How to Use Flyte UI

Tags: Basic, UI

Flyte UI is a web-based user interface for Flyte. It helps interact with Flyte objects and builds DAGs out of your workflows.

With Flyte UI, you can:

  • Launch tasks

  • Launch workflows

  • View Versioned Tasks and Workflows

  • Trigger Versioned Tasks and Workflows

  • Inspect Executions through Inputs, Outputs, Logs, and Graphs

  • Clone Executions

  • Relaunch Executions

  • Recover Executions

Note

FlyteConsole hosts the Flyte user interface code.

Launching Workflows

You can launch a workflow by clicking on the Launch Workflow button. Workflows are viewable after they are registered. The UI should be accessible at http://localhost:30081/console.


"Launch Workflow" button

Launch a workflow using the “Launch Workflow” button.


The end-to-end process from writing code to registering workflows is present in the getting-started.

A pop-up window appears with input fields that the execution requires upon clicking the Launch Workflow button. If the default inputs are given, they will be auto-populated.


Launch form

A pop-up window appears after clicking the “Launch Workflow” button.


An execution can be terminated/aborted by clicking on the Terminate button.


"Terminate" button

Terminate an execution by clicking the “Terminate” button.


Launching Tasks

You can launch a task by clicking on the Launch Task button. Tasks are viewable after they are registered. The UI should be accessible at http://localhost:30081/console.


"Launch Task" button

Launch a task by clicking the “Launch Task” button.


A pop-up window appears with input fields that the task requires and the role with which the task has to run on clicking the Launch Task button.


Launch form

A pop-up window appears on clicking the “Launch Task” button.


Viewing Versioned Tasks and Workflows

Every registered Flyte entity is tagged with a version. All the registered versions of workflows and tasks are viewable in the UI.


Versioned workflows

View versioned workflows.


Triggering Versioned Tasks and Workflows

Every registered Flyte entity is versioned and can be triggered anytime.


Trigger versioned workflows

Trigger versioned workflows.


Inspecting Executions

Executions can be inspected through the UI. Inputs and Outputs for every node and execution can be viewed.


Node's inputs and outputs

View every execution node’s inputs and outputs.


Execution's inputs and outputs

View every execution’s inputs and outputs.


Logs are accessible as well.


Logs

View Kubernetes logs.


Every execution has two views: Nodes and Graph.

A node in the nodes view encapsulates an instance of a task, but it can also contain an entire subworkflow or trigger an external workflow. More about nodes can be found in Nodes.


Nodes

Inspect execution’s nodes in the UI.


Graph view showcases a static DAG.


DAG

Inspect execution’s DAG in the UI.


Cloning Executions

An execution in the RUNNING state can be cloned.

Click on the ellipsis on the top right corner of the UI.


Clone execution

Step 1: Click on the ellipsis.


Click on the Clone Execution button.


Clone execution

Step 2: “Clone execution” button.


Relaunching Executions

The Relaunch button allows you to relaunch a terminated execution with pre-populated inputs. This option can be helpful to try out a new version of a Flyte entity.


Relaunch an execution

Relaunch an execution.


A pop-up window appears on clicking the relaunch button, allowing you to modify the version and inputs.

Recovering Executions

Recovery mode allows you to recover an individual execution by copying all successful node executions and running from the failed nodes. The Recover button helps recover a failed execution.


Recover an execution

Recover an execution.