Provision Netron and Lab 1 local assets

README.md

@@ -10,14 +10,23 @@ This project builds a student-friendly local lab environment for the courseware
 
 - Ollama
 - `llama.cpp`
-- TransformerLab, pinned to the classic single-user `v0.28.2` release
+- Netron, served locally on port `8338`
 - Open WebUI
 - ChunkViz
 - Embedding Atlas
 - Promptfoo
 - Unsloth Studio
 - Kiln Desktop
-- Course-specific support assets for lab 2 and lab 4
+- Course-specific support assets for lab 1, lab 2, and lab 4
+
+## Lab 1 Defaults
+
+Lab 1 is now provisioned directly by the installer:
+
+- The `Qwen3-0.6B-Q8_0.gguf` and `Llama-3.2-1B.Q4_K_M.gguf` files are mirrored into `state/models/lab1/`.
+- The Qwen GGUF is pre-registered in Ollama as `lab1-qwen3-0.6b-q8_0`.
+- The wiki serves same-host download links for both GGUFs through `/api/lab1/models/...`.
+- Lab 1 confidence visualization requires Ollama `0.12.11` or newer because it depends on logprobs.
 
 ## Supported Host Profiles
 
@@ -27,7 +36,7 @@ This build intentionally avoids the reference VM's hardware workarounds.
 - Native Debian/Ubuntu: Debian-family Linux with an NVIDIA GPU visible to `nvidia-smi` and at least 8 GB VRAM.
 - WSL: Debian/Ubuntu-family Linux running under WSL, with the NVIDIA GPU exposed into the distro.
 
-The launcher and Ansible preflight now classify the host dynamically and apply different setup behavior for:
+The launcher and Ansible preflight classify the host dynamically and apply different setup behavior for:
 
 - `macos`
 - `native-debian-ubuntu`
@@ -51,6 +60,7 @@ On Linux and WSL, the first `./labctl up` or `./labctl preflight` run may prompt
 On Ubuntu WSL x86_64, preflight now installs the Linux-side CUDA toolkit automatically if it is missing.
 
 It first tries the distro package:
+
 - `sudo apt install -y nvidia-cuda-toolkit`
 
 If that package is unavailable or still does not expose `nvcc`, the installer falls back to NVIDIA's WSL-Ubuntu repository bootstrap for the toolkit only, not a Linux GPU driver.
@@ -64,30 +74,28 @@ For non-Ubuntu WSL distros, install the CUDA toolkit manually before running the
 
 ## Native Debian/Ubuntu CUDA Behavior
 
-On native Debian/Ubuntu hosts, the installer now handles three CUDA-toolkit cases:
+On native Debian/Ubuntu hosts, the installer handles three CUDA-toolkit cases:
 
 - If the toolkit is already usable, it reuses the existing install instead of forcing a reinstall.
 - If the distro exposes `nvidia-cuda-toolkit`, it installs that package.
 - If the distro package is unavailable, it bootstraps NVIDIA's official CUDA network repository for supported native Debian/Ubuntu releases and installs the toolkit from there.
 
-If `apt` starts in a broken dependency state, the installer now attempts `dpkg --configure -a` and `apt-get --fix-broken install` before retrying package installation.
+If `apt` starts in a broken dependency state, the installer attempts `dpkg --configure -a` and `apt-get --fix-broken install` before retrying package installation.
 
-If CUDA is already mounted or preinstalled outside `PATH`, the installer now detects standard locations such as `/usr/local/cuda/bin/nvcc` and `/usr/local/cuda-*/bin/nvcc`.
+If CUDA is already mounted or preinstalled outside `PATH`, the installer detects standard locations such as `/usr/local/cuda/bin/nvcc` and `/usr/local/cuda-*/bin/nvcc`.
 
 ## Standard Assumptions
 
-- The host-side install path assumes modern local tooling, but TransformerLab itself is provisioned from a pinned classic single-user layout.
+- The default deployment is centered on Ollama-backed local inference and browser-based tools such as Netron and the wiki.
-- TransformerLab is intentionally pinned to the older single-user `v0.28.2` release because newer upstream releases changed the project structure and behavior in ways that break this courseware.
+- Netron is installed into a managed Python virtual environment and served locally instead of being provisioned as a desktop package.
-- This project does not rely on TransformerLab's upstream `install.sh`; the Ansible role provisions the pinned release directly so web assets, env layout, and runtime behavior stay reproducible.
+- Lab 1 model downloads are mirrored locally during `./labctl up`, so students do not have to fetch them manually from the original source.
-- The courseware repairs installed TransformerLab Fastchat plugin manifests so Fastchat-gated features such as Model Architecture and Visualize Logprobs stay available on pinned installs.
+- WhiteRabbitNeo assets remain a separate Lab 2 flow and are still handled outside the default `./labctl up` run.
-- No Ollama models are pulled during `./labctl up`; students pull models manually as part of the courseware.
+- Run `./labctl assets lab2` when you want to populate repo-local Lab 2 assets in `assets/lab2/` from Hugging Face.
-- WhiteRabbitNeo assets are handled separately from `./labctl up` and `./labctl preflight`.
-- Run `./labctl assets lab2` when you want to populate repo-local lab 2 assets in `assets/lab2/` from Hugging Face.
 - After base setup, run `state/lab2/download_whiterabbitneo-gguf.sh` to fetch only the `Q4_K_M`, `Q8_0`, and `IQ2_M` files from `bartowski/WhiteRabbitNeo_WhiteRabbitNeo-V3-7B-GGUF` and register local Ollama models `WhiteRabbitNeo`, `WhiteRabbitNeo-Q4`, `WhiteRabbitNeo-Q8`, and `WhiteRabbitNeo-IQ2`.
-- TransformerLab and Unsloth homes are redirected into this project's `state/` tree via symlinks.
+- Unsloth homes are redirected into this project's `state/` tree via symlinks.
 - Managed web services bind for access from both Linux and the Windows side of WSL, while `labctl urls` still reports localhost-friendly URLs.
 - The local Ansible bootstrap in `.venv-ansible/` is machine-specific and will be recreated automatically if the folder is copied between hosts.
-- `llama.cpp` now uses a conservative, memory-aware build parallelism setting instead of an unbounded `-j` build, which avoids OOM failures on smaller Linux and WSL hosts.
+- `llama.cpp` uses a conservative, memory-aware build parallelism setting instead of an unbounded `-j` build, which avoids OOM failures on smaller Linux and WSL hosts.
 
 ## Lab URLs
 
@@ -97,7 +105,7 @@ Default endpoints:
 
 - Ollama API: `http://127.0.0.1:11434`
 - Open WebUI: `http://127.0.0.1:8080`
-- TransformerLab: `http://127.0.0.1:8338`
+- Netron: `http://127.0.0.1:8338`
 - ChunkViz: `http://127.0.0.1:3001`
 - Embedding Atlas: `http://127.0.0.1:5055`
 - Unsloth Studio: `http://127.0.0.1:8888`
@@ -116,15 +124,14 @@ The deployment will:
 ## Notes
 
 - `./labctl up` installs the environment and then starts every managed service.
-- `./labctl versions` shows the pinned TransformerLab and Ansible runtime versions used by this workspace.
+- `./labctl versions` shows the pinned Netron version, minimum Ollama version, and Ansible runtime version used by this workspace.
 - `./labctl assets lab2` is a separate manual step that clones the base WhiteRabbitNeo repo into `assets/lab2/WhiteRabbitNeo-V3-7B` and downloads the supported `Q4_K_M`, `Q8_0`, and `IQ2_M` GGUFs into `assets/lab2/WhiteRabbitNeo_WhiteRabbitNeo-V3-7B-GGUF`.
-- TransformerLab is installed as a pinned single-user app and no default courseware-managed TransformerLab user is created automatically.
 - `./labctl start core` starts only `ollama` and `open-webui`.
 - `./labctl start all` starts every managed web service.
 - `./labctl open kiln` launches the Kiln desktop app installed into the project state.
 - The scripted Promptfoo install drops a starter config at `state/lab6/promptfoo.yaml`.
-- `labctl start all` now includes Promptfoo via `promptfoo view` and the cloned wiki app.
+- `labctl start all` includes Promptfoo via `promptfoo view` and the cloned wiki app.
 - Lab 2 includes `state/lab2/download_whiterabbitneo-gguf.sh`, which uses `git` + `git lfs` to pull only the supported WhiteRabbitNeo quants. Add `--download-only` if you want the files without Ollama registration.
 - The wiki is cloned from `https://git.zuccaro.me/bzuccaro/LLM-Labs.git` into `state/repos/LLM-Labs` and started with `npm`.
-- `./labctl down` now uninstalls Ollama entirely when this project installed it, instead of only stopping the service.
+- `./labctl down` uninstalls Ollama entirely when this project installed it, instead of only stopping the service.
 - Unsloth Studio currently supports chat and data workflows on macOS; Linux/WSL remains the standard path for NVIDIA-backed training.

ansible/group_vars/all.yml

@@ -9,15 +9,15 @@ courseware_datasets_dir: "{{ courseware_state_dir }}/datasets"
 courseware_tools_dir: "{{ courseware_state_dir }}/tools"
 courseware_apps_dir: "{{ courseware_state_dir }}/apps"
 courseware_downloads_dir: "{{ courseware_state_dir }}/downloads"
+courseware_lab1_dir: "{{ courseware_state_dir }}/lab1"
 courseware_lab2_dir: "{{ courseware_state_dir }}/lab2"
 courseware_lab6_dir: "{{ courseware_state_dir }}/lab6"
-courseware_transformerlab_legacy_home: "{{ courseware_state_dir }}/transformerlab-home"
-courseware_safe_homes_dir: "{{ lookup('env', 'HOME') }}/.local/share/local-lab-deployment"
-courseware_transformerlab_home: "{{ (courseware_safe_homes_dir ~ '/transformerlab-home') if ' ' in courseware_root else courseware_transformerlab_legacy_home }}"
 courseware_unsloth_home: "{{ courseware_state_dir }}/unsloth-home"
+courseware_lab1_models_dir: "{{ courseware_models_dir }}/lab1"
 courseware_ollama_models_dir: "{{ courseware_models_dir }}/ollama"
 courseware_node_runtime_dir: "{{ courseware_tools_dir }}/node-runtime"
 courseware_node_runtime_bin_dir: "{{ courseware_node_runtime_dir }}/node_modules/node/bin"
+courseware_netron_venv_dir: "{{ courseware_venvs_dir }}/netron"
 courseware_wetty_dir: "{{ courseware_tools_dir }}/wetty"
 courseware_promptfoo_dir: "{{ courseware_lab6_dir }}"
 courseware_wiki_repo_dir: "{{ courseware_repos_dir }}/LLM-Labs"
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ courseware_url_host: "127.0.0.1"
 courseware_ports:
   ollama: 11434
   open_webui: 8080
-  transformerlab: 8338
+  netron: 8338
   chunkviz: 3001
   embedding_atlas: 5055
   unsloth: 8888
@@ -37,30 +37,8 @@ courseware_ports:
   wiki: 80
   wetty: 7681
 
-courseware_transformerlab_install_mode: "single-user-pinned"
+courseware_netron_version: "9.0.1"
-courseware_transformerlab_version: "v0.28.2"
+courseware_ollama_min_version: "0.12.11"
-courseware_transformerlab_version_dir: "{{ courseware_transformerlab_version | regex_replace('^v', '') }}"
-courseware_transformerlab_source_archive: "{{ courseware_downloads_dir }}/transformerlab-app-{{ courseware_transformerlab_version_dir }}.tar.gz"
-courseware_transformerlab_web_archive: "{{ courseware_downloads_dir }}/transformerlab-web-{{ courseware_transformerlab_version_dir }}.tar.gz"
-courseware_transformerlab_miniforge_installer: "{{ courseware_downloads_dir }}/transformerlab-miniforge-installer.sh"
-courseware_transformerlab_default_user_email: "student@zuccaro.me"
-courseware_transformerlab_default_user_password: "student"
-courseware_transformerlab_default_user_first_name: "Student"
-courseware_transformerlab_default_user_last_name: ""
-courseware_transformerlab_required_loader_plugins:
-  - "fastchat_server"
-courseware_transformerlab_required_supports_fastchat:
-  - "chat"
-  - "completion"
-  - "visualize_model"
-  - "model_layers"
-  - "rag"
-  - "tools"
-  - "template"
-  - "embeddings"
-  - "tokenize"
-  - "logprobs"
-  - "batched"
 courseware_llama_cpp_commit: "51fa458a92d6a3f305f8fd76fc8f702e3e87ddb5"
 courseware_chunkviz_commit: "a891eacafda1f28a12373ad3b00102e68f07c57f"
 courseware_promptfoo_version: "0.119.0"
@@ -72,6 +50,13 @@ courseware_wiki_repo: "https://git.zuccaro.me/bzuccaro/LLM-Labs.git"
 
 courseware_open_webui_spec: "open-webui"
 courseware_embedding_atlas_spec: "embedding-atlas"
+courseware_lab1_qwen_filename: "Qwen3-0.6B-Q8_0.gguf"
+courseware_lab1_qwen_download_url: "https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-0.6B-GGUF/resolve/main/Qwen3-0.6B-Q8_0.gguf?download=true"
+courseware_lab1_qwen_local_path: "{{ courseware_lab1_models_dir }}/{{ courseware_lab1_qwen_filename }}"
+courseware_lab1_qwen_model_alias: "lab1-qwen3-0.6b-q8_0"
+courseware_lab1_llama_filename: "Llama-3.2-1B.Q4_K_M.gguf"
+courseware_lab1_llama_download_url: "https://huggingface.co/DevQuasar-3/meta-llama.Llama-3.2-1B-GGUF/resolve/main/Llama-3.2-1B.Q4_K_M.gguf?download=true"
+courseware_lab1_llama_local_path: "{{ courseware_lab1_models_dir }}/{{ courseware_lab1_llama_filename }}"
 
 courseware_white_rabbit_repo: "bartowski/WhiteRabbitNeo_WhiteRabbitNeo-V3-7B-GGUF"
 courseware_white_rabbit_variants:
@@ -150,7 +135,7 @@ courseware_ollama_install_marker: "{{ courseware_markers_dir }}/ollama-installed
 courseware_services:
   - "ollama"
   - "open-webui"
-  - "transformerlab"
+  - "netron"
   - "chunkviz"
   - "embedding-atlas"
   - "unsloth"

ansible/playbooks/down.yml

@@ -12,17 +12,6 @@
       changed_when: false
       failed_when: false
 
-    - name: Stat managed TransformerLab symlink
-      stat:
-        path: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.transformerlab"
-        follow: false
-      register: courseware_down_transformerlab
-
-    - name: Stat managed TransformerLab marker
-      stat:
-        path: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.transformerlab/.courseware-managed"
-      register: courseware_down_transformerlab_marker
-
     - name: Stat managed Unsloth symlink
       stat:
         path: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.unsloth"
@@ -34,11 +23,6 @@
         path: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.unsloth/.courseware-managed"
       register: courseware_down_unsloth_marker
 
-    - name: Stat conda environments file
-      stat:
-        path: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.conda/environments.txt"
-      register: courseware_down_conda_envs
-
     - name: Stat courseware-managed Ollama install marker
       stat:
         path: "{{ courseware_ollama_install_marker }}"
@@ -172,39 +156,6 @@
       changed_when: false
       failed_when: false
 
-    - name: Remove managed TransformerLab conda environment entry
-      lineinfile:
-        path: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.conda/environments.txt"
-        regexp: "^{{ (courseware_transformerlab_home ~ '/envs/transformerlab') | regex_escape() }}$"
-        state: absent
-      when: courseware_down_conda_envs.stat.exists
-      failed_when: false
-
-    - name: Remove managed TransformerLab path
-      file:
-        path: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.transformerlab"
-        state: absent
-      when:
-        - courseware_down_transformerlab.stat.exists
-        - >
-          (courseware_down_transformerlab.stat.islnk and
-           courseware_down_transformerlab.stat.lnk_source == courseware_transformerlab_home)
-          or courseware_down_transformerlab_marker.stat.exists
-      failed_when: false
-
-    - name: Remove managed TransformerLab home
-      file:
-        path: "{{ courseware_transformerlab_home }}"
-        state: absent
-      failed_when: false
-
-    - name: Remove legacy managed TransformerLab home
-      file:
-        path: "{{ courseware_transformerlab_legacy_home }}"
-        state: absent
-      when: courseware_transformerlab_legacy_home != courseware_transformerlab_home
-      failed_when: false
-
     - name: Remove managed Unsloth path
       file:
         path: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.unsloth"

ansible/playbooks/up.yml

@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@
     - { role: preflight, tags: ["preflight"] }
     - directories
     - packages
+    - netron
+    - lab1_assets
     - lab_assets
     - node_runtime
     - { role: terminal, when: ansible_system == "Linux" }
     - llama_cpp
-    - transformerlab
     - open_webui
     - chunkviz
     - promptfoo

ansible/roles/directories/tasks/main.yml

@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
     - "{{ courseware_tools_dir }}"
     - "{{ courseware_apps_dir }}"
     - "{{ courseware_downloads_dir }}"
+    - "{{ courseware_lab1_dir }}"
     - "{{ courseware_lab2_dir }}"
-    - "{{ courseware_safe_homes_dir }}"
-    - "{{ courseware_transformerlab_home }}"
     - "{{ courseware_unsloth_home }}"
+    - "{{ courseware_lab1_models_dir }}"
     - "{{ courseware_ollama_models_dir }}"
 
 - name: Seed managed ownership markers
@@ -27,40 +27,8 @@
     state: touch
     mode: "0644"
   loop:
-    - "{{ courseware_transformerlab_home }}/.courseware-managed"
     - "{{ courseware_unsloth_home }}/.courseware-managed"
 
-- name: Check existing TransformerLab path
-  stat:
-    path: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.transformerlab"
-    follow: false
-  register: courseware_transformerlab_link
-
-- name: Check existing TransformerLab ownership marker
-  stat:
-    path: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.transformerlab/.courseware-managed"
-  register: courseware_transformerlab_marker
-
-- name: Fail if TransformerLab path is already occupied
-  fail:
-    msg: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.transformerlab already exists and is not managed by this project."
-  when:
-    - courseware_transformerlab_link.stat.exists
-    - >
-      (
-        (not courseware_transformerlab_link.stat.islnk) or
-        (courseware_transformerlab_link.stat.islnk and
-         courseware_transformerlab_link.stat.lnk_source != courseware_transformerlab_home)
-      ) and
-      (not courseware_transformerlab_marker.stat.exists)
-
-- name: Link TransformerLab home into project state
-  file:
-    src: "{{ courseware_transformerlab_home }}"
-    dest: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.transformerlab"
-    state: link
-    force: true
-
 - name: Check existing Unsloth path
   stat:
     path: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.unsloth"

ansible/roles/lab1_assets/tasks/main.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+- name: Ensure Lab 1 model directory exists
+  file:
+    path: "{{ courseware_lab1_models_dir }}"
+    state: directory
+    mode: "0755"
+
+- name: Check installed Ollama version
+  command:
+    argv:
+      - "{{ courseware_ollama_bin }}"
+      - --version
+  register: courseware_lab1_ollama_version
+  changed_when: false
+
+- name: Extract installed Ollama semantic version
+  set_fact:
+    courseware_lab1_ollama_semver: >-
+      {{
+        courseware_lab1_ollama_version.stdout
+        | regex_search('[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+')
+        | default('')
+      }}
+
+- name: Fail when Ollama is too old for Lab 1 logprobs
+  fail:
+    msg: >-
+      Lab 1 requires Ollama {{ courseware_ollama_min_version }} or newer because
+      the confidence visualizer depends on logprob support. Installed version:
+      {{ courseware_lab1_ollama_version.stdout | trim }}.
+  when:
+    - courseware_lab1_ollama_semver | length == 0
+      or not (courseware_lab1_ollama_semver is version(courseware_ollama_min_version, '>='))
+
+- name: Download mirrored Lab 1 Qwen model
+  get_url:
+    url: "{{ courseware_lab1_qwen_download_url }}"
+    dest: "{{ courseware_lab1_qwen_local_path }}"
+    mode: "0644"
+
+- name: Download mirrored Lab 1 Llama model
+  get_url:
+    url: "{{ courseware_lab1_llama_download_url }}"
+    dest: "{{ courseware_lab1_llama_local_path }}"
+    mode: "0644"
+
+- name: Write Lab 1 Ollama Modelfile
+  copy:
+    dest: "{{ courseware_lab1_dir }}/Modelfile.{{ courseware_lab1_qwen_model_alias }}"
+    mode: "0644"
+    content: |
+      FROM {{ courseware_lab1_qwen_local_path }}
+
+- name: Start Ollama before Lab 1 model registration
+  command:
+    argv:
+      - "{{ courseware_root }}/scripts/service_manager.sh"
+      - start
+      - ollama
+  changed_when: false
+
+- name: Register Lab 1 Qwen model with Ollama
+  command:
+    argv:
+      - "{{ courseware_ollama_bin }}"
+      - create
+      - "{{ courseware_lab1_qwen_model_alias }}"
+      - -f
+      - "{{ courseware_lab1_dir }}/Modelfile.{{ courseware_lab1_qwen_model_alias }}"
+  environment:
+    OLLAMA_HOST: "{{ courseware_bind_host }}:{{ courseware_ports.ollama }}"
+    OLLAMA_MODELS: "{{ courseware_ollama_models_dir }}"

ansible/roles/netron/tasks/main.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+- name: Create Netron virtual environment
+  command:
+    argv:
+      - "{{ courseware_python_bin }}"
+      - -m
+      - venv
+      - "{{ courseware_netron_venv_dir }}"
+  args:
+    creates: "{{ courseware_netron_venv_dir }}/bin/python"
+
+- name: Upgrade Netron venv tooling
+  command:
+    argv:
+      - "{{ courseware_netron_venv_dir }}/bin/python"
+      - -m
+      - pip
+      - install
+      - --upgrade
+      - pip
+      - setuptools
+      - wheel
+
+- name: Install Netron server runtime
+  command:
+    argv:
+      - "{{ courseware_netron_venv_dir }}/bin/python"
+      - -m
+      - pip
+      - install
+      - "netron=={{ courseware_netron_version }}"

ansible/roles/open_webui/tasks/main.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 - name: Create Open WebUI virtual environment
   command:
     argv:
-      - "{{ courseware_transformerlab_home }}/envs/transformerlab/bin/python"
+      - "{{ courseware_python_bin }}"
       - -m
       - venv
       - "{{ courseware_venvs_dir }}/open-webui"
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 - name: Create Embedding Atlas virtual environment
   command:
     argv:
-      - "{{ courseware_transformerlab_home }}/envs/transformerlab/bin/python"
+      - "{{ courseware_python_bin }}"
       - -m
       - venv
       - "{{ courseware_venvs_dir }}/embedding-atlas"

ansible/roles/wiki/templates/courseware-runtime.json.j2

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 {
+  "lab1NetronUrl": "http://{{ courseware_url_host }}:{{ courseware_ports.netron }}",
   "lab3TerminalUrl": "http://{{ courseware_url_host }}:{{ courseware_ports.wetty }}{{ courseware_wetty_base_path }}"
 }

ansible/site.yml

@@ -30,14 +30,18 @@
       ansible.builtin.import_role:
         name: ollama
 
+    - name: Include Netron setup
+      ansible.builtin.import_role:
+        name: netron
+
+    - name: Include Lab 1 asset setup
+      ansible.builtin.import_role:
+        name: lab1_assets
+
     - name: Include llama.cpp setup
       ansible.builtin.import_role:
         name: llama-cpp
 
-    - name: Include Transformer Lab setup
-      ansible.builtin.import_role:
-        name: transformerlab
-
     - name: Include Unsloth Studio setup
       ansible.builtin.import_role:
         name: unsloth

ansible/templates/runtime.env.j2

@@ -5,16 +5,18 @@ COURSEWARE_BIND_HOST="{{ courseware_bind_host }}"
 COURSEWARE_URL_HOST="{{ courseware_url_host }}"
 COURSEWARE_OLLAMA_PORT="{{ courseware_ports.ollama }}"
 COURSEWARE_OPEN_WEBUI_PORT="{{ courseware_ports.open_webui }}"
-COURSEWARE_TRANSFORMERLAB_PORT="{{ courseware_ports.transformerlab }}"
+COURSEWARE_NETRON_PORT="{{ courseware_ports.netron }}"
 COURSEWARE_CHUNKVIZ_PORT="{{ courseware_ports.chunkviz }}"
 COURSEWARE_EMBEDDING_ATLAS_PORT="{{ courseware_ports.embedding_atlas }}"
 COURSEWARE_UNSLOTH_PORT="{{ courseware_ports.unsloth }}"
 COURSEWARE_PROMPTFOO_PORT="{{ courseware_ports.promptfoo }}"
 COURSEWARE_WIKI_PORT="{{ courseware_ports.wiki }}"
 COURSEWARE_WETTY_PORT="{{ courseware_ports.wetty }}"
+COURSEWARE_OLLAMA_MIN_VERSION="{{ courseware_ollama_min_version }}"
 OLLAMA_BIN="{{ courseware_ollama_bin }}"
 OLLAMA_MODELS_DIR="{{ courseware_ollama_models_dir }}"
 NODE_RUNTIME_BIN_DIR="{{ courseware_node_runtime_bin_dir }}"
+NETRON_VENV="{{ courseware_netron_venv_dir }}"
 WETTY_BIN="{{ courseware_wetty_dir }}/node_modules/.bin/wetty"
 COURSEWARE_WETTY_BASE_PATH="{{ courseware_wetty_base_path }}"
 OPEN_WEBUI_VENV="{{ courseware_venvs_dir }}/open-webui"
@@ -23,11 +25,10 @@ CHUNKVIZ_DIR="{{ courseware_repos_dir }}/ChunkViz"
 EMBEDDING_ATLAS_VENV="{{ courseware_venvs_dir }}/embedding-atlas"
 TTPS_DATASET_PATH="{{ courseware_datasets_dir }}/ttps_dataset.parquet"
 WIKI_TEST_RAW_PATH="{{ courseware_datasets_dir }}/wiki.test.raw"
-TRANSFORMERLAB_DIR="{{ courseware_transformerlab_home }}"
+COURSEWARE_OLLAMA_BASE_URL="http://{{ courseware_url_host }}:{{ courseware_ports.ollama }}"
-TRANSFORMERLAB_DEFAULT_USER_EMAIL="{{ courseware_transformerlab_default_user_email }}"
+COURSEWARE_LAB1_QWEN_MODEL_PATH="{{ courseware_lab1_qwen_local_path }}"
-TRANSFORMERLAB_DEFAULT_USER_PASSWORD="{{ courseware_transformerlab_default_user_password }}"
+COURSEWARE_LAB1_LLAMA_MODEL_PATH="{{ courseware_lab1_llama_local_path }}"
-TRANSFORMERLAB_DEFAULT_USER_FIRST_NAME="{{ courseware_transformerlab_default_user_first_name }}"
+COURSEWARE_LAB1_OLLAMA_MODEL_ALIAS="{{ courseware_lab1_qwen_model_alias }}"
-TRANSFORMERLAB_DEFAULT_USER_LAST_NAME="{{ courseware_transformerlab_default_user_last_name }}"
 UNSLOTH_BIN="{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.local/bin/unsloth"
 PROMPTFOO_DIR="{{ courseware_promptfoo_dir }}"
 PROMPTFOO_BIN="{{ courseware_tools_dir }}/promptfoo/node_modules/.bin/promptfoo"

labctl

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Usage:
 EOF
 }
 
-transformerlab_version() {
+netron_version() {
   local version_file=$ROOT_DIR/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
 
   if [ ! -f "$version_file" ]; then
@@ -38,21 +38,35 @@ transformerlab_version() {
     return
   fi
 
-  sed -nE 's/^courseware_transformerlab_version:[[:space:]]*"([^"]+)".*/\1/p' "$version_file" | head -n 1
+  sed -nE 's/^courseware_netron_version:[[:space:]]*"([^"]+)".*/\1/p' "$version_file" | head -n 1
+}
+
+minimum_ollama_version() {
+  local version_file=$ROOT_DIR/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
+
+  if [ ! -f "$version_file" ]; then
+    printf '%s\n' "unknown"
+    return
+  fi
+
+  sed -nE 's/^courseware_ollama_min_version:[[:space:]]*"([^"]+)".*/\1/p' "$version_file" | head -n 1
 }
 
 print_versions() {
   cat <<EOF
 Pinned component versions:
-  TransformerLab: $(transformerlab_version) (single-user pinned install)
+  Netron: $(netron_version)
+  Minimum Ollama: $(minimum_ollama_version)
   Ansible Core: 2.18.6
 EOF
 }
 
 confirm_installation() {
   local response
-  local tlab_version
+  local pinned_netron
-  tlab_version=$(transformerlab_version)
+  local min_ollama
+  pinned_netron=$(netron_version)
+  min_ollama=$(minimum_ollama_version)
 
   if [ ! -t 0 ]; then
     cat <<EOF >&2
@@ -60,14 +74,15 @@ WARNING: THIS SCRIPT WILL CONFIGURE YOUR ENVIRONMENT WILL THE FOLLOWING SOFTWARE
 
 - Ollama
 - llama.cpp
-- TransformerLab (single-user pinned to ${tlab_version})
+- Netron (${pinned_netron})
 - Open WebUI
 - ChunkViz
 - Embedding Atlas
 - Promptfoo
 - Unsloth Studio
 - Kiln Desktop
-- Course-specific support assets for lab 2 and lab 4
+- Course-specific support assets for lab 1, lab 2, and lab 4
+- A pre-registered Lab 1 Ollama model (requires Ollama ${min_ollama}+)
 
 IT IS RECOMMENDED TO RUN THIS IN AN ISLOATED ENVIRONMENT (Dedicated WSL, VM, etc.)
 
@@ -83,14 +98,15 @@ WARNING: THIS SCRIPT WILL CONFIGURE YOUR ENVIRONMENT WILL THE FOLLOWING SOFTWARE
 
 - Ollama
 - llama.cpp
-- TransformerLab (single-user pinned to ${tlab_version})
+- Netron (${pinned_netron})
 - Open WebUI
 - ChunkViz
 - Embedding Atlas
 - Promptfoo
 - Unsloth Studio
 - Kiln Desktop
-- Course-specific support assets for lab 2 and lab 4
+- Course-specific support assets for lab 1, lab 2, and lab 4
+- A pre-registered Lab 1 Ollama model (requires Ollama ${min_ollama}+)
 
 IT IS RECOMMENDED TO RUN THIS IN AN ISLOATED ENVIRONMENT (Dedicated WSL, VM, etc.)
 

scripts/common.sh

@@ -15,15 +15,22 @@ load_runtime_env() {
   : "${COURSEWARE_STATE_DIR:=$STATE_DIR}"
   : "${COURSEWARE_BIND_HOST:=127.0.0.1}"
   : "${COURSEWARE_URL_HOST:=127.0.0.1}"
+  : "${COURSEWARE_NETRON_PORT:=8338}"
   : "${COURSEWARE_PROMPTFOO_PORT:=15500}"
   : "${COURSEWARE_WIKI_PORT:=80}"
   : "${COURSEWARE_WETTY_PORT:=7681}"
+  : "${COURSEWARE_OLLAMA_MIN_VERSION:=0.12.11}"
   : "${COURSEWARE_WETTY_BASE_PATH:=/wetty}"
   : "${NODE_RUNTIME_BIN_DIR:=$COURSEWARE_STATE_DIR/tools/node-runtime/node_modules/node/bin}"
+  : "${NETRON_VENV:=$COURSEWARE_STATE_DIR/venvs/netron}"
   : "${WETTY_BIN:=$COURSEWARE_STATE_DIR/tools/wetty/node_modules/.bin/wetty}"
   : "${PROMPTFOO_DIR:=$COURSEWARE_STATE_DIR/lab6}"
   : "${WIKI_DIR:=$COURSEWARE_STATE_DIR/repos/LLM-Labs}"
   : "${WIKI_RUNTIME_CONFIG_PATH:=$WIKI_DIR/public/courseware-runtime.json}"
+  : "${COURSEWARE_OLLAMA_BASE_URL:=http://$COURSEWARE_URL_HOST:$COURSEWARE_OLLAMA_PORT}"
+  : "${COURSEWARE_LAB1_QWEN_MODEL_PATH:=$COURSEWARE_STATE_DIR/models/lab1/Qwen3-0.6B-Q8_0.gguf}"
+  : "${COURSEWARE_LAB1_LLAMA_MODEL_PATH:=$COURSEWARE_STATE_DIR/models/lab1/Llama-3.2-1B.Q4_K_M.gguf}"
+  : "${COURSEWARE_LAB1_OLLAMA_MODEL_ALIAS:=lab1-qwen3-0.6b-q8_0}"
   : "${LLAMA_CPP_BIN_DIR:=$COURSEWARE_STATE_DIR/repos/llama.cpp/build/bin}"
 
   if [ -n "${OLLAMA_BIN:-}" ] && [[ "$OLLAMA_BIN" != */* ]] && command -v "$OLLAMA_BIN" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
@@ -42,7 +49,7 @@ service_list() {
   printf '%s\n' \
     "ollama" \
     "open-webui" \
-    "transformerlab" \
+    "netron" \
     "chunkviz" \
     "embedding-atlas" \
     "unsloth" \
@@ -63,7 +70,7 @@ service_port() {
   case "$1" in
     ollama) printf '%s\n' "${COURSEWARE_OLLAMA_PORT}" ;;
     open-webui) printf '%s\n' "${COURSEWARE_OPEN_WEBUI_PORT}" ;;
-    transformerlab) printf '%s\n' "${COURSEWARE_TRANSFORMERLAB_PORT}" ;;
+    netron) printf '%s\n' "${COURSEWARE_NETRON_PORT}" ;;
     chunkviz) printf '%s\n' "${COURSEWARE_CHUNKVIZ_PORT}" ;;
     embedding-atlas) printf '%s\n' "${COURSEWARE_EMBEDDING_ATLAS_PORT}" ;;
     unsloth) printf '%s\n' "${COURSEWARE_UNSLOTH_PORT}" ;;
@@ -78,7 +85,7 @@ service_url() {
   case "$1" in
     ollama) printf 'http://%s:%s\n' "$COURSEWARE_URL_HOST" "$COURSEWARE_OLLAMA_PORT" ;;
     open-webui) printf 'http://%s:%s\n' "$COURSEWARE_URL_HOST" "$COURSEWARE_OPEN_WEBUI_PORT" ;;
-    transformerlab) printf 'http://%s:%s\n' "$COURSEWARE_URL_HOST" "$COURSEWARE_TRANSFORMERLAB_PORT" ;;
+    netron) printf 'http://%s:%s\n' "$COURSEWARE_URL_HOST" "$COURSEWARE_NETRON_PORT" ;;
     chunkviz) printf 'http://%s:%s\n' "$COURSEWARE_URL_HOST" "$COURSEWARE_CHUNKVIZ_PORT" ;;
     embedding-atlas) printf 'http://%s:%s\n' "$COURSEWARE_URL_HOST" "$COURSEWARE_EMBEDDING_ATLAS_PORT" ;;
     unsloth) printf 'http://%s:%s\n' "$COURSEWARE_URL_HOST" "$COURSEWARE_UNSLOTH_PORT" ;;
@@ -107,14 +114,11 @@ service_command() {
         "$COURSEWARE_BIND_HOST" \
         "$COURSEWARE_OPEN_WEBUI_PORT"
       ;;
-    transformerlab)
+    netron)
-      printf 'export PATH="%s/envs/transformerlab/bin:$PATH"; export VIRTUAL_ENV="%s/envs/transformerlab"; export CONDA_PREFIX="%s/envs/transformerlab"; cd "%s/src" && exec ./run.sh -c -h %s -p %s' \
+      printf 'exec "%s/bin/netron" --host %s --port %s --verbosity quiet' \
-        "$TRANSFORMERLAB_DIR" \
+        "$NETRON_VENV" \
-        "$TRANSFORMERLAB_DIR" \
-        "$TRANSFORMERLAB_DIR" \
-        "$TRANSFORMERLAB_DIR" \
         "$COURSEWARE_BIND_HOST" \
-        "$COURSEWARE_TRANSFORMERLAB_PORT"
+        "$COURSEWARE_NETRON_PORT"
       ;;
     chunkviz)
       printf 'cd "%s" && PATH="%s:$PATH" exec "./node_modules/.bin/serve" build -s -n -L -l tcp://%s:%s' \
@@ -145,9 +149,13 @@ service_command() {
         "$COURSEWARE_PROMPTFOO_PORT"
       ;;
     wiki)
-      printf 'cd "%s" && PATH="%s:$PATH" exec "./node_modules/.bin/next" start --hostname %s --port %s' \
+      printf 'cd "%s" && PATH="%s:$PATH" exec env COURSEWARE_OLLAMA_BASE_URL="%s" COURSEWARE_LAB1_QWEN_MODEL_PATH="%s" COURSEWARE_LAB1_LLAMA_MODEL_PATH="%s" COURSEWARE_LAB1_OLLAMA_MODEL_ALIAS="%s" "./node_modules/.bin/next" start --hostname %s --port %s' \
         "$WIKI_DIR" \
         "$NODE_RUNTIME_BIN_DIR" \
+        "$COURSEWARE_OLLAMA_BASE_URL" \
+        "$COURSEWARE_LAB1_QWEN_MODEL_PATH" \
+        "$COURSEWARE_LAB1_LLAMA_MODEL_PATH" \
+        "$COURSEWARE_LAB1_OLLAMA_MODEL_ALIAS" \
         "$COURSEWARE_BIND_HOST" \
         "$COURSEWARE_WIKI_PORT"
       ;;

scripts/service_manager.sh

@@ -9,25 +9,6 @@ load_runtime_env
 
 mkdir -p "$STATE_DIR/run" "$STATE_DIR/logs"
 
-ensure_transformerlab_default_user() {
-  local helper_python="${TRANSFORMERLAB_DIR}/envs/transformerlab/bin/python"
-
-  if [ ! -x "$helper_python" ]; then
-    return 0
-  fi
-
-  if [ -z "${TRANSFORMERLAB_DEFAULT_USER_EMAIL:-}" ] || [ -z "${TRANSFORMERLAB_DEFAULT_USER_PASSWORD:-}" ]; then
-    return 0
-  fi
-
-  "$helper_python" "$SCRIPT_DIR/ensure_transformerlab_user.py" \
-    --transformerlab-dir "$TRANSFORMERLAB_DIR" \
-    --email "$TRANSFORMERLAB_DEFAULT_USER_EMAIL" \
-    --password "$TRANSFORMERLAB_DEFAULT_USER_PASSWORD" \
-    --first-name "${TRANSFORMERLAB_DEFAULT_USER_FIRST_NAME:-Student}" \
-    --last-name "${TRANSFORMERLAB_DEFAULT_USER_LAST_NAME:-}" >>"$STATE_DIR/logs/transformerlab_default_user.log" 2>&1 || true
-}
-
 check_wetty_prereqs() {
   if [ ! -x "$WETTY_BIN" ]; then
     echo "Missing WeTTY binary at $WETTY_BIN. Re-run ./labctl up." >&2
@@ -56,6 +37,40 @@ PY
   fi
 }
 
+ollama_version_gte_minimum() {
+  local version_output
+  local installed_version
+
+  if ! command -v "$OLLAMA_BIN" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  version_output=$("$OLLAMA_BIN" --version 2>/dev/null || true)
+  installed_version=$(printf '%s' "$version_output" | grep -oE '[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' | head -n 1)
+
+  if [ -z "$installed_version" ]; then
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  [ "$(printf '%s\n' "$COURSEWARE_OLLAMA_MIN_VERSION" "$installed_version" | sort -V | head -n 1)" = "$COURSEWARE_OLLAMA_MIN_VERSION" ]
+}
+
+assert_ollama_logprobs_support() {
+  if ollama_version_gte_minimum; then
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  local version_output
+  version_output=$("$OLLAMA_BIN" --version 2>/dev/null || printf 'unknown')
+
+  cat <<EOF >&2
+Lab 1 requires Ollama ${COURSEWARE_OLLAMA_MIN_VERSION} or newer because the confidence visualizer depends on logprobs.
+Installed version: ${version_output}
+Re-run ./labctl up after upgrading Ollama.
+EOF
+  exit 1
+}
+
 resolve_targets() {
   if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
     echo "No target specified." >&2
@@ -104,13 +119,10 @@ service_ready() {
     ollama)
       curl -fsS "$(service_url "$service")/api/tags" >/dev/null 2>&1
       ;;
-    transformerlab)
-      curl -fsS "$(service_url "$service")/healthz" >/dev/null 2>&1
-      ;;
     promptfoo)
       curl -fsS "$(service_url "$service")/health" >/dev/null 2>&1
       ;;
-    open-webui|chunkviz|embedding-atlas|unsloth|wiki|wetty)
+    open-webui|netron|chunkviz|embedding-atlas|unsloth|wiki|wetty)
       curl -fsS "$(service_url "$service")" >/dev/null 2>&1
       ;;
     *)
@@ -166,18 +178,16 @@ start_one() {
   local attempt
   local pid_grace_attempts=5
 
-  if has_live_pid "$service"; then
+  if [ "$service" = "ollama" ] || [ "$service" = "wiki" ]; then
-    if [ "$service" = "transformerlab" ]; then
+    assert_ollama_logprobs_support
-      ensure_transformerlab_default_user
   fi
+
+  if has_live_pid "$service"; then
     echo "$service already running"
     return 0
   fi
 
   if service_ready "$service"; then
-    if [ "$service" = "transformerlab" ]; then
-      ensure_transformerlab_default_user
-    fi
     echo "$service already available"
     return 0
   fi
@@ -186,24 +196,6 @@ start_one() {
     open-webui)
       start_one ollama
       ;;
-    transformerlab)
-      if command -v python3 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        python3 "$SCRIPT_DIR/repair_transformerlab_plugin_supports.py" \
-          --transformerlab-dir "$TRANSFORMERLAB_DIR" \
-          --plugin "fastchat_server" \
-          --required-support "chat" \
-          --required-support "completion" \
-          --required-support "visualize_model" \
-          --required-support "model_layers" \
-          --required-support "rag" \
-          --required-support "tools" \
-          --required-support "template" \
-          --required-support "embeddings" \
-          --required-support "tokenize" \
-          --required-support "logprobs" \
-          --required-support "batched" >>"$STATE_DIR/logs/transformerlab_plugin_supports.log" 2>&1 || true
-      fi
-      ;;
     wetty)
       check_wetty_prereqs
       ;;
@@ -229,9 +221,6 @@ start_one() {
 
   for attempt in $(seq 1 60); do
     if service_ready "$service"; then
-      if [ "$service" = "transformerlab" ]; then
-        ensure_transformerlab_default_user
-      fi
       echo "started $service"
       return 0
     fi
@@ -313,7 +302,7 @@ urls() {
   cat <<EOF
 Ollama API:      $(service_url ollama)
 Open WebUI:      $(service_url open-webui)
-TransformerLab:  $(service_url transformerlab)
+Netron:          $(service_url netron)
 ChunkViz:        $(service_url chunkviz)
 Embedding Atlas: $(service_url embedding-atlas)
 Unsloth Studio:  $(service_url unsloth)