

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

Recommended GPU is RTX PRO 6000, but you can use any GPU. The more VRAM it is better

You can edit template and change Volume Disk size. it is by default 200 GB and should be sufficient without any changes

You can also use your permanent storage system - from filters select CUDA 12.8, 12.9, 13 and so on to get newer NVIDIA driver - only NVIDIA driver matter it must be 570+ for CUDA 13

Upload all files into workspace extract all from zip file or directly upload extracted files

Start a new terminal

To install run below command

cd /workspace
export HF_HOME="/workspace"
chmod +x RunPod_Install_SECourses_UpscalerPro.sh
./RunPod_Install_SECourses_UpscalerPro.sh

Installer will auto download all models but if you want download again / fix it run installer again above 

To run the app again after installation later run below command - installation will auto start the app so use this later for re-starting the app

cd /workspace/SECourses_Premium_Upscaler_Pro
git pull
source venv/bin/activate
unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
python secourses_app.py --share



