Singularity Nvidia

Primary repository for an Ubuntu-based container with full NVidia hardware passthrough.

Introduction

In order for this to work, you need to install the same version of driver that you're running on the host, into the container. Assuming you're running on a host with an NVidia GPU, you can find the driver version number with nvidia-smi.

The current driver version used in this project's Singularity file is 435.21. If you're using the same driver version, then you can follow the rest of the guide under Quick Start.

Quick Start

1. Clone the repo. git clone https://github.com/richward1/Singularity-Nvidia

2. Build the container from Singularityfile. sudo singularity build nvidia.simg Singularity

3. Run the container or shell into it. singularity run nvidia.simg or singularity shell nvidia.simg

Updating the NVidia Driver

I have written the Singularity file with a couple of environmental variables that will hopefully make it easier to update in the future.

$VER_NUM contains the actual version number of the driver - in this case 435.21. $NVIDIA_VER is the full filename of the nvidia driver - in this case NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-$VER_NUM.run

As it stands, the 435.21 driver is hosted in the US (http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/435.21/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-435.21.run). However, I have noticed that some other versions are hosted in the UK, so your milage may vary when swapping these values out.

Author

Rich Ward