vLLM Studio Operations

Overview

When To Use

• Setting up a new workstation or server.
• Deploying controller/frontend updates.
• Rotating API keys or changing environment settings.
• Preparing a release or syncing branches.

Quick Start

• Read

  references/env-and-keys.md

  to set required env variables.
• Read

  references/deployment.md

  for local and server deploy flows.
• Read

  references/branches.md

  for branch and release hygiene.

Workflow (Short)

1. Ensure

   .env

   is configured and Docker services are up (if used).
2. Build/test controller + frontend.
3. Deploy controller (port 8080) and rebuild frontend.
4. Verify OpenAI-compatible endpoints and

   /chat

   UI.
5. Tag release and update changelog.

References

• references/env-and-keys.md

  for env variables and API keys.

• references/deployment.md

  for local + production deployment commands.

• references/branches.md

  for branch checkout, merge, and release steps.