How to install nvidia drivers on Amazon Linux?

Question

My ec2 instance is of type g4dn.xlarge. I tried nvidia-smi but it seems the drivers are not pre-installed so I want to install them.

I couldn't find much documentation for Amazon Linux online. On the nvidia instructions it isn't specifically mentioned. 
When running `sudo cat /etc/os-release` I get this output:
```
NAME="Amazon Linux"
VERSION="2023"
ID="amzn"
ID_LIKE="fedora"
VERSION_ID="2023"
...
```
So i tried to follow the instructions for fedora (randomly fedora34) but I got errors during the installation (I guess because of incompatibility).

Any help highly appreciated.

MikeLim · Answer

NVIDIA has added support for Amazon Linux 2023.

Do refer to [How do I install NVIDIA GPU driver and optionally CUDA toolkit in Amazon Linux 2023?](https://repost.aws/articles/ARwfQMxiC-QMOgWykD9mco1w/how-do-i-install-nvidia-gpu-driver-and-optionally-cuda-toolkit-in-amazon-linux-2023)

MassimilianoAWS · Answer

Hi Nina,

Would it be ok for you to use an AMI with the drivers pre-installed:

https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-64e4rx3h733ru?sr=0-3&ref_=beagle&applicationId=AWSMPContessa

Harry H · Answer

Hello Nina,

Based on your description, it can be observed that you are using the Amazon Linux 2023 operating system.

You can install Nvidia driver by executing the following command.

$sudo yum install -y kernel-modules-extra.

Then, following the steps for Amazon Linux 2 in the document ( https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/install-nvidia-driver.html )

$sudo yum install gcc make

$sudo yum update -y

$sudo reboot

$sudo yum install -y gcc kernel-devel-$(uname -r)

$aws s3 cp --recursive s3://ec2-linux-nvidia-drivers/latest/ .

$chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64*.run

$sudo /bin/sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64*.run

Samson · Answer

Can we use that image you linked with EKS?

How to install nvidia drivers on Amazon Linux?

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