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Q&A Nvidia docker runtime: Failed to create task for container

I installed the Nvidia container toolkit so I can use GPU acceleration in Docker containers. However, I can't get the containers to work: $ sudo docker run --runtime=nvidia nvidia/cuda:12.2.0-base...

1 answer  ·  posted 8mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 8mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

#3: Post edited by user avatar matthewsnyder‭ · 2023-09-12T19:56:31Z (8 months ago)
  • I installed the [Nvidia container toolkit](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Docker#With_NVIDIA_Container_Toolkit_(recommended)) so I can use GPU acceleration in Docker containers. However, I can't get the containers to work:
  • ```sh
  • $ sudo docker run --runtime=nvidia nvidia/cuda:12.2.0-base-ubuntu20.04 nvidia-smi
  • docker: Error response from daemon: failed to create task for container: failed to create shim task: OCI runtime create failed: unable to retrieve OCI runtime error (open /run/containerd/io.containerd.runtime.v2.task/moby/8858057455bac72bc63f4346a3b03f2f63eda68762f7a7c2b5cf135fb23819c6/log.json: no such file or directory): nvidia-container-runtime did not terminate successfully: exit status 127: unknown.
  • ERRO[0000] error waiting for container:
  • $ sudo docker run --gpus all nvidia/cuda:12.1.1-runtime-ubuntu22.04 nvidia-smi
  • docker: Error response from daemon: failed to create task for container: failed to create shim task: OCI runtime create failed: runc create failed: unable to start containerprocess: error during container init: error running hook #0: error running hook: exit status 1, stdout: , stderr: Auto-detected mode as 'legacy'
  • nvidia-container-cli: initialization error: driver rpc error: failed to process request: unknown.
  • ERRO[0001] error waiting for container:
  • ```
  • What's the problem?
  • -------------------
  • Relevant information (will expand based on comments):
  • * Arch Linux with 6.1.52-1-lts (`neofetch`)
  • * GeForce GTX 1060 3GB with driver `nvidia 535.104.05` (`inxi -Fz`)
  • * Packages installed: `libnvidia-container libnvidia-container-tools nvidia nvidia-container-runtime nvidia-container-toolkit nvidia-docker nvidia-lts nvidia-utils` (`pacman -Q | rg nvi`)
  • * `nouveau` packages not installed (`pacman -Q | rg nouv`)
  • * Regular (non-GPU) Docker containers work
  • * Kernel modules: `nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia video` (`sudo lsmod | rg nvi`)
  • * `nvidia-smi` by itself works and prints an ASCII table with some reasonable stats about my video card
  • I installed the [Nvidia container toolkit](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Docker#With_NVIDIA_Container_Toolkit_(recommended)) so I can use GPU acceleration in Docker containers. However, I can't get the containers to work:
  • ```sh
  • $ sudo docker run --runtime=nvidia nvidia/cuda:12.2.0-base-ubuntu20.04 nvidia-smi
  • docker: Error response from daemon: failed to create task for container: failed to create shim task: OCI runtime create failed: unable to retrieve OCI runtime error (open /run/containerd/io.containerd.runtime.v2.task/moby/8858057455bac72bc63f4346a3b03f2f63eda68762f7a7c2b5cf135fb23819c6/log.json: no such file or directory): nvidia-container-runtime did not terminate successfully: exit status 127: unknown.
  • ERRO[0000] error waiting for container:
  • $ sudo docker run --gpus all nvidia/cuda:12.1.1-runtime-ubuntu22.04 nvidia-smi
  • docker: Error response from daemon: failed to create task for container: failed to create shim task: OCI runtime create failed: runc create failed: unable to start containerprocess: error during container init: error running hook #0: error running hook: exit status 1, stdout: , stderr: Auto-detected mode as 'legacy'
  • nvidia-container-cli: initialization error: driver rpc error: failed to process request: unknown.
  • ERRO[0001] error waiting for container:
  • $ nvidia-container-runtime
  • nvidia-container-runtime: error while loading shared libraries: unexpected PLT reloc type 0x00
  • ```
  • What's the problem?
  • -------------------
  • Relevant information (will expand based on comments):
  • * Arch Linux with 6.1.52-1-lts (`neofetch`)
  • * GeForce GTX 1060 3GB with driver `nvidia 535.104.05` (`inxi -Fz`)
  • * Packages installed: `libnvidia-container libnvidia-container-tools nvidia nvidia-container-runtime nvidia-container-toolkit nvidia-docker nvidia-lts nvidia-utils` (`pacman -Q | rg nvi`)
  • * `nouveau` packages not installed (`pacman -Q | rg nouv`)
  • * Regular (non-GPU) Docker containers work
  • * Kernel modules: `nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia video` (`sudo lsmod | rg nvi`)
  • * `nvidia-smi` by itself works and prints an ASCII table with some reasonable stats about my video card
#2: Post edited by user avatar matthewsnyder‭ · 2023-09-12T19:51:42Z (8 months ago)
  • I installed the [Nvidia container toolkit](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Docker#With_NVIDIA_Container_Toolkit_(recommended)) so I can use GPU acceleration in Docker containers. However, I can't get the containers to work:
  • ```sh
  • $ sudo docker run --runtime=nvidia nvidia/cuda:12.2.0-base-ubuntu20.04 nvidia-smi
  • docker: Error response from daemon: failed to create task for container: failed to create shim task: OCI runtime create failed: unable to retrieve OCI runtime error (open /run/containerd/io.containerd.runtime.v2.task/moby/8858057455bac72bc63f4346a3b03f2f63eda68762f7a7c2b5cf135fb23819c6/log.json: no such file or directory): nvidia-container-runtime did not terminate successfully: exit status 127: unknown.
  • ERRO[0000] error waiting for container:
  • $ sudo docker run --gpus all nvidia/cuda:12.1.1-runtime-ubuntu22.04 nvidia-smi
  • docker: Error response from daemon: failed to create task for container: failed to create shim task: OCI runtime create failed: runc create failed: unable to start containerprocess: error during container init: error running hook #0: error running hook: exit status 1, stdout: , stderr: Auto-detected mode as 'legacy'
  • nvidia-container-cli: initialization error: driver rpc error: failed to process request: unknown.
  • ERRO[0001] error waiting for container:
  • ```
  • What's the problem?
  • -------------------
  • Relevant information (will expand based on comments):
  • * Arch Linux with 6.1.52-1-lts (`neofetch`)
  • * GeForce GTX 1060 3GB with driver `nvidia 535.104.05` (`inxi -Fz`)
  • * Packages installed: `libnvidia-container libnvidia-container-tools nvidia nvidia-container-runtime nvidia-container-toolkit nvidia-docker nvidia-lts nvidia-utils` (`pacman -Q | rg nvi`)
  • * `nouveau` packages not installed (`pacman -Q | rg nouv`)
  • * Regular (non-GPU) Docker containers work
  • * Kernel modules: `nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia video` (`sudo lsmod | rg nvi`)
  • I installed the [Nvidia container toolkit](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Docker#With_NVIDIA_Container_Toolkit_(recommended)) so I can use GPU acceleration in Docker containers. However, I can't get the containers to work:
  • ```sh
  • $ sudo docker run --runtime=nvidia nvidia/cuda:12.2.0-base-ubuntu20.04 nvidia-smi
  • docker: Error response from daemon: failed to create task for container: failed to create shim task: OCI runtime create failed: unable to retrieve OCI runtime error (open /run/containerd/io.containerd.runtime.v2.task/moby/8858057455bac72bc63f4346a3b03f2f63eda68762f7a7c2b5cf135fb23819c6/log.json: no such file or directory): nvidia-container-runtime did not terminate successfully: exit status 127: unknown.
  • ERRO[0000] error waiting for container:
  • $ sudo docker run --gpus all nvidia/cuda:12.1.1-runtime-ubuntu22.04 nvidia-smi
  • docker: Error response from daemon: failed to create task for container: failed to create shim task: OCI runtime create failed: runc create failed: unable to start containerprocess: error during container init: error running hook #0: error running hook: exit status 1, stdout: , stderr: Auto-detected mode as 'legacy'
  • nvidia-container-cli: initialization error: driver rpc error: failed to process request: unknown.
  • ERRO[0001] error waiting for container:
  • ```
  • What's the problem?
  • -------------------
  • Relevant information (will expand based on comments):
  • * Arch Linux with 6.1.52-1-lts (`neofetch`)
  • * GeForce GTX 1060 3GB with driver `nvidia 535.104.05` (`inxi -Fz`)
  • * Packages installed: `libnvidia-container libnvidia-container-tools nvidia nvidia-container-runtime nvidia-container-toolkit nvidia-docker nvidia-lts nvidia-utils` (`pacman -Q | rg nvi`)
  • * `nouveau` packages not installed (`pacman -Q | rg nouv`)
  • * Regular (non-GPU) Docker containers work
  • * Kernel modules: `nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia video` (`sudo lsmod | rg nvi`)
  • * `nvidia-smi` by itself works and prints an ASCII table with some reasonable stats about my video card
#1: Initial revision by user avatar matthewsnyder‭ · 2023-09-12T19:46:35Z (8 months ago)
Nvidia docker runtime: Failed to create task for container
I installed the [Nvidia container toolkit](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Docker#With_NVIDIA_Container_Toolkit_(recommended)) so I can use GPU acceleration in Docker containers. However, I can't get the containers to work:

```sh
$ sudo docker run --runtime=nvidia nvidia/cuda:12.2.0-base-ubuntu20.04 nvidia-smi
docker: Error response from daemon: failed to create task for container: failed to create shim task: OCI runtime create failed: unable to retrieve OCI runtime error (open /run/containerd/io.containerd.runtime.v2.task/moby/8858057455bac72bc63f4346a3b03f2f63eda68762f7a7c2b5cf135fb23819c6/log.json: no such file or directory): nvidia-container-runtime did not terminate successfully: exit status 127: unknown.
ERRO[0000] error waiting for container:

$ sudo docker run --gpus all nvidia/cuda:12.1.1-runtime-ubuntu22.04 nvidia-smi
docker: Error response from daemon: failed to create task for container: failed to create shim task: OCI runtime create failed: runc create failed: unable to start containerprocess: error during container init: error running hook #0: error running hook: exit status 1, stdout: , stderr: Auto-detected mode as 'legacy'
nvidia-container-cli: initialization error: driver rpc error: failed to process request: unknown.
ERRO[0001] error waiting for container:
```

What's the problem?

-------------------

Relevant information (will expand based on comments):

* Arch Linux with 6.1.52-1-lts (`neofetch`)
* GeForce GTX 1060 3GB with driver `nvidia 535.104.05` (`inxi -Fz`)
* Packages installed: `libnvidia-container libnvidia-container-tools nvidia nvidia-container-runtime nvidia-container-toolkit nvidia-docker nvidia-lts nvidia-utils` (`pacman -Q | rg nvi`)
* `nouveau` packages not installed (`pacman -Q | rg nouv`)
* Regular (non-GPU) Docker containers work
* Kernel modules: `nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia video` (`sudo lsmod | rg nvi`)