Installation: ComfyUI on KITeGG Server

1. Clone ComfyUI GitHub Repository

1.1. Open a terminal

1.2. Run the following commands in terminal in this order

2.1. Download the ComfyUI repository

In Terminal, run this command:

git clone https://github.com/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI

2.2.

1.3. Navigate to the "custom_nodes" folder and download the ComfyUI Manager 

In Terminal, run these commands (one after the other):

cd ComfyUI/custom_nodes

git clone https://github.com/ltdrdata/ComfyUI-Manager

3. Run ComfyUI

2.1. Open Notebook

Navigate to the ComfyUI with Manager notebook and open it:

the Notebook “comfyui_colab_with_manager.ipynb”

Path: Path: ComfyUI/custom_nodes/ComfyUI-Manager/notebooks/comfyui_colab_with_manager.ipynb

4.2.2. Adapt Notebook for running it on the KITeGG Server

1. Make following changes to the notebook:notebook (pink Markups are going to be changed):

4.1.

a) Disable Google Drive Connection (Set USE_GOOGLE_DRIVE = "False")

Delete:

 

USE_GOOGLE_DRIVE = True  #@param {type:"boolean"}

Paste:

USE_GOOGLE_DRIVE = False  #@param {type:"boolean"}

4.2.

b) Change Workspace Location (Set WORKSPACE = '~/ComfyUI')

Delete: 

current_dir = !pwd 


Delete: WORKSPACE = f"{current_dir[0]}/ComfyUI"

Paste:

WORKSPACE = '~/ComfyUI'

5.

2. Check and Run

a) Make sure the code looks like this,this:

b) save the notebook changes &⌘S

c) run the cell ⇧↵

2.3. Install Models

1. Go to the Second Cell

6.

2. Uncomment the models you want to install (delete the "#" in front of the lines)

&

you can always install more models later

3. run the cell ⇧↵

2.4. Install ControlNet Preprocessor

open Terminal, paste and run code:

cd ComfyUI/custom_nodes/

git clone <https://github.com/Fannovel16/comfyui_controlnet_aux/>

cd comfyui_controlnet_aux

pip install -r requirements.txt

if this does not work, check for updates in the Installation guide at GitHub - Fannovel16/comfyui_controlnet_aux: ComfyUI's ControlNet Auxiliary Preprocessors

7.2.5. Open Comfy UI

0. (If you did 2.4.: Go back to the Notebook)

1. Run the last cell "ComfyUI with cloudflared"

and open ComfyUI in the browser

7.1.

2. In the terminal code, search for the URL to access ComfyUI (https://xxxx-xxxxx-xxxx.trycloudflare.com)com) and copy it to your browser.

8.3. At end of use: stop your server (important)!

File > Hub Control Panel > Stop My ServerDeforum Extention (Animation for SD): Installation

 

Hints

Opening ComfyUI for the second/100th time:

(no Terminal needed)

1. Open the Notebook like before

   Path: ComfyUI/custom_nodes/ComfyUI-Manager/notebooks/comfyui_colab_with_manager.ipynb

2. Run All Three Cells (wait for Processes to complete before running next cell)

   add more models by uncommenting them in the 2nd cell if you like

3. In the terminal code of the last cell, search for the URL to access ComfyUI (https://xxxx-xxxxx-xxxx.trycloudflare.com) and copy it to your browser.

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