This guide explains how to deploy Feast remote server components using Podman Compose locally and run an example using the client.

1. Podman: Podman installation guide.
2. Podman Compose: Podman Compose Installation guide.
3. Python 3.9+ environment
4. Feast CLI

• The project feature_repo already created using feast init command

• Use the docker-compose.yml file to install and run the Feast feature servers (online, offline, and registry) on podman. The docker-compose file uses the quay.io/feastdev/feature-server:latest image. Each respective service has specific port mappings and maps the volume from the ./feature_repo configuration.

• To start the feature servers, run the following command:

  podman-compose up -d

• This will launch the necessary containers for online, offline, and registry feature servers.

• Use the podman ps command to verify that the containers are running:

  podman ps

  Example output:

  CONTAINER ID  IMAGE                                     COMMAND               CREATED        STATUS        PORTS                   NAMES
  61442d6d6ef3  quay.io/feastdev/feature-server:latest  feast -c /feature...  2 minutes ago  Up 2 minutes  0.0.0.0:6566->6566/tcp  online-feature-server
  1274c21716a6  quay.io/feastdev/feature-server:latest  feast -c /feature...  2 minutes ago  Up 2 minutes  0.0.0.0:8815->8815/tcp  offline-feature-server
  4e38ca8c39db  quay.io/feastdev/feature-server:latest  feast -c /feature...  2 minutes ago  Up 2 minutes  0.0.0.0:6570->6570/tcp  registry-feature-server
  

• Alternatively, you can verify the running containers through Podman Desktop:

• To apply the feature store definitions to the remote registry, run the following command:

  podman exec registry-feature-server feast -c /feature_repo apply

• The client folder contains example client-side configurations and code:
  • feature_store.yaml: Configuration for the feature store.
  • test.py: Example Python script to interact with the Feast server.

• To stop and remove the running containers, run the following command:

  podman-compose down

• This will stop all the feature server containers and clean up the environment.