Cloud GPU Prep Tool

This script sets your AWS Cloud GPU instance (Windows Server 2019/2022) with NVIDIA, sound and other drivers, installs tools and bunch of settings to make your life easier.

This tool is based on Parsec Cloud Prep Tool but only for AWS and fixes bugs, and settings.

TO DOs

• Install Steam and Epic
• ViGEmBus Setup 1.22.0 for PS4 controllers

It's provided as is with no warranty, or gurantee if it fails, so use it at your own risk. Cloud billing is your responbility do not rely on this tool.

Instructions:

1. Set up your GPU accelerated cloud Windows Server machine on Amazon AWS.
2. AWS: Log in via RDP and make note of the password (decrypt using keypair file generated at first launch i.e. .pem file) - you'll need it later
3. Open Powershell on the cloud machine.
4. Copy the below code and follow the instructions in the script - you'll see them in RED

START HERE! Copy this code into Powershell (you may need to press enter at the end):

[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = "tls12, tls11, tls" 
$ScriptWebArchive = "https://github.com/hurshd0/Cloud-GPU-Prep-Tool/archive/master.zip"  
$LocalArchivePath = "$ENV:UserProfile\Downloads\Cloud-Preparation-Tool"  
(New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile($ScriptWebArchive, "$LocalArchivePath.zip")  
Expand-Archive "$LocalArchivePath.zip" -DestinationPath $LocalArchivePath -Force  
CD $LocalArchivePath\Cloud-Preparation-Tool-master\ | powershell.exe .\Loader.ps1  

This tool supports:

OS:

Server 2022 Base AMI
Server 2019 Base AMI

CLOUD GPU INSTANCES (FROM HIGH TO LOW COST):

4 core / 16 GB RAM
AWS g5.xlarge              (Ampere A10G)                        $1.19/hr
AWS g4dn.xLarge            (Tesla T4 with vGaming driver)       $0.71/hr
AWS g4ad.xlarge            (AMD Radeon Pro V520)                $0.56/hr

8 core / 32 GB RAM
AWS g5.2xlarge              (Ampere A10G)                       $1.58/hr
AWS g4dn.2xLarge            (Tesla T4 with vGaming driver)      $1.12/hr
AWS g4ad.2xlarge           (AMD Radeon Pro V520)                $0.9/hr

RDP:

Only use RDP to intially setup the instance. Parsec and RDP are not friendly with each other.

Creating AMI:

TBD

Issues:

TBD