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+#!/bin/bash
+#This script is designed to ensure that the relevant runtime files are in place
+#for docker to engage your GPUs and allow containerized access for training runs
+#Run this script to set up docker (will restart docker service)
+
+#see also this resource page: https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/cloud-native/container-toolkit/install-guide.html
+
+
+#the below is largely pulled from the following page and recompiled here as a one-shot script for easy installation with some additional comments for better detail breakdown:
+
+#https://collabnix.com/introducing-new-docker-cli-api-support-for-nvidia-gpus-under-docker-engine-19-03-0-beta-release/
+
+##pulls GPG key, adds it to your key files, sets 
+curl -s -L https://nvidia.github.io/nvidia-container-runtime/gpgkey | \
+  sudo apt-key add -
+
+#sets variable for your local distribution:
+distribution=$(. /etc/os-release;echo $ID$VERSION_ID)
+
+#pulls the latest nvidia-container-runtime from nvidia for your build, and pipes it to a sources file for installation:
+curl -s -L https://nvidia.github.io/nvidia-container-runtime/$distribution/nvidia-container-runtime.list | \
+  sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nvidia-container-runtime.list
+
+#updates with latest sources:
+sudo apt-get update
+
+#install the runtime now that apt is updated:
+apt-get install nvidia-container-runtime
+
+#check that the runtime is installed, otherwise fail with error:
+if which nvidia-container-runtime-hook >/dev/null; then
+  echo "container-runtime found, continuing"
+else
+  echo "runtime failed, did you run this script with sudo?"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+#restart docker service
+systemctl restart docker
+
+#run a local check that docker is capable of communicating with GPUS
+#should the same output that `nvidia-smi` on the host runs
+docker run -it --rm --gpus all ubuntu nvidia-smi
+
+#wrap script
+echo "you should see the successful output from `nvidia-smi` run above from within a container"
+
+
+
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