MXNet usage on non-AWS cloud providers

[srochel]

Currently there is no information how to use MXNet on non-AWS cloud providers.
Please add the information how to use Nvidia containers with MXNet.

As requested, we distribute our Nvidia MXNet container, updated each month, that runs on our customized virtual images for multiple CSPs in addition to AWS:

GCP - VM: https://console.cloud.google.com/marketplace/details/nvidia-ngc-public/nvidia_gpu_cloud_image

Azure - VM: https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/apps/nvidia.ngc_azure_17_11?tab=Overview

Alibaba – VM: https://docs.nvidia.com/ngc/ngc-alibaba-setup-guide/launching-nv-cloud-vm-console.html#launching-nv-cloud-vm-console
Oracle – VM: https://docs.cloud.oracle.com/iaas/Content/Compute/References/ngcimage.htm

All of these use our Nvidia MXNet docker container: https://ngc.nvidia.com/catalog/containers/nvidia%2Fmxnet

[srochel]

@mxnet-label-bot add ['documentation', 'website']

[srochel]

@mxnet-label-bot add ['doc']

[harshp8l]

@mxnet-label-bot add [doc]

[safrooze]

@aaronmarkham Have you looked at this issue to see where it would fit on the website?

[aaronmarkham]

Assuming we had the content, I think it link from the Ecosystem page... create a new section there.

[srochel]

Hi Aaron - I provide information about the NV VM's in the links. What additional content are you looking for? We can ping our friends from NV for more details. Let me know.

[aaronmarkham]

I was thinking along the lines of guides for each of these. I'm not positive that, for example, a user can go to the Azure link and get MXNet running without some kind of help. Will building from source work without issues or will the user need some special build instructions?

[ptrendx]

The way NVIDIA containers work is as follows:

• https://ngc.nvidia.com container repository gives access to all containers provided by NVIDIA, including MXNet
• when working on the particular Cloud Provider, user would go the one of the links that @srochel posted to get the appropriate VM for that cloud (those pages also contain link to documentation how to run those VMs). VM for AWS is available as well (https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B076K31M1S)
• that VM has all the dependencies installed to use containers from NGC, so to start using MXNet user would need to do the steps shown in the description of the MXNet container: https://ngc.nvidia.com/catalog/containers/nvidia:mxnet
• User does not need to build MXNet from source (although the source code is available in the container, so user could rebuild if they wanted), it is already installed in the container

Does it answer your questions @aaronmarkham ?