$ accelerate config
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In which compute environment are you running?
This machine
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Which type of machine are you using?
No distributed training
Do you want to run your training on CPU only (even if a GPU / Apple Silicon device is available)? [yes/NO]:yes
Do you wish to optimize your script with torch dynamo?[yes/NO]:NO
Do you want to use DeepSpeed? [yes/NO]: NO
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Do you wish to use FP16 or BF16 (mixed precision)?
bf16

accelerate launch my_script.py --args_to_my_script

compute_environment: LOCAL_MACHINE
distributed_type: 'NO'
downcast_bf16: 'no'
machine_rank: 0
main_training_function: main
mixed_precision: bf16
num_machines: 1
num_processes: 1
rdzv_backend: static
same_network: true
tpu_env: []
tpu_use_cluster: false
tpu_use_sudo: false
use_cpu: true

accelerate launch examples/nlp_example.py

$ accelerate config
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In which compute environment are you running?
This machine
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Which type of machine are you using?
multi-CPU
How many different machines will you use (use more than 1 for multi-node training)? [1]: 4
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What is the rank of this machine?
0
What is the IP address of the machine that will host the main process? 36.112.23.24
What is the port you will use to communicate with the main process? 29500
Are all the machines on the same local network? Answer `no` if nodes are on the cloud and/or on different network hosts [YES/no]: yes
Do you want accelerate to launch mpirun? [yes/NO]: yes
Please enter the path to the hostfile to use with mpirun [~/hostfile]: ~/hostfile
Enter the number of oneCCL worker threads [1]: 1
Do you wish to optimize your script with torch dynamo?[yes/NO]:NO
How many processes should be used for distributed training? [1]:16
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Do you wish to use FP16 or BF16 (mixed precision)?
bf16

compute_environment: LOCAL_MACHINE
distributed_type: MULTI_CPU
downcast_bf16: 'no'
machine_rank: 0
main_process_ip: 36.112.23.24
main_process_port: 29500
main_training_function: main
mixed_precision: bf16
mpirun_config:
  mpirun_hostfile: /home/user/hostfile
num_machines: 4
num_processes: 16
rdzv_backend: static
same_network: true
tpu_env: []
tpu_use_cluster: false
tpu_use_sudo: false
use_cpu: true

$ cat hostfile
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx #node0 ip
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx #node1 ip
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx #node2 ip
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx #node3 ip

accelerate launch examples/nlp_example.py

export MASTER_ADDR=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx #node0 ip
mpirun -f hostfile -n 16 -ppn 4 accelerate launch examples/nlp_example.py