--- title: Using MLflow on Google Colab | daily.dev description: A practical guide to running MLflow on Google Colab, addressing two key challenges: data persistence and network isolation. Data is persisted across sessions... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/using-mlflow-on-google-colab-nplk7dajc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Using MLflow on Google Colab | daily.dev og:description: A practical guide to running MLflow on Google Colab, addressing two key challenges: data persistence and network isolation. Data is persisted across sessions... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/using-mlflow-on-google-colab-nplk7dajc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/nPLk7daJc.png og:image:alt: Using MLflow on Google Colab og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Using MLflow on Google Colab **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A practical guide to running MLflow on Google Colab, addressing two key challenges: data persistence and network isolation. Data is persisted across sessions using a SQLite database stored on Google Drive. The MLflow UI (port 5000) is exposed publicly via Ngrok with a static domain to avoid host header errors. 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