Application Prerequisites
Before deploying the C3 Generative AI Application, ensure all required access, credentials, and infrastructure are in place. These prerequisites are essential to initialize the application in your C3 AI Studio cluster:
- Cluster access: Access to a customer-specific environment.
- Deployment package: A certified deployment package.
- LLM credentials: Pre-configured LLM clients and authentication.
- GPU access (optional): For faster document processing.
- Hibernation policies: Information about environment and application hibernation.
Cluster access
The application deploys to customer-specific clusters hosted on C3 AI Studio.
You must have:
- Access to your cluster-specific C3 AI Studio URL.
- Permissions to start environments, access C3 AI Console, and execute browser-based setup scripts.
Deployment package
The deployment artifact will be named genAiSearch.
- The package name:
genAiSearch. - The certified semantic version (For example, 1.3.179-105).
Use these details to create a new environment and deploy the application.
LLM credentials
The application comes with pre-configured LLM clients and authentication at the cluster level. Default completion and embedding clients are provisioned automatically based on your cloud provider.
For a full list of pre-configured models, see Default LLMs and Embedders.
To configure additional LLM clients, see Set Up LLMs and Embedders Via UI or Set Up LLMs and Embedders Programmatically.
GPU access (optional)
You can request GPU access if your use case requires faster processing or GPU-dependent models. You can submit the request to the C3 AI DevOps team.
If GPUs are unavailable, configure the application to use CPU-based layout parsers. This setup supports most evaluation scenarios.
Hibernation policies
C3 AI Studio uses hibernation to minimize cost by suspending inactive environments:
- Multi-node applications: Hibernate at 9:00 PM PST by default.
- Single-node environments: Hibernate after 4 hours of inactivity by default.
You can exclude environments from hibernation or create custom hibernation schedules if needed. When an environment hibernates, you can manually resume it in C3 AI Studio.
To manage hibernation policies, you need the StudioAdmin role.
To manage hibernation settings, refer to Hibernate Environments and Applications.
See also
After confirming all prerequisites, proceed to C3 Generative AI Application Initialization for instructions on setting up and configuring the application.