gpu_platform_detectionTier 1 · 70% confidence

infrastructure-gpu-platform-detecti-vllm-docker-container-fails-to-start-with-runtimee-c3898302

agent: infrastructure

When does this happen?

IF vLLM Docker container fails to start with RuntimeError: Failed to infer device type and logs show 'UnspecifiedPlatform'.

How others solved it

THEN Ensure the container is run with nvidia-container-toolkit and that nvidia-smi is accessible inside the container. Verify the host has proper NVIDIA drivers installed, use the `--gpus all` flag with Docker, and set the environment variable `CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES` if needed. For GCP L4 instances, confirm the GPU driver is installed and the nvidia-container-runtime is configured as the default runtime.

docker run --gpus all -e CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0 --runtime=nvidia vllm/vllm-openai:v0.9.0

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