Instructions to use google/gemma-2-27b-it with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.

Libraries

How to use google/gemma-2-27b-it with Transformers:

# Use a pipeline as a high-level helper
from transformers import pipeline

pipe = pipeline("text-generation", model="google/gemma-2-27b-it")
messages = [
    {"role": "user", "content": "Who are you?"},
]
pipe(messages)

# Load model directly
from transformers import AutoTokenizer, AutoModelForCausalLM

tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained("google/gemma-2-27b-it")
model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained("google/gemma-2-27b-it")
messages = [
    {"role": "user", "content": "Who are you?"},
]
inputs = tokenizer.apply_chat_template(
	messages,
	add_generation_prompt=True,
	tokenize=True,
	return_dict=True,
	return_tensors="pt",
).to(model.device)

outputs = model.generate(**inputs, max_new_tokens=40)
print(tokenizer.decode(outputs[0][inputs["input_ids"].shape[-1]:]))

Inference
Notebooks
Google Colab
Kaggle
Local Apps

vLLM

How to use google/gemma-2-27b-it with vLLM:

Install from pip and serve model

# Install vLLM from pip:
pip install vllm
# Start the vLLM server:
vllm serve "google/gemma-2-27b-it"
# Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API):
curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions" \
	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
	--data '{
		"model": "google/gemma-2-27b-it",
		"messages": [
			{
				"role": "user",
				"content": "What is the capital of France?"
			}
		]
	}'

Use Docker

docker model run hf.co/google/gemma-2-27b-it

SGLang

How to use google/gemma-2-27b-it with SGLang:

Install from pip and serve model

# Install SGLang from pip:
pip install sglang
# Start the SGLang server:
python3 -m sglang.launch_server \
    --model-path "google/gemma-2-27b-it" \
    --host 0.0.0.0 \
    --port 30000
# Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API):
curl -X POST "http://localhost:30000/v1/chat/completions" \
	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
	--data '{
		"model": "google/gemma-2-27b-it",
		"messages": [
			{
				"role": "user",
				"content": "What is the capital of France?"
			}
		]
	}'

Use Docker images

docker run --gpus all \
    --shm-size 32g \
    -p 30000:30000 \
    -v ~/.cache/huggingface:/root/.cache/huggingface \
    --env "HF_TOKEN=<secret>" \
    --ipc=host \
    lmsysorg/sglang:latest \
    python3 -m sglang.launch_server \
        --model-path "google/gemma-2-27b-it" \
        --host 0.0.0.0 \
        --port 30000
# Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API):
curl -X POST "http://localhost:30000/v1/chat/completions" \
	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
	--data '{
		"model": "google/gemma-2-27b-it",
		"messages": [
			{
				"role": "user",
				"content": "What is the capital of France?"
			}
		]
	}'

Docker Model Runner
How to use google/gemma-2-27b-it with Docker Model Runner:
```
docker model run hf.co/google/gemma-2-27b-it
```

Gemma enable system prompt

#40

by muhammedalkhy - opened Oct 15, 2024

Discussion

muhammedalkhy

Oct 15, 2024

Hello!
I wanted to share another users way of enabling the system prompt with a jinja chat template

props to @piotr25691

This modified template:

{{ bos_token }}{% if messages[0]['role'] == 'system' %}{{ messages[0]['content'] + '\n' }}{% endif %}{% for message in messages %}{% if (message['role'] == 'user') != ((loop.index0 + 1) % 2 == 0) %}{{ raise_exception('Conversation roles must alternate user/assistant/user/assistant/...') }}{% endif %}{% if (message['role'] == 'assistant') %}{% set role = 'model' %}{% else %}{% set role = message['role'] %}{% endif %}{% if message['role'] != 'system' %}{{ '<start_of_turn>' + role + '\n' + message['content'] | trim + '<end_of_turn>\n' }}{% endif %}{% endfor %}{% if add_generation_prompt %}{{'<start_of_turn>model\n'}}{% endif %}

will enable the system prompt functionality.

lunahr

Oct 15, 2024

•

edited Oct 15, 2024

Hello!
I wanted to share another users way of enabling the system prompt with a jinja chat template

props to @piotr25691

This modified template:

{{ bos_token }}{% if messages[0]['role'] == 'system' %}{{ messages[0]['content'] + '\n' }}{% endif %}{% for message in messages %}{% if (message['role'] == 'user') != ((loop.index0 + 1) % 2 == 0) %}{{ raise_exception('Conversation roles must alternate user/assistant/user/assistant/...') }}{% endif %}{% if (message['role'] == 'assistant') %}{% set role = 'model' %}{% else %}{% set role = message['role'] %}{% endif %}{% if message['role'] != 'system' %}{{ '<start_of_turn>' + role + '\n' + message['content'] | trim + '<end_of_turn>\n' }}{% endif %}{% endfor %}{% if add_generation_prompt %}{{'<start_of_turn>model\n'}}{% endif %}

will enable the system prompt functionality.

You can also use https://huggingface.co/piotr25691/SystemGemma2-27b-it to get this immediately

BalakrishnaCh

Google org Aug 11, 2025

Thank you so much @lunahr and @muhammedalkhy for sharing the different prompt templates that could be used with Gemma models. I really appreciates your contribution to make Gemma models better. I'm really excited to experiment with these prompt templates.

Thanks.

xujfcn

Feb 24

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