mlflow is not working and not generating UI on browser on windows 7

Question

Hi I am trying to learn mlflow with python, but when I am trying to run the same set of instructions with my laptop running windows 7 home basic OS,

I am following the instructions as per the official website " https://mlflow.org/docs/latest/quickstart.html "

I am running the scrit "mlflow_tracking.py" located in the examples folder of the repo. The script is working fine, output is getting generated at the same time mlruns folder along with all the internal content is also getting generated but On running the mlflow ui command on the command prompt it runs without any output or message, and the tracking ui on typing " http://localhost:5000 " gives me an error:

This site can't be reached localhost refused to connect.

while, when I am running the same on the windows 10 laptop it is working fine, is there a dependency of windows version on mlflow? Does Mlflow not works on windows 7, and if yes how to get it running.

Answer 1

First of all check mlflow version. If it is < 1.0 then simply upgrade the mlflow If it still doesn't work, i would suggest you to check the windows firewall.