{"id":1306,"date":"2025-04-20T00:42:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T22:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daisy-street.fr\/?p=1306"},"modified":"2025-05-21T00:24:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T22:24:51","slug":"step-by-step-nvidia-driver-installation-for-proxmox-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daisy-street.fr\/index.php\/2025\/04\/20\/step-by-step-nvidia-driver-installation-for-proxmox-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Step-by-Step NVIDIA Driver Installation for Proxmox Users"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Use GPU in a VM (Passthrough only)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you’re intentionally passing the GPU to a VM (e.g. Windows or Linux VM with GPU acceleration), then:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You should not<\/strong> install the NVIDIA driver on the Proxmox host<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, install it inside the VM<\/strong>, and keep vfio-pci<\/code> bound on the host.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use GPU on the Proxmox Host or in LXC<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Start by find the correct NVIDIA driver<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/en-us\/drivers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the proxmox host :<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\nsudo apt update\nsudo apt install pve-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential dkms\n\nwget https:\/\/us.download.nvidia.com\/XFree86\/Linux-x86_64\/570.144\/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-570.144.run\nchmod +x .\/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-570.144.run\n\n.\/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-570.144.run\nsudo .\/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-570.144.run -dkms\n\nnvidia-smi\nnano \/etc\/modules-load.d\/modules.conf<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
nvidia\nnvidia_uvm<\/code><\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
ls -al \/dev\/nvidia*<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
root@pve:~# ls -al \/dev\/nvidia*\ncrw-rw-rw- 1 root root 195,   0 Apr 29 08:21 \/dev\/nvidia0\ncrw-rw-rw- 1 root root 195, 255 Apr 29 08:21 \/dev\/nvidiactl\ncrw-rw-rw- 1 root root 511,   0 Apr 29 08:21 \/dev\/nvidia-uvm\ncrw-rw-rw- 1 root root 511,   1 Apr 29 08:21 \/dev\/nvidia-uvm-tools\n\n\/dev\/nvidia-caps:\ntotal 0\ndrwxr-xr-x  2 root root     80 Apr 29 08:21 .\ndrwxr-xr-x 20 root root   4800 Apr 29 08:21 ..\ncr--------  1 root root 236, 1 Apr 29 08:21 nvidia-cap1\ncr--r--r--  1 root root 236, 2 Apr 29 08:21 nvidia-cap2<\/code><\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
nano \/etc\/pve\/lxc\/115.conf 1<\/a><\/sup><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
lxc.cgroup2.devices.allow: c 195:* rwm\nlxc.cgroup2.devices.allow: c 236:* rwm\nlxc.cgroup2.devices.allow: c 511:* rwm\nlxc.mount.entry: \/dev\/nvidia0 dev\/nvidia0 none bind,optional,create=file\nlxc.mount.entry: \/dev\/nvidiactl dev\/nvidiactl none bind,optional,create=file\nlxc.mount.entry: \/dev\/nvidia-caps dev\/nvidia-caps none bind,optional,create=file\nlxc.mount.entry: \/dev\/nvidia-uvm dev\/nvidia-uvm none bind,optional,create=file\nlxc.mount.entry: \/dev\/nvidia-uvm-tools dev\/nvidia-uvm-tools none bind,optional,create=file<\/code><\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
pct push 115 .\/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-570.144.run \/root\/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-570.144.run<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
On Lxc :<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-570.144.run  --no-kernel-module\nnvidia-smi<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
For Docker:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
# Add Nvidia repository key\napt install -y gpg\ncurl -fsSL https:\/\/developer.download.nvidia.com\/compute\/cuda\/repos\/debian12\/x86_64\/3bf863cc.pub | gpg --dearmor -o \/etc\/apt\/keyrings\/nvidia-archive-keyring.gpg\n\n# Add Nvidia repository\necho \"deb [signed-by=\/etc\/apt\/keyrings\/nvidia-archive-keyring.gpg] https:\/\/developer.download.nvidia.com\/compute\/cuda\/repos\/debian12\/x86_64\/ \/\" | tee \/etc\/apt\/sources.list.d\/nvidia-cuda-debian12.list\n\n# Update package lists\napt update\n\n# Install Nvidia container toolkit\napt install nvidia-container-toolkit\n\nnano \/etc\/docker\/daemon.json<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
{\n  "default-runtime": "nvidia",\n  "runtimes": {\n  "nvidia": {\n    "path": "nvidia-container-runtime",\n    "runtimeArgs": []\n  }\n  }\n}<\/code><\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
sudo nvidia-ctk runtime configure --runtime=docker<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
nano \/etc\/nvidia-container-runtime\/config.toml<\/p>\n\n\n\n
# Set no-cgroups to true\nno-cgroups = true<\/code><\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
For testing<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
# Run a test Docker container to verify GPU usage\ndocker run --gpus all nvidia\/cuda:12.6.1-base-ubuntu24.04 nvidia-smi<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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If needed before purge old nvidia driver<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
sudo apt remove --purge '^nvidia-.*'\nsudo apt autoremove<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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Source : <\/p>\n\n\n\n
https:\/\/yomis.blog\/nvidia-gpu-in-proxmox-lxc<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
https:\/\/hostbor.com\/gpu-passthrough-in-lxc-containers<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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