Ubuntu: Use NVIDIA server drivers from Canonical

- Add support for using the NVIDIA headless server packages from the
upstream Canonical repos
- Keep support for using the CUDA repository instead, but make
non-default

defaults/main.yml

@@ -5,13 +5,30 @@ nvidia_driver_skip_reboot: no
 nvidia_driver_module_file: /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf
 nvidia_driver_module_params: ''
 
-# RedHat family
+##############################################################################
+# RedHat family                                                              #
+##############################################################################
 nvidia_driver_rhel_epel_repo_baseurl: "https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/$releasever/$basearch/"
 nvidia_driver_rhel_epel_repo_gpgkey: "https://epel.mirror.constant.com//RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}"
 nvidia_driver_rhel_cuda_repo_baseurl: "https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/{{ _rhel_repo_dir }}/"
 nvidia_driver_rhel_cuda_repo_gpgkey: "https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/{{ _rhel_repo_dir }}/7fa2af80.pub"
 
-# Ubuntu
+
+##############################################################################
+# Ubuntu                                                                     #
+##############################################################################
+
+# Determine if we should install from CUDA repo instead of Canonical repos
+nvidia_driver_ubuntu_install_from_cuda_repo: no
+
+# Installing with Canonical repositories
+nvidia_driver_ubuntu_branch: "450"
+nvidia_driver_ubuntu_packages:
+- "nvidia-headless-{{ nvidia_driver_ubuntu_branch }}-server"
+- "nvidia-utils-{{ nvidia_driver_ubuntu_branch }}-server"
+
+# Installing with CUDA repositories
 nvidia_driver_ubuntu_cuda_repo_gpgkey_url: "https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/{{ _ubuntu_repo_dir }}/7fa2af80.pub"
 nvidia_driver_ubuntu_cuda_repo_gpgkey_id: "7fa2af80"
 nvidia_driver_ubuntu_cuda_repo_baseurl: "http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/{{ _ubuntu_repo_dir }}"
+nvidia_driver_ubuntu_cuda_package: "cuda-drivers"

tasks/install-ubuntu-cuda-repo.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+---
+- name: remove ppa
+  apt_repository:
+    repo: ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
+    state: absent
+
+- name: add pin file
+  copy:
+    src: "cuda-ubuntu.pin"
+    dest: "/etc/apt/preferences.d/cuda-repository-pin-600"
+    owner: "root"
+    group: "root"
+    mode: "0644"
+
+- name: add key
+  apt_key:
+    url: "{{ nvidia_driver_ubuntu_cuda_repo_gpgkey_url }}"
+    id: "{{ nvidia_driver_ubuntu_cuda_repo_gpgkey_id }}"
+  environment: "{{proxy_env if proxy_env is defined else {}}}"
+
+
+- name: add repo
+  apt_repository:
+    repo: "deb {{ nvidia_driver_ubuntu_cuda_repo_baseurl }} /"
+    update_cache: yes
+  environment: "{{proxy_env if proxy_env is defined else {}}}"
+
+- name: install driver packages
+  apt:
+    name: "{{ nvidia_driver_package_version | ternary(nvidia_driver_ubuntu_cuda_package+'='+nvidia_driver_package_version, nvidia_driver_ubuntu_cuda_package) }}"
+    state: "{{ nvidia_driver_package_state }}"
+    autoremove: "{{ nvidia_driver_package_state == 'absent' }}"
+    purge: "{{ nvidia_driver_package_state == 'absent' }}"
+  register: install_driver
+  environment: "{{proxy_env if proxy_env is defined else {}}}"

tasks/install-ubuntu.yml

@@ -4,32 +4,12 @@
     repo: ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
     state: absent
 
-- name: add pin file
-  copy:
-    src: "cuda-ubuntu.pin"
-    dest: "/etc/apt/preferences.d/cuda-repository-pin-600"
-    owner: "root"
-    group: "root"
-    mode: "0644"
-
-- name: add key
-  apt_key:
-    url: "{{ nvidia_driver_ubuntu_cuda_repo_gpgkey_url }}"
-    id: "{{ nvidia_driver_ubuntu_cuda_repo_gpgkey_id }}"
-  environment: "{{proxy_env if proxy_env is defined else {}}}"
-
-
-- name: add repo
-  apt_repository:
-    repo: "deb {{ nvidia_driver_ubuntu_cuda_repo_baseurl }} /"
-    update_cache: yes
-  environment: "{{proxy_env if proxy_env is defined else {}}}"
-
 - name: install driver packages
   apt:
-    name: "{{ nvidia_driver_package_version | ternary('cuda-drivers='+nvidia_driver_package_version, 'cuda-drivers') }}"
+    name: "{{ nvidia_driver_package_version | ternary(item+'='+nvidia_driver_package_version, item) }}"
-    state: "{{ nvidia_driver_package_state }}"
+    state: "{{ nvidia_driver_package_version }}"
     autoremove: "{{ nvidia_driver_package_state == 'absent' }}"
     purge: "{{ nvidia_driver_package_state == 'absent' }}"
+  with_items: "{{ nvidia_driver_ubuntu_packages }}"
   register: install_driver
-  environment: "{{proxy_env if proxy_env is defined else {}}}"
+  envrionment: "{{proxy_env if proxy_env is defined else {}}}"

tasks/main.yml

@@ -5,9 +5,13 @@
     state: absent
   ignore_errors: true
 
-- name: ubuntu install tasks
+- name: ubuntu install tasks (canonical repos)
   include_tasks: install-ubuntu.yml
-  when: ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu'
+  when: ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' and (not nvidia_driver_ubuntu_install_from_cuda_repo)
+
+- name: ubuntu install tasks (CUDA repo)
+  include_tasks: install-ubuntu-cuda-repo.yml
+  when: ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' and nvidia_driver_ubuntu_install_from_cuda_repo
 
 - name: redhat family install tasks
   include_tasks: install-redhat.yml