Title: Discussion 5 — Why the Daemon, Not the Container?
Course: AIINFRA 101: Applied Infrastructure & Containerization > Section: Week 05 — GPU Containers: the NVIDIA Container Toolkit

💬 Discussion 5 — Why the Daemon, Not the Container? (20 pts)

This week you learned that the NVIDIA Container Toolkit configures the Docker daemon to grant GPU access, rather than being installed inside each individual container image. Prompt: Why does the NVIDIA Container Toolkit sit between the Docker daemon and the GPU driver rather than being installed inside each container? Think about portability, driver/kernel coupling, and what would break if every image had to carry its own copy of the driver. Use at least one concrete example from this week's lecture or lab to support your answer. Post your initial response, then respond to at least two classmates — look for a post that reached a different angle (e.g., focused on portability instead of driver versioning) and add to or respectfully challenge their reasoning.