[Blog] Supporting GPU provisioning and orchestration on Nebius

Author: peterschmidt85

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+title: Supporting GPU provisioning and orchestration on Nebius
+date: 2025-04-11
+description: "TBA"  
+slug: nebius.md
+image: https://github.com/dstackai/static-assets/blob/main/static-assets/images/dstack-nebius-v2.png?raw=true
+categories:
+  - Cloud fleets
+  - NVIDIA
+---
+
+# Supporting GPU provisioning and orchestration on Nebius
+
+As demand for GPU compute continues to scale, open-source tools tailored for AI workloads are becoming critical to
+developer velocity and efficiency.
+`dstack` is an open-source orchestrator purpose-built for AI infrastructure—offering a lightweight, container-native
+alternative to Kubernetes and Slurm.
+
+<img src="https://github.com/dstackai/static-assets/blob/main/static-assets/images/dstack-nebius-v2.png?raw=true" width="630"/>
+
+Today, we’re announcing native integration with [Nebius :material-arrow-top-right-thin:{ .external }](https://nebius.com/){:target="_blank"},
+offering a streamlined developer experience for teams using GPUs for AI workloads.
+<!-- more -->
+
+## About Nebius
+
+Nebius provides cloud GPUs,
+offering high-performance clusters at competitive prices. This pricing is achieved through custom-designed hardware,
+partnerships with Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs), and infrastructure team expertise.
+
+Nebius offers various NVIDIA GPUs, including the L40S, H100, H200, GB200, NVL72, and B200 models, available on-demand
+and through reserved instances. Their data centers are located across Europe, with planned expansions into the US.
+
+## Why dstack
+
+Kubernetes offers flexibility, but its complexity is often unnecessary—especially for use cases like interactive
+development or multi-stage training.
+Slurm is excellent for batch scheduling but lacks native support for dev environments, real-time inference, and
+multi-user orchestration.
+
+`dstack` fills the gap: a developer-friendly platform with native GPU support across dev environments, tasks, and
+long-running services—without the operational overhead.
+
+## Getting started
+
+To use `dstack` with Nebius, configure your `nebius` backend:
+
+1. Log in to your [Nebius AI Cloud :material-arrow-top-right-thin:{ .external }](https://console.eu.nebius.com/){:target="_blank"} account.  
+2. Navigate to `Access`, and select  `Service Accounts`.  
+3. Create a new service account, assign it to the `editors` group, and upload an authorized key.
+
+Then, configure the backend via `~/.dstack/server/config.yml`:
+
+<div editor-title="~/.dstack/server/config.yml">
+
+```yaml
+projects:
+  - name: main
+    backends:
+      - type: nebius
+        creds:
+      	  type: service_account
+          service_account_id: serviceaccount-e002dwnbz81sbvg2bs
+          public_key_id: publickey-e00fciu5rkoteyzo69
+          private_key_file: ~/path/to/key.pem
+```
+
+</div>
+
+Now, proceed with installing and starting the `dstack` server:
+
+<div class="termy">
+
+```shell
+$ pip install "dstack[nebius]"
+$ dstack server
+```
+
+</div>
+
+For more details, refer to [Installation](../../docs/installation/index.md).
+
+Use the `dstack` CLI to
+manage [dev environments](../../docs/concepts/dev-environments.md), [tasks](../../docs/concepts/tasks.md),
+and [services](../../docs/concepts/services.md).
+
+<div class="termy">
+
+```shell
+$ dstack apply -f .dstack.yml
+
+ #  BACKEND  REGION     RESOURCES                        SPOT  PRICE
+ 1  nebius   eu-north1  8xCPU, 32GB, 1xL40S (48GB)       no    $1.5484
+ 2  nebius   eu-north1  16xCPU, 200GB, 1xH100 (80GB)     no    $2.95
+ 3  nebius   eu-north1  16xCPU, 200GB, 1xH200 (141GB)    no    $3.5
+    ...
+ Shown 3 of 7 offers, $28 max
+ 
+ Override the run? [y/n]:
+```
+
+</div>
+
+The new `nebius` backend supports CPU and GPU instances, [fleets](../../docs/concepts/fleets.md), 
+[distributed tasks](../../docs/concepts/tasks.md#distributed-tasks), and more. 
+ 
+> Support for [network volumes](../../docs/concepts/volumes.md#network-volumes) and accelerated cluster 
+interconnects is coming soon.
+
+!!! info "What's next?"
+    1. Check [Quickstart](../../docs/quickstart.md)
+    2. Sign up with [Nebius AI Cloud :material-arrow-top-right-thin:{ .external }](https://console.eu.nebius.com/){:target="_blank"}
+    3. Read about [dev environments](../../docs/concepts/dev-environments.md), 
+        [tasks](../../docs/concepts/tasks.md), [services](../../docs/concepts/services.md), 
+        and [fleets](../../docs/concepts/fleets.md)
+    4. Join [Discord :material-arrow-top-right-thin:{ .external }](https://discord.gg/u8SmfwPpMd){:target="_blank"}