Exposing GPU to containers

RancherOS
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Hello,

I’m using RancherOS to run an app (Plex) on an Intel Gen7 i3 NUC. The application supports hardware transcoding, but I cannot seem to get it working. As my Linux knowledge isn’t very deep, I was hoping someone could point me to the right direction.

There are some guides on how people get it working inside a Docker container, e.g. https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/254541/plex-version-1-4-x-hardware-hw-transcoding-working-in-docker-on-i7-4790k, but the guides involves exposing /dev/dri devices to the container. Anyhow, there does not seem to be any devices under /dev/dri on my RancherOS installation.

I’m I missing something? Should some additional kernel modules be loaded?

Thank you.

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I am also facing the same problem, since it has been a few months, I believe there is no solution=(

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have you tried to add the kernel-extra service?

http://rancher.com/docs/os/v1.1/en/configuration/kernel-modules-kernel-headers/

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I am new to RancherOS as well as containers, if you are able to get the transcoding to work, please share your recipe. Thanks!

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Hi,

I’m not using transcoding, but i do use hardware accel. You could try to enable the switch --privileged

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Did you ever find a solution to this? I’m running into the same exact issue.