You don’t have to pick any special GPU-enabled image.
Note that this is just an off-the-shelf Ubuntu Image there are no special GPU drivers pre-linked into it.
Using the CLI, let’s take a look at the command used to launch an instance oci compute instance launch -shape VM.GPU2.1 -availability-domain "qIZq:US-ASHBURN-AD-1" -compartment-id -assign-public-ip true -subnet-id -image-id ".aaaaaaaakdybjqysepqx2iwne24uxdx4apzdcn2ll7kd66a52fgs7w4mz3vq" -ssh-authorized-keys-file Let’s go dive in, shall we? ( Note: I will show examples using the Oracle CLI, but you can do this through the oracle web console as well.) Launching a new instance Now, you can automate this entire process on first boot. You had to figure out your kernel version, and drivers, and then search through package archives to find the right package. Previously, installing NVIDIA GPU drivers was a very manual process.
I’m proud to be writing about a new feature that the Canonical team has been working on – NVIDIA GPU driver installation made easy for clouds. With advances in computer vision, AR/VR and other resource-intensive applications on the horizon, the trend shows no sign of slowing either. With cryptocurrency blossoming, AI/ML blooming, and heavy-duty simulations still going strong, the need for a GPU is only increasing. It’s no secret that GPGPUs (general purpose GPU) have been on the rise in the past five years. As a matter of fact, most public clouds have GPU offerings, which leads us to the meat of this blog post: Oracle Cloud. The cloud has had its own incredible growth over the years, and it’s only natural that these two technologies are starting to work in harmony. In recent reports, it is stated that datacenter-based GPU deployments is the fastest sector, and again, that’s no surprise.