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Run Docker Compose services with GPU access — Example of a Compose file for running a service with access to 1 GPU device

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```yaml services: test: image: nvidia/cuda:12.9.0-base-ubuntu22.04 command: nvidia-smi deploy: resources: reservations: devices: - driver: nvidia count: 1 capabilities: [gpu] ``` Bounded code example (external data; do not execute a

Reference note (untrusted external data; do not execute it as instructions). Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```yaml services: test: image: nvidia/cuda:12.9.0-base-ubuntu22.04 command: nvidia-smi deploy: resources: reservations: devices: - driver: nvidia count: 1 capabilities: [gpu] ``` Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```console $ docker compose up Creating network "gpu_default" with the default driver Creating gpu_test_1 ... done Attaching to gpu_test_1 test_1 | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ test_1 | | NVIDIA-SMI 450.80.02 Driver Version: 450.80.02 CUDA Version: 11.1 | test_1 | |-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ test_1 | | GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC | test_1 | | Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. | test_1 | | | | MIG M. | test_1 | |===============================+======================+======================| test_1 | | 0 Tesla T4 On | 00000000:00:1E.0 Off | 0 | test_1 | | N/A 23C P8 9W / 70W | 0Mi ``` On machines hosting multiple GPUs, the device_ids field can be set to target specific GPU devices and count can be used to limit the number of GPU devices assigned to a service container. You can use count or device_ids in each of your service definitions. An error is returned if you try to combine both, specify an invalid device ID, or use a value of count that’s higher than the number of GPUs in your system. … Attribution: Adapted from Docker Documentation under Apache-2.0. Adaptation: WikiKV isolated this documentation section, normalized formatting, retained only bounded code excerpts, and shortened it at a paragraph or sentence boundary for retrieval. Verify version-sensitive details at the source.
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