Kasm Workspaces
References Kasm Documentation Kasm System Requirements Kasm GPU Install Prerequisites Install Docker Tutorial Swap Space Installation NOTE: check for the latest version cd /tmp curl -O https://kasm-static-content.s3.amazonaws.com/kasm_release_1.18.1.tar.gz tar -xf kasm_release_1.18.1.tar.gz sudo bash kasm_release/install.sh --accept-eula --swap-size 8192 GPU Setup The Nvidia container setup instructions, and standard GPU driver installation threw an error: nvidia runtime not found. The script on Kasm’s site worked. #!/bin/bash # Check for NVIDIA cards if ! lspci | grep -i nvidia > /dev/null; then echo "No NVIDIA GPU detected" exit 0 fi add-apt-repository -y ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa curl -fsSL https://nvidia.github.io/libnvidia-container/gpgkey | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/nvidia-container-toolkit-keyring.gpg \ && curl -s -L https://nvidia.github.io/libnvidia-container/stable/deb/nvidia-container-toolkit.list | \ sed 's#deb https://#deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/nvidia-container-toolkit-keyring.gpg] https://#g' | \ sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nvidia-container-toolkit.list apt update apt install -y ubuntu-drivers-common # Run ubuntu-drivers and capture the output DRIVER_OUTPUT=$(ubuntu-drivers list 2>/dev/null) # Extract server driver versions using grep and regex # Pattern looks for nvidia-driver-XXX-server SERVER_VERSIONS=$(echo "$DRIVER_OUTPUT" | grep -o 'nvidia-driver-[0-9]\+-server' | grep -o '[0-9]\+' | sort -n) # Check if any server versions were found if [ -z "$SERVER_VERSIONS" ]; then echo "Error: No NVIDIA server driver versions found." >&2 exit 1 fi # Find the highest version number LATEST_VERSION=$(echo "$SERVER_VERSIONS" | tail -n 1) # Validate that the version is numeric if ! [[ "$LATEST_VERSION" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then echo "Error: Invalid version number: $LATEST_VERSION" >&2 exit 2 fi # Output only the version number echo "Latest version is: $LATEST_VERSION" ubuntu-drivers install "nvidia:$LATEST_VERSION-server" apt install -y "nvidia-utils-$LATEST_VERSION-server" # Install NVIDIA toolkit + configure for docker apt-get install -y nvidia-container-toolkit nvidia-ctk runtime configure --runtime=docker Egress Setup: NordVPN Get service credentials for the VPN: Available on the VPN dashboard Download desired OpenVPN configuration files: Available on the VPN dashboard On Kasm Administrator dashboard, select Egress (Infrastructure > Egress) Add the egress provider: Configure VPN type: Add egress gateways: On the Workspaces > Workspace page, select the workspace to allow it to use the VPN, click edit and add the egress provider on the Egress tab. On the Egress Credentials tab, add in the service credentials for the VPN