Kasm Workspaces

Sun, 31 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

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

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Kasm Workspaces

References

Prerequisites

Installation

GPU Setup

Egress Setup: NordVPN