[Usage]: How to compile/run nixl bench using mooncake TE as backend

[alokprasad]

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Is there a detailed step of running nixlbnech over two nodes (rdma) with mooncake TE as backend.

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[alogfans]

We are preparing a detailed step-by-step guide of NIXL Bench. Here is a brief version:

1. Build & Install Mooncake:

git clone https://github.com/kvcache-ai/Mooncake
sudo bash ./dependencies.sh
mkdir build && cd build
cmake .. -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
sudo make && make install
ldconfig

2. Build NIXL using meson in its root directory, then install
3. Build and install libetcd-cpp-apiv3
4. Build NIXLBench using meson in its directory. Make sure the libraries be searchable with LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

[alokprasad]

@alogfans mooncake, libetcd builds fine ,but facing issue with NIXL https://github.com/ai-dynamo/nixl/issues/940

[stmatengss]

Maybe we should support building mooncake-based nixl without etcd? @alogfans

[alokprasad]

@alogfans @stmatengss anything i can try to bypass this error.