

SIMPLEPOD CHEAPER AND FASTER THAN RUNPOD

Now we fully support SimplePod as well please use this link to register : https://simplepod.ai/ref?user=secourses

SimplePod is faster and cheaper than RunPod and works exactly same

Please use this template on SimplePod : https://dash.simplepod.ai/account/explore/100/ref-secourses/

For permanent storage, generate it from Storage tab with any name and size you want and when selecting template with above link, click Edit and Use, select Persistence Volume and change mount point to /workspace

Up-to-date SimplePod tutorial starting from 21:51 : https://youtu.be/yOj9PYq3XYM?si=Z86wZZLBeYzWo1Qo&t=1311

RUNPOD

Please register for RunPod at: https://get.runpod.io/955rkuppqv4h

Example tutorial for learn how to install and use RunPod is below

(starts at 22:03) : https://youtu.be/KW-MHmoNcqo?si=QN8X8Sjn13ZYu-EU&t=1323

RunPod permanent network storage tutorial : https://youtu.be/8Qf4x3-DFf4

Select this template mandatory (based on official Runpod Pytorch template) : https://get.runpod.io/SECourses_CU13

Port 3000 is auto exposed to connect ComfyUI and you can literally use with any available on GPU on RunPod

You can edit template and change Volume Disk size. it is by default 200 GB

You have to install ComfyUI backend manually and give its path : https://www.patreon.com/posts/105023709

Copy all below commands at once and run on a new terminal to install SwarmUI and start on CloudFlared

Upload everything into workspace folder (including install_premium_extensions.py)

Copy below command entirely and execute on a new terminal

cd /workspace
rm -r ffmpeg-N-118385-g0225fe857d-linux64-gpl.tar.xz
wget https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/autobuild-2025-01-31-12-58/ffmpeg-N-118385-g0225fe857d-linux64-gpl.tar.xz
tar xvf ffmpeg-N-118385-g0225fe857d-linux64-gpl.tar.xz --no-same-owner
mv ffmpeg-N-118385-g0225fe857d-linux64-gpl/bin/ffmpeg /usr/local/bin/
mv ffmpeg-N-118385-g0225fe857d-linux64-gpl/bin/ffprobe /usr/local/bin/
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/ffprobe
rm -r cloudflared-linux-amd64.deb
wget https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/download/2025.7.0/cloudflared-linux-amd64.deb
dpkg -i cloudflared-linux-amd64.deb
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mcmonkeyprojects/SwarmUI
[ ! -d "SwarmUI/src/BuiltinExtensions/ComfyUIBackend/DLNodes/ComfyUI-Frame-Interpolation" ] && git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/FurkanGozukara/ComfyUI-Frame-Interpolation SwarmUI/src/BuiltinExtensions/ComfyUIBackend/DLNodes/ComfyUI-Frame-Interpolation
[ ! -d "SwarmUI/src/BuiltinExtensions/ComfyUIBackend/DLNodes/ComfyUI-TeaCache" ] && git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/FurkanGozukara/ComfyUI-TeaCache SwarmUI/src/BuiltinExtensions/ComfyUIBackend/DLNodes/ComfyUI-TeaCache
[ ! -d "SwarmUI/src/BuiltinExtensions/ComfyUIBackend/DLNodes/comfyui_controlnet_aux" ] && git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Fannovel16/comfyui_controlnet_aux SwarmUI/src/BuiltinExtensions/ComfyUIBackend/DLNodes/comfyui_controlnet_aux
cd SwarmUI
rm -rf src/src
git reset --hard
git stash
git pull
git fetch --tags
cd ..
python3 install_premium_extensions.py
cd SwarmUI/launchtools
wget https://dot.net/v1/dotnet-install.sh -O dotnet-install.sh
chmod +x dotnet-install.sh
./dotnet-install.sh --version 10.0.301
cd ..
touch src/bin/must_rebuild
./launch-linux.sh --launch_mode none --cloudflared-path cloudflared --port 7861
