Scalable Data Pipelines for Large Language Models

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Creating scalable data pipelines for large language models typically involves processing large datasets, potentially across multiple machines, and training complex models that can take advantage of the distributed environment. In the cloud, you often leverage services like Amazon SageMaker, Google Cloud Dataflow, or Azure Data Factory depending on your preferred cloud provider.

Here's a Pulumi program that demonstrates how to create a data pipeline using AWS SageMaker. This example focuses on setting up the infrastructure for a pipeline using Amazon SageMaker, which is an ideal service for building, training, and deploying machine learning models at scale.

```python
import pulumi
import pulumi_aws as aws

# Create an IAM role that the SageMaker service can assume to execute tasks
sagemaker_role = aws.iam.Role("sagemakerRole",
    assume_role_policy="""{
        "Version": "2012-10-17",
        "Statement": [{
            "Action": "sts:AssumeRole",
            "Principal": {
                "Service": "sagemaker.amazonaws.com"
            },
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Sid": ""
        }]
    }"""
)

# Attach policies to the role – AmazonSageMakerFullAccess provides full access to Amazon SageMaker services
role_policy_attachment = aws.iam.RolePolicyAttachment("sagemakerRolePolicyAttachment",
    role=sagemaker_role.name,
    policy_arn=aws.iam.ManagedPolicy.AMAZON_SAGE_MAKER_FULL_ACCESS
)

# Define the SageMaker pipeline
sagemaker_pipeline = aws.sagemaker.Pipeline("sagemakerPipeline",
    role_arn=sagemaker_role.arn,
    pipeline_name="MySageMakerPipeline",
    pipeline_definition="""{
        "Version": "2020-12-01",
        "Metadata": {},
        "Parameters": [],
        "PipelineDescription": "My scalable SageMaker pipeline for large language models",
        "PipelineName": "MySageMakerPipeline",
        "Stages": []
        // Add stages here as required, e.g., data preprocessing, training, model evaluation, etc.
    }"""
)

# Export relevant outputs
pulumi.export("sagemaker_pipeline_arn", sagemaker_pipeline.arn)
```

In the preceding program, we first create an AWS IAM role that SageMaker can assume. This role needs to have the appropriate trust relationship and permissions - here, we grant it `AmazonSageMakerFullAccess`. The `assume_role_policy` defines which AWS services can assume this role (in this case, just SageMaker).

We then define a SageMaker pipeline with the name "MySageMakerPipeline". The `pipeline_definition` here is an empty shell; in a real-world scenario, you'd replace it with the actual steps of your ML workflow, including data preprocessing, model training, and evaluation stages.

This program does not execute the pipeline or define specific pipeline steps; it only sets up the necessary infrastructure to support such a pipeline. Defining the pipeline's steps would require knowledge of the machine learning model and its data sources, which could be a complex JSON or YAML document provided to the `pipeline_definition` parameter.

Finally, we export the SageMaker pipeline ARN, which uniquely identifies the created SageMaker pipeline resource in AWS. This ARN can be used for managing the pipeline through the AWS CLI, SDKs, or other infrastructure-as-code tools.

Remember that this is a starting point for building scalable data pipelines for large language models; actual pipeline definitions and configurations would be more complex and tailored to specific problem domains.