When referring to the remote machine, it's common to call it **server**, but also **machine**, **VM** (virtual machine), **node**. Those all refer to some type of remote machine, normally running Linux, where you run programs.

## Install the Server Program

When you install FastAPI, it comes with a production server, Uvicorn, and you can start it with the `fastapi run` command.

But you can also install an ASGI server manually:

=== "Uvicorn"

### Server Memory

For example, if your code loads a Machine Learning model with **1 GB in size**, when you run one process with your API, it will consume at least 1 GB of RAM. And if you start **4 processes** (4 workers), each will consume 1 GB of RAM. So in total, your API will consume **4 GB of RAM**.

And if your remote server or virtual machine only has 3 GB of RAM, trying to load more than 4 GB of RAM will cause problems. 🚨

## Caso de uso

Vamos iniciar com um exemplo de **caso de uso** e então ver como resolvê-lo com isso.

Vamos imaginar que você tem alguns **modelos de _machine learning_** que deseja usar para lidar com as requisições. 🤖

* **Machine Learning**: Normalmente exige muita multiplicação de matrizes e vetores. Pense numa grande folha de papel com números e multiplicando todos eles juntos e ao mesmo tempo.

!!! tip "Astuce"
    Pour ceux qui se demandent, "AlexNet", "ResNet", et "LeNet" sont juste des noms de <abbr title="Techniquement, des architectures de modèles">modèles</abbr> de Machine Learning.

### Déclarer un paramètre de chemin

Créez ensuite un *paramètre de chemin* avec une annotation de type désignant l'énumération créée précédemment (`ModelName`) :

```Python hl_lines="16"

server["Server on http://127.0.0.1:8000/app"]

browser --> proxy
proxy --> server
```

!!! tip
    The IP `0.0.0.0` is commonly used to mean that the program listens on all the IPs available in that machine/server.

The docs UI would also need the OpenAPI schema to declare that this API `server` is located at `/api/v1` (behind the proxy). For example:

```JSON hl_lines="4-8"
{
    "openapi": "3.1.0",

In the output, there's a line with something like:

```hl_lines="4"
INFO:     Uvicorn running on http://127.0.0.1:8000 (Press CTRL+C to quit)
```

That line shows the URL where your app is being served, in your local machine.

### Check it

Open your browser at <a href="http://127.0.0.1:8000" class="external-link" target="_blank">http://127.0.0.1:8000</a>.

You will see the JSON response as:

```JSON
{"message": "Hello World"}

## Use Case

Let's start with an example **use case** and then see how to solve it with this.

Let's imagine that you have some **machine learning models** that you want to use to handle requests. 🤖

* **Machine Learning**: it normally requires lots of "matrix" and "vector" multiplications. Think of a huge spreadsheet with numbers and multiplying all of them together at the same time.

By default it will listen on the IP address `127.0.0.1`, which is the IP for your machine to communicate with itself alone (`localhost`).

## `fastapi run`

When you run `fastapi run`, it will run on production mode by default.

It will have **auto-reload disabled** by default.