# Software Requirements
* Operating Systems
| HEAVY Version | Bare Metal | Hosts / Docker | Information |
| ------------- | -------------------------- | ------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 9.x | Ubuntu 22.04 | Redhat, CentOS, Ubuntu / Ubuntu 22.04 | Ubuntu 22.04 - EOS: June 2027 [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases) |
| 8.x | Ubuntu 22.04 | Redhat, CentOS, Ubuntu / Ubuntu 22.04 | Ubuntu 22.04 - EOS: June 2027 [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases) |
| 7.x | Ubuntu 20.04 | Redhat, CentOS, Ubuntu / Ubuntu 20.04 | Ubuntu 20.04 - EOS: April 2025 [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases)
Cento OS 7 EOL - June 30, 2024 [https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/linux/centos-linux-eol](https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/linux/centos-linux-eol) |
| 6.x | Ubuntu 18.04
CentOS 7 | Redhat, CentOS, Ubuntu / Ubuntu 18.04 | Ubuntu 18.04 - EOS - June 2023 [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases)
CentOS 8 EOL - December 31, 2021 [https://www.redhat.com/en/events/webinar/centos-linux-reaching-its-end-life-now-what](https://www.redhat.com/en/events/webinar/centos-linux-reaching-its-end-life-now-what) |
* Additional Components
* OpenJDK version 8 or higher
* EPEL
* `wget` or `curl`
* Kernel headers
* Kernel development packages
* log4j 2.15.0 or higher
* NVIDIA hardware and software (for GPU installs only)
* Hardware: Ada (Lovelace), Ampere, Blackwell, Turing, Volta, or Pascal series GPU cards. HEAVY.AI recommends that each GPU card in a server or distributed environment be of the same series.
* **NOTE:** The recommended NVIDIA driver for all supported HEAVY.AI versions is 535.
* Software (Run `nvidia-smi` to determine the currently running driver):
| HEAVY.AI Version | NVIDIA Driver Support |
|---|---|
| 9.x | 550, 560, 570+ |
| 8.x | 535, 545, 550 |
| 7.x | 520, 535 |