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+#!/bin/bash
+# setup_nvidia_docker.sh
+# Prepares Ubuntu 24.04 host for GPU-enabled Docker containers with Hashcat
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+echo "[*] Updating system..."
+apt update && apt -y upgrade
+
+echo "[*] Installing prerequisites..."
+apt -y install curl wget gnupg software-properties-common lsb-release
+
+echo "[*] Checking for NVIDIA driver..."
+if ! command -v nvidia-smi &>/dev/null; then
+  echo "[*] Installing NVIDIA driver..."
+  apt -y install nvidia-driver-575 nvidia-utils-575
+else
+  echo "[+] NVIDIA driver already installed."
+  nvidia-smi || true
+fi
+
+echo "[*] Installing Docker..."
+if ! command -v docker &>/dev/null; then
+  curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sh
+  systemctl enable --now docker
+else
+  echo "[+] Docker already installed."
+fi
+
+echo "[*] Installing Docker Buildx plugin..."
+apt -y install docker-buildx-plugin || {
+  echo "[!] docker-buildx-plugin not available via apt, installing manually..."
+  mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins
+  BUILDX_VERSION=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/docker/buildx/releases/latest | grep '"tag_name"' | cut -d'"' -f4)
+  curl -Lo /usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx \
+    "https://github.com/docker/buildx/releases/download/${BUILDX_VERSION}/buildx-${BUILDX_VERSION}.linux-amd64"
+  chmod +x /usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
+}
+
+echo "[*] Installing NVIDIA Container Toolkit..."
+# Remove any corrupted source list from previous runs
+rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nvidia-container-toolkit.list
+rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nvidia-toolkit.list
+rm -f /usr/share/keyrings/nvidia-container-toolkit.gpg
+rm -f /usr/share/keyrings/nvidia-toolkit.gpg
+
+# Install GPG key
+curl -fsSL https://nvidia.github.io/libnvidia-container/gpgkey | \
+  gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/nvidia-toolkit.gpg
+
+# Download the official source list and add signed-by
+curl -fsSL https://nvidia.github.io/libnvidia-container/stable/deb/nvidia-container-toolkit.list | \
+  tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nvidia-toolkit.list
+sed -i -e "s/^deb/deb [signed-by=\/usr\/share\/keyrings\/nvidia-toolkit.gpg]/g" /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nvidia-toolkit.list
+
+apt update
+apt -y install nvidia-container-toolkit
+
+echo "[*] Configuring Docker runtime..."
+nvidia-ctk runtime configure --runtime=docker
+systemctl restart docker
+
+echo
+echo "[+] Setup complete!"
+echo "[+] Host will require a restart before Continuing"
+echo "    Test GPU passthrough with:"
+echo "    docker run --rm --gpus all nvidia/cuda:12.4.1-base-ubuntu22.04 nvidia-smi"
+echo
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