NVIDIA-CONTAINER-CLI(1)

📦 version 1.19.1, in ubuntu stonking

💖 NAME 💖

okay bestie, meet nvidia-container-cli — that's the whole name, she's lowkey mysterious like that. nvidia-container-cli fr fr. no cap.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

nvidia-container-cli [OPTION...] COMMAND [ARG...]

so it's giving options, then a command, then those command args. the way that structure just works 💅

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

bestie. this is the command line utility for manipulating NVIDIA GPU containers. that's the whole vibe check. GPU containers, she handles them, iconic behavior only 👑

🦋 Commands:

  • configure — Configure a container with GPU support. this is the main character, she's setting the whole thing up 💜
  • info — Report information about the driver and devices. she's nosy in the best way, tell-me-everything energy 🌸
  • list — List driver components. just. a little list. a little slay ✨

🎀 Options:

  • -?, --help — Give this help list. when you're lost and need her to hold your hand 🫶
  • -d, --debug=FILE — Log debug information. dump the receipts, bestie 📝 — takes a FILE
  • -k, --load-kmods — Load kernel modules. she's loading them. no further questions 💅
  • -l, --ldcache=FILE — Path to the system's DSO cache. give her the path, pls and ty — takes a FILE
  • --no-create-imex-channels — Don't automatically create IMEX channel device nodes. note that "don't" — you're turning OFF the automatic behavior 🙈
  • -n, --no-pivot — Do not use pivot_root. she said nope, not today 🚫
  • -r, --root=PATH — Path to the driver root directory. tell her where home is — takes a PATH
  • --usage — Give a short usage message. the tl;dr version, for when the full help is too much 😭
  • -u, --user[=UID[:GID]] — User and group to use for privilege separation. optional-ish — note the [=UID[:GID]], so the UID is optional and you can tack on a GID after a colon if you want 💖
  • -V, --version — Print program version. the "who even are you" option 🌈
heads up bestie: mandatory or optional arguments to long options are ALSO mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options. so don't think you can skip stuff just because you used the short one, ok? 👀

😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

found a bug? not her fault, but like, report it anyway, she wants to know:

https://github.com/NVIDIA/libnvidia-container/issues

go go go, they're waiting 🏃♀️💨

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the FULL documentation for nvidia-container-cli is maintained as a Texinfo manual. so if the info and nvidia-container-cli programs are properly installed at your site, this command

info nvidia-container-cli

should give you access to the complete manual. the full lore, unlocked 🔥 iykyk

and that's the whole page, bestie — that was nvidia-container-cli 1.19.1, dated June 2026, served fresh out of the NVIDIA-CONTAINER-CLI(1) user commands section. 💖✨🦋

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