How to run Unity standalone on Amazon AWS Cloud

recipe_for_Unity_on_AWS.sh

# Recipe on running Unity (or any OpenGL based application) on Amazon Cloud EC2
# Requirement: Instance with GPU (g2 or p2) and Ubuntu14.04
# Tested on g2.2xlarge with Ubuntu14.04.

# Summary: install NVIDIA driver, configure virtual display, patch configuration, run X server and your application
# Also see: https://askubuntu.com/questions/429596/how-to-choose-the-vga-when-setting-up-the-x-server/534622#534622

# prerequisites
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y gcc make linux-generic

# install X server and OpenGL tools
sudo apt-get install -y xserver-xorg mesa-utils

# disable Nouveau
sudo echo 'blacklist nouveau'  | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
sudo echo 'options nouveau modeset=0'  | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
sudo echo options nouveau modeset=0 | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/nouveau-kms.conf
sudo update-initramfs -u
sudo reboot now

# install NVIDIA drivers
wget http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/340.46/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-340.46.run
sudo /bin/bash ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-340.46.run --accept-license --no-questions --ui=none
sudo reboot now

# configure virtual display device for X server - it should writes into xorg.conf file
sudo nvidia-xconfig -a --use-display-device=None --virtual=1280x1024

# add missing BusID
sudo sed -i 's/    BoardName      "GRID K520"/    BoardName      "GRID K520"\n    BusID          "0:3:0"/g' /etc/X11/xorg.conf

# run X server and Unity standalone application
sudo /usr/bin/X :0 &
DISPLAY=:0 $your_unity_exec