Manual Installation

Prerequites:

Install python3.10 or above with pip.

Install GPUStack CLI

Run the following to install GPUStack:

# You can add extra dependencies, options are "vllm", "audio" and "all".
# e.g., gpustack[all]
pip install gpustack

To verify, run:

gpustack version

Run GPUStack

Run the following command to start the GPUStack server:

gpustack start

By default, GPUStack uses /var/lib/gpustack as the data directory so you need sudo or proper permission for that. You can also set a custom data directory by running:

gpustack start --data-dir mypath

Run GPUStack as a System Service

A recommended way is to run GPUStack as a startup service. For example, using systemd:

Create a service file in /etc/systemd/system/gpustack.service:

[Unit]
Description=GPUStack Service
Wants=network-online.target
After=network-online.target

[Service]
EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/%N
ExecStart=gpustack start
Restart=always
RestartSec=3
StandardOutput=append:/var/log/gpustack.log
StandardError=append:/var/log/gpustack.log

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Then start GPUStack:

systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable gpustack