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This guide describes how to allocate GPU resources to a virtual machine (VM), installing the necessary drivers and checking whether the GPU can be used. | This guide describes how to allocate GPU resources to a virtual machine (VM), installing the necessary drivers and checking whether the GPU can be used. | ||
== Supported flavors == | == Supported flavors == <!--T:23--> | ||
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== Preparing a Debian 10 instance == <!--T:5--> | == Preparing a Debian 10 instance == <!--T:5--> | ||
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To use the GPU via the PCI bus, the proprietary NVIDIA drivers are required. Due to Debian's policy, the drivers are available from the non-free pool only. | To use the GPU via the PCI bus, the proprietary NVIDIA drivers are required. Due to Debian's policy, the drivers are available from the non-free pool only. | ||
===== Enable the non-free pool ===== <!--T:6--> | ===== Enable the non-free pool ===== <!--T:6--> | ||
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Log in using ssh and add the lines below to ''/etc/apt/sources.list'', if they are not already there. | Log in using ssh and add the lines below to ''/etc/apt/sources.list'', if they are not already there. | ||
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===== Install the NVIDIA driver ===== <!--T:8--> | ===== Install the NVIDIA driver ===== <!--T:8--> | ||
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The following command: | The following command: | ||
* updates the <code>apt</code> cache, so that <code>apt</code> will be aware of the new software pool sections, | * updates the <code>apt</code> cache, so that <code>apt</code> will be aware of the new software pool sections, | ||
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</pre> | </pre> | ||
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If this command finishes successfully, the NVIDIA driver will have been compiled and loaded. | If this command finishes successfully, the NVIDIA driver will have been compiled and loaded. | ||
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== Preparing a CentOS 7 instance == <!--T:15--> | == Preparing a CentOS 7 instance == <!--T:15--> | ||
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NVIDIA provides repositories for various distributions, therefore the required software can be installed and maintained via these repositories. | NVIDIA provides repositories for various distributions, therefore the required software can be installed and maintained via these repositories. | ||
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===== Enable the EPEL repository and install needed software ===== <!--T:17--> | ===== Enable the EPEL repository and install needed software ===== <!--T:17--> | ||
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<pre> | <pre> | ||
[root@gpu-centos centos]# yum -y update && reboot | [root@gpu-centos centos]# yum -y update && reboot | ||
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===== Add the NVIDIA repository and install the driver package ===== <!--T:18--> | ===== Add the NVIDIA repository and install the driver package ===== <!--T:18--> | ||
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Install the <code>yum</code> repository: | Install the <code>yum</code> repository: | ||
<pre> | <pre> | ||