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The Chainguard dcgm-exporter-fips image is designed to be a drop-in replacement for the upstream NVIDIA/dcgm-exporter image, with an important difference:
The upstream image contains an entrypoint script which adds cap_sys_admin=+ep to the dcgm-exporter binary at runtime when --cap-add SYS_ADMIN is passed to the container. This Entrypoint script needs packages like bash and libcap-utils which increases the attack surface area of the image. The Chainguard image excludes these extra packages as well as the entrypoint script while ensuring no changes in the Image behaviour.
This image contains 2 different tags:
| Tag Version | Description | Privileges Required | DCP Metrics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Runs with privileged | Requires | ✅ Enabled |
| Runs without privileged capabilities in | Does not require | ❌ Disabled |
SYS_ADMIN privileges comes from DCGM, while the dcgm-exporter binary is simply a client. The specific use cases for how and where DCGM (nv-hostengine) and dcgm-exporter (binary) run and communicate can vary. It is required for following cases:
DCP metrics or DCGM Profiling metrics require root privileges unless configured otherwise in the kernel parameters.DCGM-Exporter is a tool based on the Go APIs to NVIDIA DCGM that allows users to gather GPU metrics and understand workload behavior or monitor GPUs in clusters. DCGM Exporter is written in Go and exposes GPU metrics at an HTTP endpoint (/metrics) for monitoring solutions such as Prometheus.
To test the functionality of NVIDIA DCGM Exporter Image, it requires an environment with connected GPUs. If you have connected GPUs, here's one way to use this image:
Install Docker Engine and configure it with your credentials to pull image
Run the image:
Step 1: Add and Update Helm Repository Add the NVIDIA DCGM Exporter repository and update it to ensure you have access to the latest charts.
Step 2: Install NVIDIA DCGM Exporter
Install NVIDIA DCGM Exporter using Helm with the specified version, namespace, and optional configuration settings.
Step 3: Verify Installation
For more information and setting it up with prometheus stack, refer to the official documentation:
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Apache-2.0
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GCC-exception-3.1
GPL-3.0-or-later
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Software license agreementA FIPS validated version of this image is available for FedRAMP compliance. STIG is included with FIPS image.