Manage SageMaker with Step Functions

Step Functions can control certain Amazon services directly from the Amazon States Language. For more information about working with Amazon Step Functions and its integrations, see the following:

Supported SageMaker APIs and syntax:

SageMaker Transform Job Example

The following includes a Task state that creates an Amazon SageMaker transform job, specifying the Amazon S3 location for DataSource and TransformOutput.

{
"SageMaker CreateTransformJob": {
  "Type": "Task",
  "Resource": "arn:aws:states:::sagemaker:createTransformJob.sync",
  "Parameters": {
    "ModelName": "SageMakerCreateTransformJobModel-9iFBKsYti9vr",
    "TransformInput": {
      "CompressionType": "None",
      "ContentType": "text/csv",
      "DataSource": {
        "S3DataSource": {
          "S3DataType": "S3Prefix",
          "S3Uri": "s3://my-s3bucket-example-1/TransformJobDataInput.txt"
        }
      }
    },
    "TransformOutput": {
      "S3OutputPath": "s3://my-s3bucket-example-1/TransformJobOutputPath"
    },
    "TransformResources": {
      "InstanceCount": 1,
      "InstanceType": "ml.m4.xlarge"
    },
    "TransformJobName": "sfn-binary-classification-prediction"
  },
  "Next": "ValidateOutput"
},

SageMaker Training Job Example

The following includes a Task state that creates an Amazon SageMaker training job.

{  
   "SageMaker CreateTrainingJob":{  
      "Type":"Task",
      "Resource":"arn:aws:states:::sagemaker:createTrainingJob.sync",
      "Parameters":{  
         "TrainingJobName":"search-model",
         "ResourceConfig":{  
            "InstanceCount":4,
            "InstanceType":"ml.c4.8xlarge",
            "VolumeSizeInGB":20
         },
         "HyperParameters":{  
            "mode":"batch_skipgram",
            "epochs":"5",
            "min_count":"5",
            "sampling_threshold":"0.0001",
            "learning_rate":"0.025",
            "window_size":"5",
            "vector_dim":"300",
            "negative_samples":"5",
            "batch_size":"11"
         },
         "AlgorithmSpecification":{  
            "TrainingImage":"...",
            "TrainingInputMode":"File"
         },
         "OutputDataConfig":{  
            "S3OutputPath":"s3://bucket-name/doc-search/model"
         },
         "StoppingCondition":{  
            "MaxRuntimeInSeconds":100000
         },
         "RoleArn":"arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/docsearch-stepfunction-iam-role",
         "InputDataConfig":[  
            {  
               "ChannelName":"train",
               "DataSource":{  
                  "S3DataSource":{  
                     "S3DataType":"S3Prefix",
                     "S3Uri":"s3://bucket-name/doc-search/interim-data/training-data/",
                     "S3DataDistributionType":"FullyReplicated"
                  }
               }
            }
         ]
      },
      "Retry":[  
         {  
            "ErrorEquals":[  
               "SageMaker.AmazonSageMakerException"
            ],
            "IntervalSeconds":1,
            "MaxAttempts":100,
            "BackoffRate":1.1
         },
         {  
            "ErrorEquals":[  
               "SageMaker.ResourceLimitExceededException"
            ],
            "IntervalSeconds":60,
            "MaxAttempts":5000,
            "BackoffRate":1
         },
         {  
            "ErrorEquals":[  
               "States.Timeout"
            ],
            "IntervalSeconds":1,
            "MaxAttempts":5,
            "BackoffRate":1
         }
      ],
      "Catch":[  
         {  
            "ErrorEquals":[  
               "States.ALL"
            ],
            "ResultPath":"$.cause",
            "Next":"Sagemaker Training Job Error"
         }
      ],
      "Next":"Delete Interim Data Job"
   }
}

SageMaker Labeling Job Example

The following includes a Task state that creates an Amazon SageMaker labeling job.

{
  "StartAt": "SageMaker CreateLabelingJob",
  "TimeoutSeconds": 3600,
  "States": {
    "SageMaker CreateLabelingJob": {
      "Type": "Task",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:states:::sagemaker:createLabelingJob.sync",
      "Parameters": {
        "HumanTaskConfig": {
          "AnnotationConsolidationConfig": {
            "AnnotationConsolidationLambdaArn": "arn:aws:lambda:us-west-2:123456789012:function:ACS-TextMultiClass"
          },
          "NumberOfHumanWorkersPerDataObject": 1,
          "PreHumanTaskLambdaArn": "arn:aws:lambda:us-west-2:123456789012:function:PRE-TextMultiClass",
          "TaskDescription": "Classify the following text",
          "TaskKeywords": [
            "tc",
            "Labeling"
          ],
          "TaskTimeLimitInSeconds": 300,
          "TaskTitle": "Classify short bits of text",
          "UiConfig": {
            "UiTemplateS3Uri": "s3://s3bucket-example/TextClassification.template"
          },
          "WorkteamArn": "arn:aws:sagemaker:us-west-2:123456789012:workteam/private-crowd/ExampleTesting"
        },
        "InputConfig": {
          "DataAttributes": {
            "ContentClassifiers": [
              "FreeOfPersonallyIdentifiableInformation",
              "FreeOfAdultContent"
            ]
          },
          "DataSource": {
            "S3DataSource": {
              "ManifestS3Uri": "s3://s3bucket-example/manifest.json"
            }
          }
        },
        "LabelAttributeName": "Categories",
        "LabelCategoryConfigS3Uri": "s3://s3bucket-example/labelcategories.json",
        "LabelingJobName": "example-job-name",
        "OutputConfig": {
          "S3OutputPath": "s3://s3bucket-example/output"
        },
        "RoleArn": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/service-role/AmazonSageMaker-ExecutionRole",
        "StoppingConditions": {
          "MaxHumanLabeledObjectCount": 10000,
          "MaxPercentageOfInputDatasetLabeled": 100
        }
      },
      "Next": "ValidateOutput"
    },
    "ValidateOutput": {
      "Type": "Choice",
      "Choices": [
        {
          "Not": {
            "Variable": "$.LabelingJobArn",
            "StringEquals": ""
          },
          "Next": "Succeed"
        }
      ],
      "Default": "Fail"
    },
    "Succeed": {
      "Type": "Succeed"
    },
    "Fail": {
      "Type": "Fail",
      "Error": "InvalidOutput",
      "Cause": "Output is not what was expected. This could be due to a service outage or a misconfigured service integration."
    }
  }
}

SageMaker Processing Job Example

The following includes a Task state that creates an Amazon SageMaker processing job.

{
  "StartAt": "SageMaker CreateProcessingJob Sync",
  "TimeoutSeconds": 3600,
  "States": {
    "SageMaker CreateProcessingJob Sync": {
      "Type": "Task",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:states:::sagemaker:createProcessingJob.sync",
      "Parameters": {
        "AppSpecification": {
          "ImageUri": "737474898029.dkr.ecr.sa-east-1.amazonaws.com/sagemaker-scikit-learn:0.20.0-cpu-py3"
        },
        "ProcessingResources": {
          "ClusterConfig": {
            "InstanceCount": 1,
            "InstanceType": "ml.t3.medium",
            "VolumeSizeInGB": 10
          }
        },
        "RoleArn": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/SM-003-CreateProcessingJobAPIExecutionRole",
        "ProcessingJobName.$": "$.id"
      },
      "Next": "ValidateOutput"
    },
    "ValidateOutput": {
      "Type": "Choice",
      "Choices": [
        {
          "Not": {
            "Variable": "$.ProcessingJobArn",
            "StringEquals": ""
          },
          "Next": "Succeed"
        }
      ],
      "Default": "Fail"
    },
    "Succeed": {
      "Type": "Succeed"
    },
    "Fail": {
      "Type": "Fail",
      "Error": "InvalidConnectorOutput",
      "Cause": "Connector output is not what was expected. This could be due to a service outage or a misconfigured connector."
    }
  }
}

For information on how to configure IAM when using Step Functions with other Amazon services, see IAM Policies for integrated services.