Implementation:SeldonIO Seldon core Seldon Pipeline Load And Status

Property	Value
Implementation Name	Seldon Pipeline Load And Status
Type	External Tool Doc
Overview	Concrete CLI tools for deploying and validating monitoring pipelines in Seldon Core 2
Domains	MLOps, Kubernetes
Implements Principle	SeldonIO_Seldon_core_Monitoring_Pipeline_Validation
Source	docs-gb/cli/seldon_pipeline_load.md:L1-25, docs-gb/cli/seldon_pipeline_status.md:L1-25
External Dependencies	seldon CLI, kubectl, Seldon scheduler, Kafka
Knowledge Sources	Repo (https://github.com/SeldonIO/seldon-core)
Last Updated	2026-02-13 00:00 GMT

Code Reference

Pipeline Load Command

seldon pipeline load -f samples/pipelines/income.yaml

Pipeline Status Command

seldon pipeline status income-production -w PipelineReady

Expected Status Response

pipelineName: income-production
versions:
- pipeline:
    name: income-production
    steps:
      income:
        - name: income
      income-preprocess:
        - name: income-preprocess
      income-outlier:
        - name: income-outlier
          inputs:
          - income-preprocess
      income-drift:
        - name: income-drift
          batch:
            size: 20
    output:
      steps:
      - income
      - income-outlier.outputs.is_outlier
  state:
    pipelineVersion: 1
    status: PipelineReady
    reason: "created pipeline"
    lastChangeTimestamp: "2023-..."

Key Parameters

Command	Parameter	Description	Example
seldon pipeline load	-f / --file-path	Path to pipeline CRD YAML manifest	-f samples/pipelines/income.yaml
seldon pipeline status	pipelineName	Name of the pipeline to check	income-production
seldon pipeline status	-w / --wait	Wait condition to block until state is reached	PipelineReady

Pipeline States

State	Description
PipelineCreating	Pipeline is being set up, Kafka topics being created
PipelineReady	All steps are loaded and the pipeline is serving requests
PipelineFailed	One or more steps failed to load
PipelineTerminating	Pipeline is being unloaded
PipelineTerminated	Pipeline has been fully removed

I/O Contract

Inputs

Input	Type	Description
Pipeline CRD YAML	File path	Monitoring pipeline definition (income-production)
All component models	Pre-deployed	income, income-preprocess, income-drift, income-outlier must be loaded

Outputs

Output	Type	Description
Pipeline active	State change	Pipeline transitions to PipelineReady
Pipeline version	Integer	pipelineVersion increments with each load (e.g., 1)
Step listing	Status response	All 4 steps listed with their configurations
Kafka topics	Auto-created	Inter-step communication channels established

Usage Examples

Full Deployment and Validation Sequence

# Step 1: Load the monitoring pipeline
seldon pipeline load -f samples/pipelines/income.yaml

# Step 2: Wait for pipeline readiness (blocks until ready or timeout)
seldon pipeline status income-production -w PipelineReady

# Step 3: Verify the pipeline version and step count
seldon pipeline status income-production | jq '.versions[0].state'

Checking Individual Step Readiness

# Verify each model component is available before loading the pipeline
seldon model status income -w ModelAvailable
seldon model status income-preprocess -w ModelAvailable
seldon model status income-drift -w ModelAvailable
seldon model status income-outlier -w ModelAvailable

# Then load the pipeline
seldon pipeline load -f samples/pipelines/income.yaml
seldon pipeline status income-production -w PipelineReady

Unloading the Pipeline

# Unload the pipeline (stops serving but keeps models loaded)
seldon pipeline unload income-production

Related Pages

• SeldonIO_Seldon_core_Monitoring_Pipeline_Validation (principle) - Validation principles for monitoring pipelines
• SeldonIO_Seldon_core_Seldon_Pipeline_CRD_Monitoring (prerequisite) - The monitoring pipeline CRD that is being deployed
• SeldonIO_Seldon_core_Seldon_Model_Load_For_Monitoring (prerequisite) - Loading component models before pipeline deployment
• SeldonIO_Seldon_core_Seldon_Pipeline_Infer_Monitoring (next step) - Sending inference requests through the validated pipeline
• SeldonIO_Seldon_core_Seldon_Pipeline_Version_Update (related) - Loading updated pipeline versions