# nvidia-container-runtime

**Repository Path**: mirrors_hustcat/nvidia-container-runtime

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: nvidia-container-runtime
- **Description**: NVIDIA container runtime
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: BSD-3-Clause
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-08-08
- **Last Updated**: 2025-09-27

## Categories & Tags

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## README

# nvidia-container-runtime
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A modified version of [runc](https://github.com/opencontainers/runc) adding a custom [pre-start hook](https://github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/blob/master/config.md#prestart) to all containers.  
If environment variable `NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES` is set in the OCI spec, the hook will configure GPU access for the container by leveraging `nvidia-container-cli` from project [libnvidia-container](https://github.com/NVIDIA/libnvidia-container).

## Usage example

```sh
# Setup a rootfs based on Ubuntu 16.04
cd $(mktemp -d) && mkdir rootfs
curl -sS http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-base/releases/16.04/release/ubuntu-base-16.04-core-amd64.tar.gz | tar --exclude 'dev/*' -C rootfs -xz

# Create an OCI runtime spec
nvidia-container-runtime spec
sed -i 's;"sh";"nvidia-smi";' config.json
sed -i 's;\("TERM=xterm"\);\1, "NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0";' config.json

# Run the container
sudo nvidia-container-runtime run nvidia_smi
```

## Installation
#### Ubuntu distributions

1. Install the repository for your distribution by following the instructions [here](http://nvidia.github.io/nvidia-container-runtime/).
2. Install the `nvidia-container-runtime` package:
```
sudo apt-get install nvidia-container-runtime
```

#### CentOS distributions
1. Install the repository for your distribution by following the instructions [here](http://nvidia.github.io/nvidia-container-runtime/).
2. Install the `nvidia-container-runtime` package:
```
sudo yum install nvidia-container-runtime
```

## Docker Engine setup

**Do not follow this section if you installed the `nvidia-docker2` package, it already registers the runtime.**

To register the `nvidia` runtime, use the method below that is best suited to your environment.  
You might need to merge the new argument with your existing configuration.

#### Systemd drop-in file
```bash
sudo mkdir -p /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d/override.conf <<EOF
[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd --host=fd:// --add-runtime=nvidia=/usr/bin/nvidia-container-runtime
EOF
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl restart docker
```

#### Daemon configuration file
```bash
sudo tee /etc/docker/daemon.json <<EOF
{
    "runtimes": {
        "nvidia": {
            "path": "/usr/bin/nvidia-container-runtime",
            "runtimeArgs": []
        }
    }
}
EOF
sudo pkill -SIGHUP dockerd
```

You can optionally reconfigure the default runtime by adding the following to `/etc/docker/daemon.json`:
```
"default-runtime": "nvidia"
```


#### Command line
```bash
sudo dockerd --add-runtime=nvidia=/usr/bin/nvidia-container-runtime [...]
```

## Environment variables (OCI spec)

Each environment variable maps to an command-line argument for `nvidia-container-cli` from [libnvidia-container](https://github.com/NVIDIA/libnvidia-container).  
These variables are already set in our [official CUDA images](https://hub.docker.com/r/nvidia/cuda/).

### `NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES`
This variable controls which GPUs will be made accessible inside the container.  

#### Possible values
* `0,1,2`, `GPU-fef8089b` …: a comma-separated list of GPU UUID(s) or index(es).
* `all`: all GPUs will be accessible, this is the default value in our container images.
* `none`: no GPU will be accessible, but driver capabilities will be enabled.
* `void` or *empty* or *unset*: `nvidia-container-runtime` will have the same behavior as `runc`.

### `NVIDIA_DRIVER_CAPABILITIES`
This option controls which driver libraries/binaries will be mounted inside the container.

#### Possible values
* `compute,video`, `graphics,utility` …: a comma-separated list of driver features the container needs.
* `all`: enable all available driver capabilities.
* *empty* or *unset*: use default driver capability: `utility`.

#### Supported driver capabilities
* `compute`: required for CUDA and OpenCL applications.
* `compat32`: required for running 32-bit applications.
* `graphics`: required for running OpenGL and Vulkan applications.
* `utility`: required for using `nvidia-smi` and NVML.
* `video`: required for using the Video Codec SDK.
* `display`: required for leveraging X11 display.

### `NVIDIA_REQUIRE_*`
A logical expression to define constraints on the configurations supported by the container.  

#### Supported constraints
* `cuda`: constraint on the CUDA driver version.
* `driver`: constraint on the driver version.
* `arch`: constraint on the compute architectures of the selected GPUs.
* `brand`: constraint on the brand of the selected GPUs (e.g. GeForce, Tesla, GRID).

#### Expressions
Multiple constraints can be expressed in a single environment variable: space-separated constraints are ORed, comma-separated constraints are ANDed.  
Multiple environment variables of the form `NVIDIA_REQUIRE_*` are ANDed together.

### `NVIDIA_DISABLE_REQUIRE`
Single switch to disable all the constraints of the form `NVIDIA_REQUIRE_*`.

### `NVIDIA_REQUIRE_CUDA`

The version of the CUDA toolkit used by the container. It is an instance of the generic `NVIDIA_REQUIRE_*` case and it is set by official CUDA images.
If the version of the NVIDIA driver is insufficient to run this version of CUDA, the container will not be started.

#### Possible values
* `cuda>=7.5`, `cuda>=8.0`, `cuda>=9.0` …: any valid CUDA version in the form `major.minor`.

### `CUDA_VERSION`
Similar to `NVIDIA_REQUIRE_CUDA`, for legacy CUDA images.  
In addition, if `NVIDIA_REQUIRE_CUDA` is not set, `NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES` and `NVIDIA_DRIVER_CAPABILITIES` will default to `all`.

## Copyright and License

This project is released under the [BSD 3-clause license](https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-runtime/blob/master/LICENSE).