# Spot Instance ships without Cuda
**URL:** https://forum.verda.com/t/spot-instance-ships-without-cuda/41
**Category:** Bug Reports
**Created:** [September 5, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.verda.com/t/spot-instance-ships-without-cuda/41 "2025-09-05T13:40:20Z")
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### Author:  [@TensorTyrant119](https://forum.verda.com/u/TensorTyrant119)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.verda.com/t/spot-instance-ships-without-cuda/41/1 "2025-09-05T13:40:20Z")
Hi, i am trying to create rtx A6000 spot instance in FIN-01. The resulting instance ships without cuda installation even if i choose “Ubuntu 24.04 + CUDA 12.6 + Docker” when creating the instance. I have tried it 3 times and it still showed the same result. Can anyone help with this?
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### Author:  [@TeamVerda](https://forum.verda.com/u/TeamVerda)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.verda.com/t/spot-instance-ships-without-cuda/41/2 "2025-09-05T18:43:56Z")
Hi,
It looks that the cuda is actually installed but the default image doesn’t have the required kernel module. We are looking deeper into this.
In the meantime you can manually install the kernel with these commands:
```auto
sudo apt update
```
```auto
sudo apt install nvidia-driver-550
```
```auto
sudo reboot
```
Reboot will disconnect your SSH connection and once the instance has rebooted, you will have a working setup. Both **nvidia-smi** and **nvcc --version** commands should return valid values. If they do not, let us know and we’ll recheck!