# 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

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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. …

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