How to use NVIDIA GPU in Proxmox

How to use NVIDIA GPU in Proxmox

Install NVIDIA Drivers on Proxmox running Debian 12

Update PVE Host

apt update && apt upgrade -y && apt install build-essential -y

Add “non-free-firmware” your apt repositories

vi /etc/apt/sources.list

Change the line:

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main contrib non-free-firmware

sudo apt update

Install NVIDIA detector and analyze required drivers

apt install nvidia-detect && nvidia-detect

Install nvidia-drivers

apt install nvidia-driver

Reboot

reboot

Validate installation

nvidia-smi

How to use NVIDIA GPU in LXC

Create a privileged LXC container in Proxmox and install the drivers on the container. Ensure the LXC container has the same driver version as the PVE host. This will allow the LXC running in Proxmox to use the GPU as if it was natively installed.