Hi StoutGorilla30

Is it necessary to serve keras model using triton engine?

It is not, but it is the most efficient way to serve keras models, and this is why by default clearml-serving is using Nvidia Triton (we are talking 10x factors)
I would start with the keras example, see that it works and then work your way into your example (notice you always need to provide the layers form the in/out of the model)
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You could just do everything with a custom endpoint, but I would not suggest using that for any scale.
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