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AWS AWSEC2: Add Debian 13 support to EFA/NCCL setup instructions

Service: AWSEC2 · 2026-09-27 · Documentation low

File: AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/efa-start-nccl.md

Summary

Adds Debian 13 to the supported base AMI list and provides Debian 13-specific commands for installing CUDA/NVIDIA drivers, cuDNN, and NVIDIA Fabric Manager, alongside existing Debian 12 steps.

Security assessment

The diff only extends OS compatibility documentation and package install commands for Debian 13. It does not address any vulnerability, credential handling, or security control.

Evidence

+  * Supported base AMIs: Amazon Linux 2023, Ubuntu 26.04, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Debian 12, Debian 13, and RHEL 10.

Diff

diff --git a/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/efa-start-nccl.md b/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/efa-start-nccl.md
index 366ccc872..abc8f1e08 100644
--- a//AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/efa-start-nccl.md
+++ b//AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/efa-start-nccl.md
@@ -17 +17 @@ The NVIDIA Collective Communications Library (NCCL) is a library of standard col
-  * Supported base AMIs: Amazon Linux 2023, Ubuntu 26.04, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Debian 12 and RHEL 10.
+  * Supported base AMIs: Amazon Linux 2023, Ubuntu 26.04, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Debian 12, Debian 13, and RHEL 10.
@@ -348 +348 @@ The command should return information about the NVIDIA GPUs, NVIDIA GPU drivers,
-Debian 12
+Debian 12 and Debian 13
@@ -363 +363,3 @@ Debian 12
-  4. Add the CUDA repository and install the NVIDIA GPU drivers, NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit, and cuDNN.
+  4. Add the CUDA repository and install the NVIDIA GPU drivers, NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit, and cuDNN:
+
+     * Debian 12
@@ -371,0 +374,8 @@ Debian 12
+     * Debian 13
+        
+                $ wget https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/debian13/x86_64/cuda-keyring_1.1-1_all.deb \
+        && sudo dpkg -i cuda-keyring_1.1-1_all.deb \
+        && sudo apt-get update
+        
+                $ sudo apt-get install -y nvidia-open cuda-toolkit-13-3 libcudnn9-cuda-13 libcudnn9-dev-cuda-13
+
@@ -390 +400,3 @@ In the preceding example, major version `610` of the kernel module was installed
-    2. Install the NVIDIA Fabric Manager using the major version identified in the previous step.
+    2. Install the NVIDIA Fabric Manager:
+
+       * Debian 12: Install the package that matches the major version identified in the previous step.
@@ -394,0 +407,5 @@ In the preceding example, major version `610` of the kernel module was installed
+       * Debian 13: Install the `nvidia-fabricmanager` package.
+            
+                        $ sudo apt-get install -y nvidia-fabricmanager \
+            && sudo systemctl enable nvidia-fabricmanager && sudo systemctl start nvidia-fabricmanager
+
@@ -548 +565 @@ On Ubuntu 22.04, also install the following additional dependencies:
-Debian 12
+Debian 12 and Debian 13