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<p>Leveraging GPU capabilities within a Podman container provides a powerful and efficient method for running GPU-accelerated workloads. Below are instructions on how to get started setting up your OS to utilize the GPU.</p>
<div class="tabs-container tabList_J5MA"><ul role="tablist" aria-orientation="horizontal" class="tabs"><li role="tab" tabindex="0" aria-selected="true" class="tabs__item tabItem_l0OV tabs__item--active">Windows</li><li role="tab" tabindex="-1" aria-selected="false" class="tabs__item tabItem_l0OV">macOS (Silicon)</li><li role="tab" tabindex="-1" aria-selected="false" class="tabs__item tabItem_l0OV">Linux</li></ul><div class="margin-top--md"><div role="tabpanel" class="tabItem_wHwb markdown"><h4 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV" id="prerequisites">Prerequisites<a href="#prerequisites" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Prerequisites" title="Direct link to Prerequisites"></a></h4><ul>
<li>NVIDIA Graphics Card (Pascal or later)</li>
<li>WSL2 (Hyper-V is not supported)</li>
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<p>The <a href="https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">most up-to-date NVIDIA GPU Driver</a> will support WSL 2. You are not required to download anything else on your host machine for your NVIDIA card.</p>
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<p><a href="/docs/installation/windows-install">Verify that WSL2 was installed when installing Podman Desktop.</a></p>
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<p><a href="/docs/podman/creating-a-podman-machine">Create your Podman Machine.</a></p>
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<p>Install NVIDIA Container Toolkit onto the Podman Machine:</p>
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</ol><p>Podman Machine requires the NVIDIA Container Toolkit to be installed.</p><p>This can be installed by following the <a href="https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/cloud-native/container-toolkit/latest/install-guide.html#installing-with-yum-or-dnf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">official NVIDIA guide</a> or running the steps below:</p><p>SSH into the Podman Machine:</p><div class="language-sh codeBlockContainer_mQmQ theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#F8F8F2;--prism-background-color:#282A36"><div class="codeBlockContent_D5yF"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-sh codeBlock_RMoD thin-scrollbar" style="color:#F8F8F2;background-color:#282A36"><code class="codeBlockLines_AclH"><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain">$ </span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(80, 250, 123)">podman</span><span class="token plain"> machine </span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(80, 250, 123)">ssh</span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup_aaMX"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_z5j7" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_FoOz"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_L0B6"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div><p>Run the following commands <strong>on the Podman Machine, not the host system</strong>:</p><div class="language-sh codeBlockContainer_mQmQ theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#F8F8F2;--prism-background-color:#282A36"><div class="codeBlockContent_D5yF"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-sh codeBlock_RMoD thin-scrollbar" style="color:#F8F8F2;background-color:#282A36"><code class="codeBlockLines_AclH"><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain">$ </span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(80, 250, 123)">curl</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token parameter variable" style="color:rgb(189, 147, 249);font-style:italic">-s</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token parameter variable" style="color:rgb(189, 147, 249);font-style:italic">-L</span><span class="token plain"> https://nvidia.github.io/libnvidia-container/stable/rpm/nvidia-container-toolkit.repo </span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(248, 248, 242)">\</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(80, 250, 123)">tee</span><span class="token plain"> /etc/yum.repos.d/nvidia-container-toolkit.repo </span><span class="token operator">&amp;&amp;</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(248, 248, 242)">\</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain"> yum </span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(80, 250, 123)">install</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token parameter variable" style="color:rgb(189, 147, 249);font-style:italic">-y</span><span class="token plain"> nvidia-container-toolkit </span><span class="token operator">&amp;&amp;</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(248, 248, 242)">\</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain"> nvidia-ctk cdi generate </span><span class="token parameter variable" style="color:rgb(189, 147, 249);font-style:italic">--output</span><span class="token operator">=</span><span class="token plain">/etc/cdi/nvidia.yaml </span><span class="token operator">&amp;&amp;</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(248, 248, 242)">\</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain"> nvidia-ctk cdi list</span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup_aaMX"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_z5j7" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_FoOz"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_L0B6"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div><div class="theme-admonition theme-admonition-info admonition_WCGJ alert alert--info"><div class="admonitionHeading_GCBg"><span class="admonitionIcon_L39b"><svg viewBox="0 0 14 16"><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M7 2.3c3.14 0 5.7 2.56 5.7 5.7s-2.56 5.7-5.7 5.7A5.71 5.71 0 0 1 1.3 8c0-3.14 2.56-5.7 5.7-5.7zM7 1C3.14 1 0 4.14 0 8s3.14 7 7 7 7-3.14 7-7-3.14-7-7-7zm1 3H6v5h2V4zm0 6H6v2h2v-2z"></path></svg></span>info</div><div class="admonitionContent_pbrs"><p>A configuration change might occur when you create or remove Multi-Instance GPU (MIG) devices, or upgrade the Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA) driver. In such cases, you must generate a new Container Device Interface (CDI) specification.</p></div></div><h4 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV" id="verification">Verification<a href="#verification" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Verification" title="Direct link to Verification"></a></h4><p>To verify that containers created can access the GPU, you can use <code>nvidia-smi</code> from within a container with NVIDIA drivers installed.</p><p>Run the following official NVIDIA container on your host machine:</p><div class="language-sh codeBlockContainer_mQmQ theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#F8F8F2;--prism-background-color:#282A36"><div class="codeBlockContent_D5yF"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-sh codeBlock_RMoD thin-scrollbar" style="color:#F8F8F2;background-color:#282A36"><code class="codeBlockLines_AclH"><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain">$ </span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(80, 250, 123)">podman</span><span class="token plain"> run </span><span class="token parameter variable" style="color:rgb(189, 147, 249);font-style:italic">--rm</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token parameter variable" style="color:rgb(189, 147, 249);font-style:italic">--device</span><span class="token plain"> nvidia.com/gpu</span><span class="token operator">=</span><span class="token plain">all nvidia/cuda:11.0.3-base-ubuntu20.04 nvidia-smi</span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup_aaMX"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_z5j7" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_FoOz"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_L0B6"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div><p>Example output:</p><div class="language-sh codeBlockContainer_mQmQ theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#F8F8F2;--prism-background-color:#282A36"><div class="codeBlockContent_D5yF"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-sh codeBlock_RMoD thin-scrollbar" style="color:#F8F8F2;background-color:#282A36"><code class="codeBlockLines_AclH"><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain">PS C:</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(248, 248, 242)">\</span><span class="token plain">Users</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(248, 248, 242)">\</span><span class="token plain">admin</span><span class="token operator">&gt;</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(80, 250, 123)">podman</span><span class="token plain"> run </span><span class="token parameter variable" style="color:rgb(189, 147, 249);font-style:italic">--rm</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token parameter variable" style="color:rgb(189, 147, 249);font-style:italic">--device</span><span class="token plain"> nvidia.com/gpu</span><span class="token operator">=</span><span class="token plain">all nvidia/cuda:11.0.3-base-ubuntu20.04 nvidia-smi</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain">Fri Aug </span><span class="token number">16</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token number">18</span><span class="token plain">:58:14 </span><span class="token number">2024</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain">+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"> NVIDIA-SMI </span><span class="token number">545.36</span><span class="token plain"> Driver Version: </span><span class="token number">546.33</span><span class="token plain"> CUDA Version: </span><span class="token number">12.3</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain">-----------------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"> GPU Name Persistence-M </span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"> Bus-Id Disp.A </span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"> Volatile Uncorr. ECC </span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"> Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap </span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"> Memory-Usage </span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"> GPU-Util Compute M. </span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"> MIG M. </span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">=</span><span class="token operator">+=</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">=</span><span class="token operator">+=</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">=</span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token number">0</span><span class="token plain"> NVIDIA GeForce RTX </span><span class="token number">3060</span><span class="token plain"> On </span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"> 00000000:07:00.0 On </span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"> N/A </span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token number">0</span><span class="token plain">% 34C P8 20W / 170W </span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"> 886MiB / 12288MiB </span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token number">1</span><span class="token plain">% Default </span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"> N/A </span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain">+-----------------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain">+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"> Processes: </span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"> GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory </span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"> ID ID Usage </span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token 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operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">==</span><span class="token operator">=</span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token number">0</span><span class="token plain"> N/A N/A </span><span class="token number">33</span><span class="token plain"> G /Xwayland N/A </span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain">+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+</span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup_aaMX"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_z5j7" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_FoOz"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_L0B6"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div><h4 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV" id="troubleshooting">Troubleshooting<a href="#troubleshooting" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Troubleshooting" title="Direct link to Troubleshooting"></a></h4><h4 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV" id="version-mismatch">Version mismatch<a href="#version-mismatch" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Version mismatch" title="Direct link to Version mismatch"></a></h4><p>You might encounter the following error inside the containers:</p><div class="codeBlockContainer_mQmQ theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#F8F8F2;--prism-background-color:#282A36"><div class="codeBlockContent_D5yF"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-text codeBlock_RMoD thin-scrollbar" style="color:#F8F8F2;background-color:#282A36"><code class="codeBlockLines_AclH"><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain"># nvidia-smi</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain">Failed to initialize NVML: N/A</span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup_aaMX"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_z5j7" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_FoOz"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_L0B6"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div><p>This problem is related to a mismatch between the Container Device Interface (CDI) and the installed version.</p><p>To fix this problem, generate a new CDI specification by running the following inside the Podman machine:</p><div class="codeBlockContainer_mQmQ theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#F8F8F2;--prism-background-color:#282A36"><div class="codeBlockContent_D5yF"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-text codeBlock_RMoD thin-scrollbar" style="color:#F8F8F2;background-color:#282A36"><code class="codeBlockLines_AclH"><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain">nvidia-ctk cdi generate --output=/etc/cdi/nvidia.yaml</span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup_aaMX"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_z5j7" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_FoOz"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_L0B6"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div><div class="theme-admonition theme-admonition-info admonition_WCGJ alert alert--info"><div class="admonitionHeading_GCBg"><span class="admonitionIcon_L39b"><svg viewBox="0 0 14 16"><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M7 2.3c3.14 0 5.7 2.56 5.7 5.7s-2.56 5.7-5.7 5.7A5.71 5.71 0 0 1 1.3 8c0-3.14 2.56-5.7 5.7-5.7zM7 1C3.14 1 0 4.14 0 8s3.14 7 7 7 7-3.14 7-7-3.14-7-7-7zm1 3H6v5h2V4zm0 6H6v2h2v-2z"></path></svg></span>info</div><div class="admonitionContent_pbrs"><p>You might need to restart your Podman machine.</p></div></div><h4 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV" id="additional-resources">Additional resources<a href="#additional-resources" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Additional resources" title="Direct link to Additional resources"></a></h4><ul>
<li><a href="https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/cloud-native/container-toolkit/latest/install-guide.html#installing-with-yum-or-dnf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NVIDIA Container Toolkit Installation</a></li>
</ul></div><div role="tabpanel" class="tabItem_wHwb markdown" hidden=""><h4 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV" id="prerequisites-1">Prerequisites<a href="#prerequisites-1" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Prerequisites" title="Direct link to Prerequisites"></a></h4><ul>
<li>macOS Silicon (M1 or later)</li>
</ul><h4 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV" id="procedure-1">Procedure<a href="#procedure-1" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Procedure" title="Direct link to Procedure"></a></h4><p><strong>Important to note</strong> that using the &quot;Metal&quot; GPU on macOS utilizes specialized software to achieve this. Specifically a <strong>virtualized GPU</strong> from within the Podman Machine that provides translation support from <a href="https://www.vulkan.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vulkan</a> and <a href="https://github.com/KhronosGroup/MoltenVK" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">MoltenVK</a> calls to MSL (Metal Shading Language), Apples GPU.</p><ol>
<li>Create a Podman Machine that uses <code>libkrun</code>:</li>
</ol><p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" alt="libkrun" src="/assets/images/libkrun-3c7d3f1b0caf980c3e2aa82289c2ee01.png" width="1050" height="700" class="img_SS3x"></p><h4 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV" id="verification-1">Verification<a href="#verification-1" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Verification" title="Direct link to Verification"></a></h4><p>Using the GPU functionality requires a specialized Containerfile containing a <a href="https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/slp/mesa-krunkit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">patched MESA driver</a>.</p><ol>
<li>Create the following Containerfile:</li>
</ol><div class="language-Dockerfile language-dockerfile codeBlockContainer_mQmQ theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#F8F8F2;--prism-background-color:#282A36"><div class="codeBlockContent_D5yF"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-dockerfile codeBlock_RMoD thin-scrollbar" style="color:#F8F8F2;background-color:#282A36"><code class="codeBlockLines_AclH"><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token instruction keyword" style="color:rgb(189, 147, 249);font-style:italic">FROM</span><span class="token instruction"> fedora:40</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token instruction keyword" style="color:rgb(189, 147, 249);font-style:italic">USER</span><span class="token instruction"> 0</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token comment" style="color:rgb(98, 114, 164)"># Install the patched mesa-krunkit drivers</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token instruction keyword" style="color:rgb(189, 147, 249);font-style:italic">RUN</span><span class="token instruction"> dnf -y install </span><span class="token instruction operator">\</span><span class="token instruction"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token instruction"> dnf-plugins-core </span><span class="token instruction operator">\</span><span class="token instruction"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token instruction"> dnf -y copr enable slp/mesa-krunkit &amp;&amp; </span><span class="token instruction operator">\</span><span class="token instruction"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token instruction"> dnf -y install mesa-vulkan-drivers vulkan-loader-devel vulkan-headers vulkan-tools vulkan-loader &amp;&amp; </span><span class="token instruction operator">\</span><span class="token instruction"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token instruction"> dnf clean all</span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup_aaMX"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_z5j7" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_FoOz"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_L0B6"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div><ol start="2">
<li>Build the image:</li>
</ol><p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" alt="build_libkrun_image" src="/assets/images/build_image-1b5bd1a6506009cced1a375950f2f426.png" width="1050" height="700" class="img_SS3x"></p><ol start="3">
<li>Verify you can see the GPU by running a test container:</li>
</ol><div class="language-sh codeBlockContainer_mQmQ theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#F8F8F2;--prism-background-color:#282A36"><div class="codeBlockContent_D5yF"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-sh codeBlock_RMoD thin-scrollbar" style="color:#F8F8F2;background-color:#282A36"><code class="codeBlockLines_AclH"><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain">$ </span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(80, 250, 123)">podman</span><span class="token plain"> run </span><span class="token parameter variable" style="color:rgb(189, 147, 249);font-style:italic">--rm</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token parameter variable" style="color:rgb(189, 147, 249);font-style:italic">-it</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token parameter variable" style="color:rgb(189, 147, 249);font-style:italic">--device</span><span class="token plain"> /dev/dri </span><span class="token parameter variable" style="color:rgb(189, 147, 249);font-style:italic">--name</span><span class="token plain"> gpu-info quay.io/slopezpa/fedora-vgpu vulkaninfo </span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(80, 250, 123)">grep</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token string" style="color:rgb(255, 121, 198)">&quot;GPU&quot;</span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup_aaMX"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_z5j7" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_FoOz"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_L0B6"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div><p>Example output:</p><div class="language-sh codeBlockContainer_mQmQ theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#F8F8F2;--prism-background-color:#282A36"><div class="codeBlockContent_D5yF"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-sh codeBlock_RMoD thin-scrollbar" style="color:#F8F8F2;background-color:#282A36"><code class="codeBlockLines_AclH"><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain">$ </span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(80, 250, 123)">podman</span><span class="token plain"> run </span><span class="token parameter variable" style="color:rgb(189, 147, 249);font-style:italic">--rm</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token parameter variable" style="color:rgb(189, 147, 249);font-style:italic">-it</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token parameter variable" style="color:rgb(189, 147, 249);font-style:italic">--device</span><span class="token plain"> /dev/dri </span><span class="token parameter variable" style="color:rgb(189, 147, 249);font-style:italic">--name</span><span class="token plain"> gpu-info quay.io/slopezpa/fedora-vgpu vulkaninfo </span><span class="token operator">|</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(80, 250, 123)">grep</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token string" style="color:rgb(255, 121, 198)">&quot;GPU&quot;</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain"> GPU </span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(80, 250, 123)">id</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token operator">=</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token number">0</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(248, 248, 242)">(</span><span class="token plain">Virtio-GPU Venus </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(248, 248, 242)">(</span><span class="token plain">Apple M1 Pro</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(248, 248, 242)">))</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain"> GPU </span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(80, 250, 123)">id</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token operator">=</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token number">1</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(248, 248, 242)">(</span><span class="token plain">llvmpipe </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(248, 248, 242)">(</span><span class="token plain">LLVM </span><span class="token number">17.0</span><span class="token plain">.6, </span><span class="token number">128</span><span class="token plain"> bits</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(248, 248, 242)">))</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain">GPU0:</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain"> deviceType </span><span class="token operator">=</span><span class="token plain"> PHYSICAL_DEVICE_TYPE_INTEGRATED_GPU</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain"> deviceName </span><span class="token operator">=</span><span class="token plain"> Virtio-GPU Venus </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(248, 248, 242)">(</span><span class="token plain">Apple M1 Pro</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(248, 248, 242)">)</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain">GPU1:</span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup_aaMX"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_z5j7" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_FoOz"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_L0B6"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div><h4 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV" id="additional-resources-1">Additional resources<a href="#additional-resources-1" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Additional resources" title="Direct link to Additional resources"></a></h4><p>Important note that the virtualized GPU (Virtio-GPU Venus (Apple M1 Pro)) only supports vulkan compute shaders, not rendering / draw. For more information on the available GPU features, see <code>vulkaninfo</code> from within the container.</p><ul>
<li><a href="https://sinrega.org/2024-03-06-enabling-containers-gpu-macos/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Enabling containers to access the GPU on macOS</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/containers/libkrun" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">libkrun</a></li>
</ul></div><div role="tabpanel" class="tabItem_wHwb markdown" hidden=""><h4 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV" id="prerequisites-2">Prerequisites<a href="#prerequisites-2" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Prerequisites" title="Direct link to Prerequisites"></a></h4><ul>
<li>NVIDIA Graphics Card (Pascal or later)</li>
</ul><h4 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV" id="procedure-2">Procedure<a href="#procedure-2" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Procedure" title="Direct link to Procedure"></a></h4><ol>
<li>Install the latest NVIDIA GPU Driver for your OS.</li>
<li>Follow the instructions on <a href="https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/cloud-native/container-toolkit/latest/install-guide.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">installing the NVIDIA Container Toolkit</a> in relation to your Linux distribution.</li>
<li>Generate the CDI Specification file for Podman:</li>
</ol><p>This file is saved either to /etc/cdi or /var/run/cdi on your Linux distribution and is used for Podman to detect your GPU(s).</p><p>Generate the CDI file:</p><div class="language-sh codeBlockContainer_mQmQ theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#F8F8F2;--prism-background-color:#282A36"><div class="codeBlockContent_D5yF"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-sh codeBlock_RMoD thin-scrollbar" style="color:#F8F8F2;background-color:#282A36"><code class="codeBlockLines_AclH"><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain">$ nvidia-ctk cdi generate </span><span class="token parameter variable" style="color:rgb(189, 147, 249);font-style:italic">--output</span><span class="token operator">=</span><span class="token plain">/etc/cdi/nvidia.yaml</span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup_aaMX"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_z5j7" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_FoOz"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_L0B6"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div><p>Check the list of generated devices:</p><div class="language-sh codeBlockContainer_mQmQ theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#F8F8F2;--prism-background-color:#282A36"><div class="codeBlockContent_D5yF"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-sh codeBlock_RMoD thin-scrollbar" style="color:#F8F8F2;background-color:#282A36"><code class="codeBlockLines_AclH"><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain">$ nvidia-ctk cdi list</span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup_aaMX"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_z5j7" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_FoOz"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_L0B6"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div><p>More information as well as troubleshooting tips can be found <a href="https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/cloud-native/container-toolkit/latest/cdi-support.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">on the official NVIDIA CDI guide</a>.</p><h4 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV" id="verification-2">Verification<a href="#verification-2" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Verification" title="Direct link to Verification"></a></h4><p>To verify that containers created can access the GPU, you can use <code>nvidia-smi</code> from within a container with NVIDIA drivers installed.</p><p>Run the following official NVIDIA container on your host machine:</p><div class="language-sh codeBlockContainer_mQmQ theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#F8F8F2;--prism-background-color:#282A36"><div class="codeBlockContent_D5yF"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-sh codeBlock_RMoD thin-scrollbar" style="color:#F8F8F2;background-color:#282A36"><code class="codeBlockLines_AclH"><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain">$ </span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(80, 250, 123)">podman</span><span class="token plain"> run </span><span class="token parameter variable" style="color:rgb(189, 147, 249);font-style:italic">--rm</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token parameter variable" style="color:rgb(189, 147, 249);font-style:italic">--device</span><span class="token plain"> nvidia.com/gpu</span><span class="token operator">=</span><span class="token plain">all nvidia/cuda:11.0.3-base-ubuntu20.04 nvidia-smi</span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup_aaMX"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_z5j7" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_FoOz"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_L0B6"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div><h4 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV" id="additional-resources-2">Additional resources<a href="#additional-resources-2" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Additional resources" title="Direct link to Additional resources"></a></h4><ul>
<li><a href="https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/cloud-native/container-toolkit/latest/cdi-support.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NVIDIA CDI guide</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/cloud-native/container-toolkit/latest/install-guide.html#installing-with-yum-or-dnf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NVIDIA Container Toolkit installation</a></li>
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