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LocalAI Freelancing Training
Overview
LocalAI Freelancing Training teaches you to run LLMs and AI agents locally for free. You will learn to build private RAG systems for clients and sell these high-paying setup services on platforms like Upwork and Fiverr.
Training Features:
| Aspect | Detail |
|---|---|
| Duration: | 20 hours over 2 weeks. |
| Price: | $111 (One-Time Investment). |
| Format: | Live Online, Instructor-Led Hands-On Training with Zero Pre-Recorded Videos. |
| Covers: | Deploy LocalAI into production to offer freelance services and land clients through Upwork, Guru, Freelancer, LinkedIn, and YouTube. |
| Best for: | Freelancers and IT professionals who want to specialize in privacy-focused, self-hosted AI deployments and launch a freelance career around them. |
Training Prerequisites
- DigitalOcean account, Any Domain, & Verified Marketplace Profiles.
- Rigorous: Need to have patience and concentration during all training sessions.
Connectivity
- Portable messaging devices for 24/7 client communication.
- Reliable fiber-optic internet access for uninterruptible training sessions.
Training Rules
- These Training Rules apply to all School of Freelancing trainees. They keep training fair, focused, and productive and may be updated as the program evolves.
You'll leave with:
Hands-on experience in live, self-hosted LocalAI deployment
Marketplace portfolio proving real support and Freelance-ready LocalAI agent skills
Stronger habits for deploying, troubleshooting, and reviewing LocalAI projects
Training Modules
| Week | Session | Topic | Content |
|---|---|---|---|
| One | 1 | LocalAI Fundamentals | What LocalAI is, the OpenAI-compatible API, why no GPU is needed |
| 2 | Install & First API Call | Docker/binary install on a Linux VPS, CLI basics, config files, model gallery — Lab: install and run your first prompt via the API | |
| 3 | LLM Backends | Downloading and configuring LLM backends (llama.cpp-based, quantized GGUF) | |
| 4 | Prompting & Chat Endpoints | Prompt templates, context size tuning, quantization tradeoffs, OpenAI-compatible chat endpoint — Lab: deploy a quantized LLM and query it via curl/Postman | |
| 5 | Image Generation | Stable Diffusion-compatible backends for text-to-image generation | |
| Two | 6 | Vision & Video Models | Image captioning and analysis, video generation basics — Lab: generate images and captions through LocalAI's REST API |
| 7 | Speech Models | Speech-to-text and text-to-speech backends | |
| 8 | API Security & Client Integration | Authentication, reverse proxy, SSL, integrating LocalAI into a client-facing app — Lab: wire up STT/TTS behind an SSL reverse proxy | |
| 9 | End-to-End Deployment | Full task: fresh VPS → LocalAI install → multi-modal models → domain → SSL | |
| 10 | Marketplace Launch & Outreach | Upwork/Freelancer/Guru profiles & portfolios, pricing, LinkedIn outreach — Final Assessment: submit 1 proposal + 1 outreach message (reviewed live) |
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