Practical overview
When it fits
Use it when planning an AWS distributed AI environment or when you need a starting example tied to a training framework, inference engine, or use case.
Who it is for
- Teams planning distributed AI training or inference on AWS.
- Practitioners comparing cluster patterns or looking for framework-specific workload examples.
- Operators seeking reference material for cluster setup, validation, monitoring or profiling.
Documented uses
- Review cluster architecture patterns and infrastructure templates for an AWS compute environment.
- Explore training examples using PyTorch DDP/FSDP, Megatron-LM or NeMo.
- Browse inference examples using engines such as vLLM, SGLang or NVIDIA Dynamo.
- Consult validation, observability and micro-benchmark resources alongside workload examples.
Requirements & limits
The repository is public and identified as open source under the MIT-0 license.
- Choose examples according to the AWS service and orchestration path; the repository covers several distinct environments.
- Architecture resources include CloudFormation and Terraform, while custom image workflows use Packer and Ansible.
- Example setup and launch materials vary by workload and may include Dockerfiles, configuration, Slurm scripts or Kubernetes manifests.
Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.
Choose and browse a distributed AI example
Find a training, inference, or use-case example suited to a supported AWS platform and framework.
Before you start
- A target platform among Amazon SageMaker HyperPod, AWS ParallelCluster, AWS PCS, or Amazon EKS.
- A training or inference framework/engine or a specific use case to explore.
Steps
Review the repository’s architecture directories to identify the cluster reference architectures and building blocks for your platform.
Browse
examples/training/orexamples/inference/for framework-centric examples, orexamples/use-cases/for task-centric demos.Open the chosen example’s top-level README for its introduction and environment setup, then consult its service-specific subdirectory for launch instructions.
Expected outcome
A selected example with its environment setup and platform-specific launch instructions identified.
Guide limitations
- The available guidance describes repository organization and where to find launch instructions; it does not provide the steps to deploy or run a particular example.
- Examples and architectures differ by platform, framework, and use case.
Sources & review
Source record details
- Source availability
- Active
- Sources checked
- 13 October 2026
- Original website title
- awslabs/awsome-distributed-ai · Official homepage title · retained in its source language

