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{{< feature-state state="beta" for_k8s_version="v1.10" >}} <del> Kubernetes includes **experimental** support for managing AMD and NVIDIA GPUs </del> <ins> Kubernetes includes **experimental** support for managing GPUs </ins> (graphical processing units) across several nodes. <del> This page describes how users can consume GPUs across different Kubernetes versions and the current limitations. </del> <ins> This page describes how users can consume GPUs, and outlines some of the limitations in the implementation. </ins> <!-- body --> ## Using device plugins <del> Kubernetes implements {{< glossary_tooltip text="Device Plugins" term_id="device-plugin" >}} </del> <ins> Kubernetes implements {{< glossary_tooltip text="device plugins" term_id="device-plugin" >}} </ins> to let Pods access specialized hardware features such as GPUs. <ins> {{% thirdparty-content %}} </ins> As an administrator, you have to install GPU drivers from the corresponding hardware vendor on the nodes and run the corresponding device plugin from the <del> GPU vendor: </del> <ins> GPU vendor. Here are some links to vendors' instructions: </ins> <del> * [AMD](#deploying-amd-gpu-device-plugin) * [NVIDIA](#deploying-nvidia-gpu-device-plugin) </del> <ins> * [AMD](https://github.com/RadeonOpenCompute/k8s-device-plugin#deployment) * [NVIDIA](https://github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-device-plugin#quick-start) </ins> <del> When the above conditions are true, Kubernetes will expose `amd.com/gpu` or `nvidia.com/gpu` as a schedulable resource. </del> <ins> Once you have installed the plugin, your cluster exposes a custom schedulable resource such as `amd.com/gpu` or `nvidia.com/gpu`. </ins> You can consume these GPUs from your containers by requesting <del> `<vendor>.com/gpu` the same way you request `cpu` or `memory`. However, there are some limitations in how you specify the resource requirements when using GPUs: - GPUs are only supposed to be specified in the `limits` section, which means: * You can specify GPU `limits` without specifying `requests` because Kubernetes will use the limit as the request value by default. * You can specify GPU in both `limits` and `requests` but these two values must be equal. * You cannot specify GPU `requests` without specifying `limits`. - Containers (and Pods) do not share GPUs. There's no overcommitting of GPUs. - Each container can request one or more GPUs. It is not possible to request a fraction of a GPU. Here's an example: </del> <ins> the custom GPU resource, the same way you request `cpu` or `memory`. However, there are some limitations in how you specify the resource requirements for custom devices. GPUs are only supposed to be specified in the `limits` section, which means: * You can specify GPU `limits` without specifying `requests`, because Kubernetes will use the limit as the request value by default. * You can specify GPU in both `limits` and `requests` but these two values must be equal. * You cannot specify GPU `requests` without specifying `limits`. Here's an example manifest for a Pod that requests a GPU: </ins> ```yaml apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: <del> name: cuda-vector-add </del> <ins> name: example-vector-add </ins> spec: restartPolicy: OnFailure containers: <del> - name: cuda-vector-add # https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/v1.7.11/test/images/nvidia-cuda/Dockerfile image: "registry.k8s.io/cuda-vector-add:v0.1" </del> <ins> - name: example-vector-add image: "registry.example/example-vector-add:v42" </ins> resources: limits: <del> nvidia.com/gpu: 1 # requesting 1 GPU ``` ### Deploying AMD GPU device plugin The [official AMD GPU device plugin](https://github.com/RadeonOpenCompute/k8s-device-plugin) has the following requirements: - Kubernetes nodes have to be pre-installed with AMD GPU Linux driver. To deploy the AMD device plugin once your cluster is running and the above requirements are satisfied: ```shell kubectl create -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RadeonOpenCompute/k8s-device-plugin/v1.10/k8s-ds-amdgpu-dp.yaml ``` You can report issues with this third-party device plugin by logging an issue in [RadeonOpenCompute/k8s-device-plugin](https://github.com/RadeonOpenCompute/k8s-device-plugin). ### Deploying NVIDIA GPU device plugin There are currently two device plugin implementations for NVIDIA GPUs: #### Official NVIDIA GPU device plugin The [official NVIDIA GPU device plugin](https://github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-device-plugin) has the following requirements: - Kubernetes nodes have to be pre-installed with NVIDIA drivers. - Kubernetes nodes have to be pre-installed with [nvidia-docker 2.0](https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-docker) - Kubelet must use Docker as its container runtime - `nvidia-container-runtime` must be configured as the [default runtime](https://github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-device-plugin#preparing-your-gpu-nodes) for Docker, instead of runc. - The version of the NVIDIA drivers must match the constraint ~= 384.81. To deploy the NVIDIA device plugin once your cluster is running and the above requirements are satisfied: ```shell kubectl create -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NVIDIA/k8s-device-plugin/1.0.0-beta4/nvidia-device-plugin.yml ``` You can report issues with this third-party device plugin by logging an issue in [NVIDIA/k8s-device-plugin](https://github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-device-plugin). #### NVIDIA GPU device plugin used by GCE The [NVIDIA GPU device plugin used by GCE](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/container-engine-accelerators/tree/master/cmd/nvidia_gpu) doesn't require using nvidia-docker and should work with any container runtime that is compatible with the Kubernetes Container Runtime Interface (CRI). It's tested on [Container-Optimized OS](https://cloud.google.com/container-optimized-os/) and has experimental code for Ubuntu from 1.9 onwards. You can use the following commands to install the NVIDIA drivers and device plugin: ```shell # Install NVIDIA drivers on Container-Optimized OS: kubectl create -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/container-engine-accelerators/stable/daemonset.yaml # Install NVIDIA drivers on Ubuntu (experimental): kubectl create -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/container-engine-accelerators/stable/nvidia-driver-installer/ubuntu/daemonset.yaml # Install the device plugin: kubectl create -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/release-1.14/cluster/addons/device-plugins/nvidia-gpu/daemonset.yaml </del> <ins> gpu-vendor.example/example-gpu: 1 # requesting 1 GPU </ins> ``` <del> You can report issues with using or deploying this third-party device plugin by logging an issue in [GoogleCloudPlatform/container-engine-accelerators](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/container-engine-accelerators). Google publishes its own [instructions](https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/gpus) for using NVIDIA GPUs on GKE . </del> ## Clusters containing different types of GPUs If different nodes in your cluster have different types of GPUs, then you

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Separately, it would be good if didn't include advice about installing the plugins. Instead, we can hyperlink to the vendors' own docs (where those exist).