Check for alerts
        await self.check_alerts(deployment_id, metrics)

    async def evaluate_quality(self, interaction: Dict) -> float:
        """Evaluate response quality."""
        evaluator = QualityEvaluator()
        return await evaluator.score(
            question=interaction["prompt"],
            response=interaction["response"],
            context=interaction.get("context")
        )

    def calculate_cost(self, interaction: Dict) -> float:
        """Calculate interaction cost."""
        pricing = {
            "gpt-4o": {"input": 0.005, "output": 0.015},
            "gpt-4o-mini": {"input": 0.00015, "output": 0.0006}
        }

        model = interaction["model"]
        if model not in pricing:
            return 0

        return (
            interaction["input_tokens"] / 1000 * pricing[model]["input"] +
            interaction["output_tokens"] / 1000 * pricing[model]["output"]
        )

    async def rollback(self, deployment_id: str, reason: str):
        """Rollback to previous version."""
        current = self.deployments[deployment_id]
        previous = self.get_previous_version(current.model_id)

        if previous:
            await self.deploy_model(previous)
            self.log_rollback(deployment_id, reason)

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