GPUs in an AWS environment

Understanding GPUs

Before working with GPUs, ensure you are familiar with the following:

Install GPU support on supported distributions on AWS
GPU node labeling specifications

Kommander also accesses GPU resources.

GPUs in an air-gapped on-premises environment are not supported currently.

Install GPU support on supported distributions on AWS

Using the Konvoy Image Builder, you can build an image that has support to use Nvidia GPU hardware to support GPU workloads. DKP supported Nvidia driver versions are 470.x and 460.x.

In your overrides/nvidia.yaml file add the following to enable GPU builds. You can also access and use the overrides repo.
CODE
```
gpu:
  type: nvidia
```

Build your image using the following Konvoy image builder commands:

CODE

konvoy-image build --region us-west-2 --source-ami=ami-12345abcdef images/ami/centos-7.yaml --overrides overrides/nvidia.yaml

By default, your image builds in the us-west-2 region. To specify another region, set the --region flag:

CODE

konvoy-image build --region us-east-1 --overrides override-source-ami.yaml images/ami/<Your OS>.yaml

NOTE: Ensure that an AMI file is available for your OS selection.

When the command is complete the ami id is printed and written to ./manifest.json.
To use the built ami with Konvoy, specify it with the --ami flag when calling cluster create.
CODE
```
dkp create cluster aws --cluster-name=$(whoami)-aws-cluster --region us-west-2 --ami <ami>
```

More helpful information can be found in the Nvidia Device Plug-in for Kubernetes instructions and the Installation Guide of Supported Platforms.