# \#flame **URL:** https://forum.elixirforum.com/tag/flame/3985.md [Latest](https://forum.elixirforum.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.elixirforum.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.elixirforum.com/tags.md) --- ## [Using FLAME with many nodes](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/using-flame-with-many-nodes/71720)
**Author:** [@jonator](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/jonator)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2025, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/using-flame-with-many-nodes/71720 "2025-07-17T20:14:26Z")
FLAME is basically the dream for running AI agents that need system command access such as coding agents. However, I have concerns about scaling to a very high number of nodes (many thousands). I can just write applicati… --- ## [FLAME failed with timeout in fly.io](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/flame-failed-with-timeout-in-fly-io/70653)
**Author:** [@kubosuke](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/kubosuke)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/flame-failed-with-timeout-in-fly-io/70653 "2025-04-28T15:45:41Z")
I’m trying to setup flame on fly.io, but it failed with timeout errors. could you give me some idea if you have any? environment: Erlang/OTP 26 \[erts-14.2.5.5\] \[source\] \[64-bit\] \[smp:8:8\] \[ds:8:8:10\] \[async-threads:1\] … --- ## [Capturing timeouts with FLAME](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/capturing-timeouts-with-flame/67223)
**Author:** [@barrelltechgh](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/barrelltechgh)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2024, 7:15am UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/capturing-timeouts-with-flame/67223 "2024-11-04T07:15:33Z")
I’m using FLAME to run some code that has a tendency to fail (external libraries that are out of my control). When FLAME works, it works great; when it fails, it will normally work if I just rerun it. I’m having two mai… --- ## [Looking for Interesting Topics for Master Thesis for Nx](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/looking-for-interesting-topics-for-master-thesis-for-nx/66462)
**Author:** [@sehHeiden](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/sehHeiden)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2024, 12:48pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/looking-for-interesting-topics-for-master-thesis-for-nx/66462 "2024-10-05T12:48:04Z")
Hi, I am currently looking for topics, for my master thesis in Data Science. All topics I came around so far were applied (and better of with Python for several reasons). But a year ago, I did a longer NX project. Applyi… --- ## [Understanding the FLAME/fly runner model for container dependencies](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/understanding-the-flame-fly-runner-model-for-container-dependencies/66476)
**Author:** [@brendon9x](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/brendon9x)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/understanding-the-flame-fly-runner-model-for-container-dependencies/66476 "2024-10-02T22:16:27Z")
Apologies if this is obvious, but I am trying to understand Fly, Flame and dependencies. The tl;dr is that I’m trying to scale a large amount of image captioning similar to Chris’s recent talk. The bit that is confusing … --- ## [FLAME slow cold starts](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/flame-slow-cold-starts/66448)
**Author:** [@eileennoonan](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/eileennoonan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2024, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/flame-slow-cold-starts/66448 "2024-10-02T18:44:18Z")
I’m deploying an app on Fly.io, and it’s going to involve running headless browsers similarly to World Page Speed. So naturally I’d like to use FLAME to manage the headless browser portion. The problem is my FLAME nodes… --- ## [Are there any best practices to secure a Flame server instance?](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/are-there-any-best-practices-to-secure-a-flame-server-instance/66235)
**Author:** [@scherrey](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/scherrey)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2024, 9:01am UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/are-there-any-best-practices-to-secure-a-flame-server-instance/66235 "2024-09-24T09:01:27Z")
We’re trying to build out some infrastructure to allow machine owners with GPUs to “rent out” their machines and allow remote users to push some code into their host without having to worry about security or whether the … --- ## [Grokking the options for distributed workloads in 2024](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/grokking-the-options-for-distributed-workloads-in-2024/66121)
**Author:** [@badfun](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/badfun)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2024, 9:30am UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/grokking-the-options-for-distributed-workloads-in-2024/66121 "2024-09-17T09:30:23Z")
I’m weighing my options for how to handle a workload that I want distributed across a number of nodes to be run in parallel. My specific use case is closed-source but as a thought experiment we can use the ffmpeg example… --- ## [Using FLAME to run code in ephemeral machines](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/using-flame-to-run-code-in-ephemeral-machines/61326)
**Author:** [@Zsolt](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/Zsolt)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 1:37am UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/using-flame-to-run-code-in-ephemeral-machines/61326 "2024-08-31T01:37:28Z")
I’m trying to get some code to run in Flyio Flame machines. I have a phoenix app (although, I think the question applies more generally to Elixir and Flame). There is a live file upload module that takes a few files, a… --- ## [Flame\_k8s\_backend - a FLAME Backend for Kubernetes](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/flame-k8s-backend-a-flame-backend-for-kubernetes/60346)
**Author:** [@mruoss](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/mruoss)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/flame-k8s-backend-a-flame-backend-for-kubernetes/60346 "2024-08-13T19:41:57Z")
I’m working on the FLAME Backend for Kubernetes. In my current PR, I’d like to allow for better control over the runner pod manifest. The current approach basically offers 2 ways of controlling the runner pod manifest. … --- ## [Mocking a module called from FLAME.call](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/mocking-a-module-called-from-flame-call/65082)
**Author:** [@wceolin](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/wceolin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 6:17am UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/mocking-a-module-called-from-flame-call/65082 "2024-07-24T06:17:44Z")
I’m using Mox to mock some modules in my app. Usually, it works fine but I have a function that I’m calling inside FLAME.call/2 and it broke my mock: FLAME.call(Zoonk.FLAME.ImageOptimization, fn -\> Zoonk.Storage.optim… --- ## [Are pool specific docker containers possible with Flame?](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/are-pool-specific-docker-containers-possible-with-flame/63795)
**Author:** [@Sebb](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/Sebb)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 8:42am UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/are-pool-specific-docker-containers-possible-with-flame/63795 "2024-05-27T08:42:47Z")
FLAME nodes effectively clone and start your entire application. from: FLAME — flame v0.5.3 I’m considering flame for a project where I need workers that pull in a big dependency. I don’t need it at all on the webse… --- ## [Configuring a Single Flame Runner Across Multiple Deployment Instances](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/configuring-a-single-flame-runner-across-multiple-deployment-instances/62320)
**Author:** [@vladnec](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/vladnec)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2024, 10:17am UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/configuring-a-single-flame-runner-across-multiple-deployment-instances/62320 "2024-03-23T10:17:50Z")
Hello all, I’ve configured the following setup in application.ex : {FLAME.Pool, name: Nexus.HTMLToPDFRunner, min: 1, max: 10, max\_concurrency: 5, idle\_shutdown\_after: 10\_000, … --- ## [Is FLAME well-suited for load-testing?](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/is-flame-well-suited-for-load-testing/61758)
**Author:** [@slouchpie](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/slouchpie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/is-flame-well-suited-for-load-testing/61758 "2024-03-05T14:43:42Z")
I had this crazy idea that FLAME could be used for load-testing. If using Fly backend, we could spin up VMs that run some selenium session using Wallaby or similar. It would be a nice way to see the effect of global-dis… --- ## [Flame terminates without visible error](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/flame-terminates-without-visible-error/61681)
**Author:** [@Zsolt](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/Zsolt)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/flame-terminates-without-visible-error/61681 "2024-02-21T16:27:53Z")
My flame process is failing for some reason, but I can’t debug the cause of it. The process works OK on a local backend and for smaller payloads in production. I’m uploading and processing images, and this only occurs w… --- ## [Flame – rethinking serverless](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/flame-rethinking-serverless/60209)
**Author:** [@josefrichter](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/josefrichter)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2024, 5:14am UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/flame-rethinking-serverless/60209 "2024-01-31T05:14:25Z")
Seems like this one is not here yet: Imagine if we could auto scale simply by wrapping any existing app code in a function and have that block of code run in a temporary copy of the app. Enter the FLAME pattern. FLA… --- ## [With Flame out - what can we do to speed up Elixir startup times?](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/with-flame-out-what-can-we-do-to-speed-up-elixir-startup-times/60233)
**Author:** [@carterbryden](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/carterbryden)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2023, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/with-flame-out-what-can-we-do-to-speed-up-elixir-startup-times/60233 "2023-12-08T22:09:39Z")
I saw with the initial announcement that, on Fly at least, a cold start is ~3 seconds, which is pretty good! I’m wondering if there’s anything we can do as a community or individually to get that as low as possible. To …