directly invoke one stop shop setup executable exported by vastai pip package for deployments

start_server.sh

@@ -214,6 +214,30 @@ fi
 
 export REPORT_ADDR WORKER_PORT USE_SSL UNSECURED
 
+# ─── SDK Deployment Mode ───────────────────────────────────────────────
+if [ "$IS_DEPLOYMENT" = "true" ]; then
+    echo "=== SDK Deployment Mode ==="
+    echo "DEPLOYMENT_ID: $DEPLOYMENT_ID"
+
+    DEPLOY_DIR="/workspace/deployment"
+    mkdir -p "$DEPLOY_DIR"
+
+    VAST_API_BASE="${VAST_API_BASE:-https://console.vast.ai}"
+
+    # Download deployment code, retrying until the blob is available on S3.
+    # The s3_key exists in the DB as soon as the deployment is created, but the
+    # actual upload may still be in flight from the client side.
+
+    # Install SDK (uses the install_vastai_sdk function which supports SDK_BRANCH/SDK_VERSION)
+    install_vastai_sdk
+    # Run deployment in serve mode
+    export VAST_DEPLOYMENT_MODE=serve
+    echo "Starting deployment: python3 $DEPLOY_DIR/deployment.py"
+    serve-vast-deployment
+    exit $?
+fi
+# ─── End SDK Deployment Mode ───────────────────────────────────────────
+
 if ! cd "$SERVER_DIR"; then
     report_error_and_exit "Failed to cd into SERVER_DIR: $SERVER_DIR"
 fi