Launching ComfyUI on Vast AI
ComfyUIDemo summary
The video shows the process of opening the instance portal and launching the ComfyUI application from the deployed container.
Step-by-step
- Wait a few minutes for the machine to boot up
- Click the Open button to launch the Vast portal
- Locate ComfyUI within the list of available applications
- Click Launch Application
Options
- Access an API wrapper
- Access Jupyter or Jupyter terminal
- Access Syncthing
- Filter and select specific templates
Watch out for
- The machine requires a few minutes to boot before ComfyUI becomes available
Highlights
“Perfect, we now have ComfyUI running on Vast.”
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- 36:450:34Saving images to specific foldersShows how to use the 'Save Image' node and file path syntax to organize output images into custom subfolders.Sebastian Kamph