Automated Resource Management for AI Model Serving

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To perform automated resource management for AI model serving, you generally need to manage various cloud resources such as compute instances, container services, storage, and networking components. In this context, you might leverage services like Azure Machine Learning or AWS SageMaker for AI model hosting and serving. You can automate the resource management using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Pulumi which provide the ability to create, update, and manage your cloud resources programmatically.

The following program shows how you could set up a basic AI model serving infrastructure on Azure using Pulumi with the `azure-native` package. This example specifically creates an Azure Machine Learning Workspace and an associated Compute Cluster which can be used for serving your AI models. The Compute Cluster is an abstraction on top of Azure's managed compute resources, like VMs or AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service), which can be used to deploy and serve machine learning models.

In this example, we create:

- An Azure Resource Group, which serves as a container for all our related resources.
- An Azure Machine Learning Workspace, which provides a centralized place for all ML-related activities.
- A Compute Cluster within the Machine Learning Workspace, which can be used to deploy and serve AI models.

Here is how you would set up the environment:

```python
import pulumi
import pulumi_azure_native as azure_native

# Create an Azure Resource Group
resource_group = azure_native.resources.ResourceGroup("ai_resources")

# Create an Azure Machine Learning Workspace
ml_workspace = azure_native.machinelearningservices.Workspace("ml_workspace",
    resource_group_name=resource_group.name,
    location=resource_group.location,
    sku=azure_native.machinelearningservices.SkuArgs(name="Standard")
)

# Create a Compute Cluster for model serving
compute_cluster = azure_native.machinelearningservices.ComputeCluster("compute_cluster",
    resource_group_name=resource_group.name,
    workspace_name=ml_workspace.name,
    location=resource_group.location,
    properties=azure_native.machinelearningservices.ComputeClusterPropertiesArgs(
        scale_settings=azure_native.machinelearningservices.ScaleSettingsArgs(
            max_node_count=4,
            min_node_count=0,
            node_idle_time_before_scale_down="PT5M"
        ),
        vm_size="STANDARD_D2_V2",
        vm_priority="Dedicated"
    )
)

# Export the Azure Machine Learning Workspace URL for easy access
pulumi.export("ml_workspace_url", ml_workspace.workspace_url)
# Export the Compute Cluster URL for easy access
pulumi.export("compute_cluster_url", compute_cluster.compute_url)
```

This Pulumi program uses classes and methods that correspond to Azure resource types such as "ResourceGroup", "Workspace", and "ComputeCluster". The specific choices for properties, like the VM size, can be altered to best fit the needs and requirements of your AI workload.

When running the program with Pulumi, it will provision these resources in your Azure subscription. Be aware that provisioning cloud resources incurs cost, and you should manage these resources appropriately. Pulumi's automation allows you to scale, update, and delete resources based on your project's requirements.

Remember to install the required Pulumi Azure Native SDK package in your Python environment before executing the program:

```shell
pip install pulumi_azure_native
```

This instruction only sets up the infrastructure for AI model serving. To serve a model, you will also need to define tasks like containerizing the AI model, pushing the container image to a registry, and then deploying that image onto the Compute Cluster. These tasks involve additional steps beyond the scope of this infrastructure setup.