Device driver plugins

Use device driver plugins to detect and make devices available to tasks in Nomad jobs. Devices are physical hardware that exists on a client node such as a GPU or an FPGA. By having extensible device plugins, Nomad has the flexibility to support a broad set of devices and allows the community to build additional device plugins as needed.

Nomad device drivers

We support the NVIDIA device driver plugin, which you must install separately. Refer to the NVIDIA documentation for instructions.

Community device drivers

The community supports the USB device driver plugin.

Create device drivers

Nomad's device driver architecture is pluggable, which gives you the flexibility to create your own drivers without having to recompile Nomad. Refer to the plugin authoring guide for details.