FastAPI-DLS

Minimal Delegated License Service (DLS).

This service can be used without internet connection. Only the clients need a connection to this service on configured port.

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ToDo's

• migrate from fastapi to flask
• Support http mode for using external https proxy (disable uvicorn ssl for using behind proxy)

Endpoints

GET /

HTML rendered README.md.

GET /status

Status endpoint, used for healthcheck. Shows also current version and commit hash.

GET /docs

OpenAPI specifications rendered from GET /openapi.json.

GET /-/origins

List registered origins.

GET /-/leases

List current leases.

GET /client-token

Generate client token, (see installation).

Others

There are some more internal api endpoints for handling authentication and lease process.

Setup (Service)

Docker

Docker-Images are available here:

• Docker-Hub: collinwebdesigns/fastapi-dls:latest
• GitLab-Registry: registry.git.collinwebdesigns.de/oscar.krause/fastapi-dls/main:latest

Run this on the Docker-Host

WORKING_DIR=/opt/docker/fastapi-dls/cert
mkdir -p $WORKING_DIR
cd $WORKING_DIR
# create instance private and public key for singing JWT's
openssl genrsa -out $WORKING_DIR/instance.private.pem 2048 
openssl rsa -in $WORKING_DIR/instance.private.pem -outform PEM -pubout -out $WORKING_DIR/instance.public.pem
# create ssl certificate for integrated webserver (uvicorn) - because clients rely on ssl
openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 3650 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout  $WORKING_DIR/webserver.key -out $WORKING_DIR/webserver.crt

Start container

docker volume create dls-db
docker run -e DLS_URL=`hostname -i` -e DLS_PORT=443 -p 443:443 -v $WORKING_DIR:/app/cert -v dls-db:/app/database collinwebdesigns/fastapi-dls:latest

Docker-Compose / Deploy stack

version: '3.9'

x-dls-variables: &dls-variables
  DLS_URL: localhost # REQUIRED
  DLS_PORT: 443
  LEASE_EXPIRE_DAYS: 90
  DATABASE: sqlite:////app/database/db.sqlite

services:
  dls:
    image: collinwebdesigns/fastapi-dls:latest
    restart: always
    environment:
      <<: *dls-variables
    ports:
      - "443:443"
    volumes:
      - /opt/docker/fastapi-dls/cert:/app/cert
      - dls-db:/app/database

volumes:
  dls-db:

Debian/Ubuntu (manual method using git clone)

Tested on Debian 11 (bullseye), Ubuntu may also work.

Install requirements

apt-get update && apt-get install git python3-venv python3-pip

Install FastAPI-DLS

WORKING_DIR=/opt/fastapi-dls
mkdir -p $WORKING_DIR
cd $WORKING_DIR
git clone https://git.collinwebdesigns.de/oscar.krause/fastapi-dls .
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
deactivate
chown -R www-data:www-data $WORKING_DIR

Create keypair and webserver certificate

WORKING_DIR=/opt/fastapi-dls/app/cert
mkdir $WORKING_DIR
cd $WORKING_DIR
# create instance private and public key for singing JWT's
openssl genrsa -out $WORKING_DIR/instance.private.pem 2048 
openssl rsa -in $WORKING_DIR/instance.private.pem -outform PEM -pubout -out $WORKING_DIR/instance.public.pem
# create ssl certificate for integrated webserver (uvicorn) - because clients rely on ssl
openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 3650 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout  $WORKING_DIR/webserver.key -out $WORKING_DIR/webserver.crt
chown -R www-data:www-data $WORKING_DIR

Test Service

This is only to test whether the service starts successfully.

cd /opt/fastapi-dls/app
su - www-data -c "/opt/fastapi-dls/venv/bin/uvicorn main:app --app-dir=/opt/fastapi-dls/app"

Create config file

cat <<EOF >/etc/fastapi-dls/env
DLS_URL=127.0.0.1
DLS_PORT=443
LEASE_EXPIRE_DAYS=90
DATABASE=sqlite:////opt/fastapi-dls/app/db.sqlite

EOF

Create service

cat <<EOF >/etc/systemd/system/fastapi-dls.service
[Unit]
Description=Service for fastapi-dls
After=network.target

[Service]
User=www-data
Group=www-data
AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE
WorkingDirectory=/opt/fastapi-dls/app
EnvironmentFile=/etc/fastapi-dls/env
ExecStart=/opt/fastapi-dls/venv/bin/uvicorn main:app \\
  --env-file /etc/fastapi-dls/env \\
  --host \$DLS_URL --port \$DLS_PORT \\
  --app-dir /opt/fastapi-dls/app \\
  --ssl-keyfile /opt/fastapi-dls/app/cert/webserver.key \\
  --ssl-certfile /opt/fastapi-dls/app/cert/webserver.crt \\
  --proxy-headers
Restart=always
KillSignal=SIGQUIT
Type=simple
NotifyAccess=all

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

EOF

Now you have to run systemctl daemon-reload. After that you can start service with systemctl start fastapi-dls.service and enable autostart with systemctl enable fastapi-dls.service.

Debian/Ubuntu (using dpkg)

Packages are available here:

• GitLab-Registry

Successful tested with:

• Debian 12 (Bookworm)
• Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Run this on your server instance

First go to GitLab-Registry and select your version. Then you have to copy the download link of the fastapi-dls_X.Y.Z_amd64.deb asset.

apt-get update
FILENAME=/opt/fastapi-dls.deb
wget -O $FILENAME <download-url>
dpkg -i $FILENAME
apt-get install -f --fix-missing

Start with systemctl start fastapi-dls.service and enable autostart with systemctl enable fastapi-dls.service.

Let's Encrypt Certificate

If you're using installation via docker, you can use traefik. Please refer to their documentation.

Note that port 80 must be accessible, and you have to install socat if you're using standalone mode.

acme.sh --issue -d example.com \
  --cert-file /etc/fastapi-dls/webserver.donotuse.crt \
  --key-file /etc/fastapi-dls/webserver.key \
  --fullchain-file /etc/fastapi-dls/webserver.crt \
  --reloadcmd "systemctl restart fastapi-dls.service"

After first success you have to replace --issue with --renew.

Configuration

Variable	Default	Usage
DEBUG	false	Toggles fastapi debug mode
DLS_URL	localhost	Used in client-token to tell guest driver where dls instance is reachable
DLS_PORT	443	Used in client-token to tell guest driver where dls instance is reachable
LEASE_EXPIRE_DAYS	90	Lease time in days
DATABASE	sqlite:///db.sqlite	See official dataset docs
CORS_ORIGINS	https://{DLS_URL}	Sets Access-Control-Allow-Origin header (comma separated string)
SITE_KEY_XID	00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000	Site identification uuid
INSTANCE_REF	00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000	Instance identification uuid
INSTANCE_KEY_RSA	<app-dir>/cert/instance.private.pem	Site-wide private RSA key for singing JWTs
INSTANCE_KEY_PUB	<app-dir>/cert/instance.public.pem	Site-wide public key

Setup (Client)

The token file has to be copied! It's not enough to C&P file contents, because there can be special characters.

Successfully tested with this package versions:

• 14.3 (Linux-Host: 510.108.03, Linux-Guest: 510.108.03, Windows-Guest: 513.91)
• 14.4 (Linux-Host: 510.108.03, Linux-Guest: 510.108.03, Windows-Guest: 514.08)
• 15.0 (Linux-Host: 525.60.12, Linux-Guest: 525.60.13, Windows-Guest: 527.41)

Linux

curl --insecure -X GET https://<dls-hostname-or-ip>/client-token -o /etc/nvidia/ClientConfigToken/client_configuration_token.tok
service nvidia-gridd restart
nvidia-smi -q | grep "License"

Windows

Download file and place it into C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\vGPU Licensing\ClientConfigToken. Now restart NvContainerLocalSystem service.

Troubleshoot

Linux

Logs are available with journalctl -u nvidia-gridd -f.

Windows

Logs are available in C:\Users\Public\Documents\Nvidia\LoggingLog.NVDisplay.Container.exe.log.

Known Issues

Linux

Currently, there are no known issues.

Windows

Required cipher on Windows Guests (e.g. managed by domain controller with GPO)

It is required to enable SHA1 (TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA_P521) in windows cipher suite.

Multiple Display Container LS Instances

On Windows on some machines there are running two or more instances of NVIDIA Display Container LS. This causes a problem on licensing flow. As you can see in the logs below, there are two lines with NLS initialized, each prefixed with <1> and <2>. So it is possible, that daemon 1 fetches a valid license through dls-service, and daemon 2 only gets a valid local license.

Log

Display-Container-LS

Tue Dec 20 17:25:11 2022:<1>:NLS initialized
Tue Dec 20 17:25:12 2022:<2>:NLS initialized
Tue Dec 20 17:25:16 2022:<1>:Valid GRID license not found. GPU features and performance will be restricted. To enable full functionality please configure licensing details.
Tue Dec 20 17:25:17 2022:<1>:License acquired successfully. (Info: 192.168.178.110, NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation; Expiry: 2022-12-21 16:25:16 GMT)
Tue Dec 20 17:25:17 2022:<2>:Valid GRID license not found. GPU features and performance will be restricted. To enable full functionality please configure licensing details.
Tue Dec 20 17:25:38 2022:<2>:License acquired successfully from local trusted store. (Info: 192.168.178.110, NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation; Expiry: 2022-12-21 16:25:16 GMT)

fastapi-dls

> [  origin  ]: 41720000-FA43-4000-9472-0000E8660000: {'candidate_origin_ref': '41720000-FA43-4000-9472-0000E8660000', 'environment': {'fingerprint': {'mac_address_list': ['5E:F0:79:E6:DE:E1']}, 'hostname': 'PC-Windows', 'ip_address_list': ['2003:a:142e:c800::1cc', 'fdfe:7fcd:e30f:40f5:ad5c:e67b:49a6:cfb3', 'fdfe:7fcd:e30f:40f5:6409:db1c:442b:f90b', 'fe80::a32e:f736:8988:fe45', '192.168.178.110'], 'guest_driver_version': '527.41', 'os_platform': 'Windows 10 Pro', 'os_version': '10.0.19045', 'host_driver_version': '525.60.12', 'gpu_id_list': ['1E3010DE-133210DE'], 'client_platform_id': '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000113', 'hv_platform': 'Unknown', 'cpu_sockets': 1, 'physical_cores': 8}, 'registration_pending': False, 'update_pending': False}
> [  origin  ]: 41720000-FA43-4000-9472-0000E8660000: {'candidate_origin_ref': '41720000-FA43-4000-9472-0000E8660000', 'environment': {'fingerprint': {'mac_address_list': ['5E:F0:79:E6:DE:E1']}, 'hostname': 'PC-Windows', 'ip_address_list': ['2003:a:142e:c800::1cc', 'fdfe:7fcd:e30f:40f5:ad5c:e67b:49a6:cfb3', 'fdfe:7fcd:e30f:40f5:6409:db1c:442b:f90b', 'fe80::a32e:f736:8988:fe45', '192.168.178.110'], 'guest_driver_version': '527.41', 'os_platform': 'Windows 10 Pro', 'os_version': '10.0.19045', 'host_driver_version': '525.60.12', 'gpu_id_list': ['1E3010DE-133210DE'], 'client_platform_id': '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000113', 'hv_platform': 'Unknown', 'cpu_sockets': 1, 'physical_cores': 8}, 'registration_pending': False, 'update_pending': False}
> [   code   ]: 41720000-FA43-4000-9472-0000E8660000: {'code_challenge': 'bTwcOn17SD5mtwmFdKDgufnceGXeGYcnFfMHqmjtReo', 'origin_ref': '41720000-FA43-4000-9472-0000E8660000'}
> [   code   ]: 41720000-FA43-4000-9472-0000E8660000: {'code_challenge': 'FCVDfgKmgr+lyvSpOxr4fZnDZv8VrNtNEAZPUuLAr7A', 'origin_ref': '41720000-FA43-4000-9472-0000E8660000'}
> [   auth   ]: 41720000-FA43-4000-9472-0000E8660000 (bTwcOn17SD5mtwmFdKDgufnceGXeGYcnFfMHqmjtReo): {'auth_code': 'eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6IjAwMDAwMDAwLTAwMDAtMDAwMC0wMDAwLTAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMCIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpYXQiOjE2NzE1NTcwMzMsImV4cCI6MTY3MTU1NzkzMywiY2hhbGxlbmdlIjoiYlR3Y09uMTdTRDVtdHdtRmRLRGd1Zm5jZUdYZUdZY25GZk1IcW1qdFJlbyIsIm9yaWdpbl9yZWYiOiJiVHdjT24xN1NENW10d21GZEtEZ3VmbmNlR1hlR1ljbkZmTUhxbWp0UmVvIiwia2V5X3JlZiI6IjAwMDAwMDAwLTAwMDAtMDAwMC0wMDAwLTAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMCIsImtpZCI6IjAwMDAwMDAwLTAwMDAtMDAwMC0wMDAwLTAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMCJ9.m5M4h9HRYWkItHEdYGApJVM7TgBH0qyDXCxPkaG2-Km5SviRMk0_3er5Myjq3rYGlr88JBviA07Pc3cr7fV-tDAXaSGalxLNfFtVRcnzqbtgnkodep1PHRUXYkiQgfaJ36m02zZucu4qMyYfQTpZ_-x67eycFKyN9T9cRJ4PYFe5W_6_zjzz6D0qeLACDhXt4ns980URttKfn2vACE8gPP5-EC-7lSY1g1mAWJKB_X9OlYRFE2mkCxnde6z5I2qmCXE_awimkigjo5LYvDcjCz60QDsOD2Ojgz4Y9xgjPbKnup4c2orKTWLUfT8_o4toKbaSfuLzPtD-41b3E8NqHQ', 'code_verifier': 'NCkAAB0+AACEHAAAIAAAAEoWAACAGAAArGwAAOkkAABfTgAAK0oAADFiAAANXAAAHzwAAKg4AAC/GwAAkxsAAEJHAABiDwAAaC8AAFMYAAAOLAAAFUkAAEheAAALOwAAHmwAAIJtAABpKwAArmsAAGM8AABnVwAA5FkAAP8mAAA'}
> [   auth   ]: 41720000-FA43-4000-9472-0000E8660000 (FCVDfgKmgr+lyvSpOxr4fZnDZv8VrNtNEAZPUuLAr7A): {'auth_code': 'eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6IjAwMDAwMDAwLTAwMDAtMDAwMC0wMDAwLTAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMCIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpYXQiOjE2NzE1NTcwMzQsImV4cCI6MTY3MTU1NzkzNCwiY2hhbGxlbmdlIjoiRkNWRGZnS21ncitseXZTcE94cjRmWm5EWnY4VnJOdE5FQVpQVXVMQXI3QSIsIm9yaWdpbl9yZWYiOiJGQ1ZEZmdLbWdyK2x5dlNwT3hyNGZabkRadjhWck50TkVBWlBVdUxBcjdBIiwia2V5X3JlZiI6IjAwMDAwMDAwLTAwMDAtMDAwMC0wMDAwLTAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMCIsImtpZCI6IjAwMDAwMDAwLTAwMDAtMDAwMC0wMDAwLTAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMCJ9.it_UKCHLLd25g19zqryZ6_ePrkHljXJ3uX-hNdu-pcmnYD9ODOVl2u5bRxOrP6S2EUO4WLZIuvLOhbFBUHfZfXFRmmCv4NDJoZx36Qn6zszePK9Bngej40Qf8Wu3JGXMVrwfC6WNW6WFeUT-s9jos5e1glFk_E3ZhOYQjXljWOcfcNvZ-PVJFBi5OzyQqLuL43GQH_PSF66N2gq0OyKgxTvg2q6SzGD3YAxsbjy2mD0YOUv8pW8Dr_9L4hmnNHg2DdM_lCwmy4qIBaDkAQDq8VCw1-4RcXROiLlYwhvHRalsXnmREPXaOUiUrr8rrCX8jgc7Fcd1uhY5jnouWbwEAg', 'code_verifier': 'tFAAAKQSAAAqOQAAhykAANJxAAA9PQAAyFwAALNsAAB/VQAA4GQAAB5fAAA2JgAApWIAAKMeAAB3YwAAggQAAPsEAAAuAgAAblIAABR/AAAfAgAAenoAAKZ3AABUTQAA5CQAANkTAAC8JwAAvUQAAO0yAAA3awAAegIAAD1iAAA'}
> [  leases  ]: 41720000-FA43-4000-9472-0000E8660000 (bTwcOn17SD5mtwmFdKDgufnceGXeGYcnFfMHqmjtReo): found 0 active leases
> [  leases  ]: 41720000-FA43-4000-9472-0000E8660000 (FCVDfgKmgr+lyvSpOxr4fZnDZv8VrNtNEAZPUuLAr7A): found 0 active leases
> [  create  ]: 41720000-FA43-4000-9472-0000E8660000 (bTwcOn17SD5mtwmFdKDgufnceGXeGYcnFfMHqmjtReo): create leases for scope_ref_list ['1e9335d0-049d-48b2-b719-e551c859f9f9']

in comparison to linux

nvidia-grid.service

Dec 20 17:53:32 ubuntu-grid-server nvidia-gridd[10354]: vGPU Software package (0)
Dec 20 17:53:32 ubuntu-grid-server nvidia-gridd[10354]: Ignore service provider and node-locked licensing
Dec 20 17:53:32 ubuntu-grid-server nvidia-gridd[10354]: NLS initialized
Dec 20 17:53:32 ubuntu-grid-server nvidia-gridd[10354]: Acquiring license. (Info: 192.168.178.110; NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation)
Dec 20 17:53:34 ubuntu-grid-server nvidia-gridd[10354]: License acquired successfully. (Info: 192.168.178.110, NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation; Expiry: 2022-12-21 16:53:33 GMT)

fastapi-dls

> [  origin  ]: B210CF72-FEC7-4440-9499-1156D1ACD13A: {'candidate_origin_ref': 'B210CF72-FEC7-4440-9499-1156D1ACD13A', 'environment': {'fingerprint': {'mac_address_list': ['d6:30:d8:de:46:a7']}, 'hostname': 'ubuntu-grid-server', 'ip_address_list': ['192.168.178.114', 'fdfe:7fcd:e30f:40f5:d430:d8ff:fede:46a7', '2003:a:142e:c800::642', 'fe80::d430:d8ff:fede:46a7%ens18'], 'guest_driver_version': '525.60.13', 'os_platform': 'Ubuntu 20.04', 'os_version': '20.04.5 LTS (Focal Fossa)', 'host_driver_version': '525.60.12', 'gpu_id_list': ['1E3010DE-133210DE'], 'client_platform_id': '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000105', 'hv_platform': 'LINUX_KVM', 'cpu_sockets': 1, 'physical_cores': 16}, 'registration_pending': False, 'update_pending': False}
> [   code   ]: B210CF72-FEC7-4440-9499-1156D1ACD13A: {'code_challenge': 'hYSKI4kpZcWqPatM5Sc9RSCuzMeyz2piTmrRQKnnHro', 'origin_ref': 'B210CF72-FEC7-4440-9499-1156D1ACD13A'}
> [   auth   ]: B210CF72-FEC7-4440-9499-1156D1ACD13A (hYSKI4kpZcWqPatM5Sc9RSCuzMeyz2piTmrRQKnnHro): {'auth_code': 'eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6IjAwMDAwMDAwLTAwMDAtMDAwMC0wMDAwLTAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMCIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpYXQiOjE2NzE1NTUyMTIsImV4cCI6MTY3MTU1NjExMiwiY2hhbGxlbmdlIjoiaFlTS0k0a3BaY1dxUGF0TTVTYzlSU0N1ek1leXoycGlUbXJSUUtubkhybyIsIm9yaWdpbl9yZWYiOiJoWVNLSTRrcFpjV3FQYXRNNVNjOVJTQ3V6TWV5ejJwaVRtclJRS25uSHJvIiwia2V5X3JlZiI6IjAwMDAwMDAwLTAwMDAtMDAwMC0wMDAwLTAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMCIsImtpZCI6IjAwMDAwMDAwLTAwMDAtMDAwMC0wMDAwLTAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMCJ9.G5GvGEBNMUga25EeaJeAbDk9yZuLBLyj5e0OzVfIjS70UOvDb-SvLSEhBv9vZ_rxjTtaWGQGK0iK8VnLce8KfqsxZzael6B5WqfwyQiok3WWIaQarrZZXKihWhgF49zYAIZx_0js1iSjoF9-vNSj8zan7j-miOCOssfPzGgfJqvWNnhR6_2YkCQgJssHMjGT1QxaJBZDVOuvY0ND7r6jxlS_Xze1nWtau1mtC6bu2hM8cxbYUtM-XOC8welCZ8ZOCKkutmVix0weV3TVNfR5vuBUz1QS6B9YC8R-eVVBhN2hl4j7kGZLmZ4TpyLViYEUVZsqGBayVIPeN2BhtqTO9g', 'code_verifier': 'IDiWUb62sjsNYuU/YtZ5YJdvvxE70gR9vEPOQo9+lh/DjMt1c6egVQRyXB0FAaASNB4/ME8YQjGQ1xUOS7ZwI4tjHDBbUXFBvt2DVu8jOlkDmZsNeI2IfQx5HRkz1nRIUlpqUC/m01gAQRYAuR6dbUyrkW8bq9B9cOLSbWzjJ0E'}
> [  leases  ]: B210CF72-FEC7-4440-9499-1156D1ACD13A (hYSKI4kpZcWqPatM5Sc9RSCuzMeyz2piTmrRQKnnHro): found 0 active leases
> [  create  ]: B210CF72-FEC7-4440-9499-1156D1ACD13A (hYSKI4kpZcWqPatM5Sc9RSCuzMeyz2piTmrRQKnnHro): create leases for scope_ref_list ['f27e8e79-a662-4e35-a728-7ea14341f0cb']