Before you begin
A computer with Docker Desktop (Mac/Windows) or Docker Engine + Compose plugin (Linux), plus curl and OpenSSL. On Windows, use the WSL2 Ubuntu shell for the commands below. A RunPod account with billing enabled if using the cloud route. Access to the Hugging Face model. At the time of this guide, the model page states that access requires accepting its conditions. Accept them while signed in, and create a Hugging Face read token if needed for worker downloads. This is not your RunPod API key. A RunPod API key for requests to the hosted endpoint. Create one from RunPod credentials, or from the endpoint Test → Generate key control if present. In the RunPod console, open Settings → API Keys (credentials), or use the endpoint Test → Generate key control if shown.
Docker Desktop Get started on RunPod · affiliate Accept the Huihui model conditions