Using NVIDIA GPU Cloud with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Using the Console

1. Open the Console. For steps, see Signing In for the First Time.
2. Open the navigation menu  and select Compute. Under Compute, select Instances.
3. Select a Compartment that you have permission to work in.
4. Click Create instance.

5. Enter a name for the instance. Avoid entering confidential information.

6. In the Placement section, select the Availability Domain that you want to create the instance in.
7. In the Image and shape section:
   1. On the Shape card, click Change shape. Then, do the following:

      1. For Instance type, select Virtual machine or Bare metal machine.

      2. Select a GPU shape for the instance. For more information about GPU shapes, see virtual machine GPU shapes and bare metal GPU shapes.

         Important
         
         In order to access the GPU shapes, your tenancy must have a GPU quota. If your tenancy does not have a GPU quota, the GPU shapes will not be in the shape list. See Before You Begin for more information.
      3. Click Select shape.
   2. To select the NGC image, on the Image card, click Change image. Then do the following.

      Important
      
      In order to access the NVIDIA GPU Cloud images, your tenancy must have a GPU quota and you must select a GPU shape.
      1. In the Image source list, select Oracle images.
      2. Select the check box next to NVIDIA GPU Cloud Machine Image.
      3. Review and accept the terms of use, and then click Select image.

8. In the Networking section, leave Select existing virtual cloud network selected, and then select the virtual cloud network (VCN) compartment, VCN, subnet compartment, and subnet.

9. In the Add SSH keys section, upload the public key portion of the key pair that you want to use for SSH access to the instance. Browse to the key file that you want to upload, or drag and drop the file into the box.

10. Click Create.

You should now see the NGC instance with the state of Provisioning. After the state changes to Running, you can connect to the instance. For general information about launching compute instances, see Creating an Instance.

See the following topics for steps to access and work with the instance:

• Connecting to an Instance
• Stopping, Starting, or Restarting an Instance
• Terminating an Instance

When you connect to the instance using SSH, you are prompted for the NGC API key. If you supply the API key at the prompt, the instance automatically logs you in to the NGC container registry so that you can run containers from the registry. You can choose not to supply the API key at the prompt and still log in to the instance. You can then log in later to the NGC container registry. See Logging in to the NGC Container Registry for more information.

Using the CLI

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure provides a Command Line Interface (CLI) you can use to complete tasks. For more information, see Quickstart and Configuring the CLI.

Use the launch command to create an instance, specifying image for sourceType and the image OCID ocid1.image.oc1..aaaaaaaaknl6phck7e3iuii4r4axpwhenw5qtnnsk3tqppajdjzb5nhoma3q in InstanceSourceDetails for LaunchInstanceDetails.