> For clean Markdown of any page, append .md to the page URL.
> For a complete documentation index, see https://docs.nvidia.com/heavyai/llms.txt.
> For full documentation content, see https://docs.nvidia.com/heavyai/llms-full.txt.
> For AI client integration (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.), connect to the MCP server at https://docs.nvidia.com/heavyai/_mcp/server.

# 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)<br />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<br />CentOS 7 | Redhat, CentOS, Ubuntu / Ubuntu 18.04 | Ubuntu 18.04 - EOS - June 2023 [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases)<br />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):

<table>
  <thead><tr><th width="354">HEAVY.AI Version</th><th width="323">NVIDIA Driver Support</th></tr></thead>

  <tbody><tr><td>9.x</td><td>550, 560, 570+</td></tr><tr><td>8.x</td><td>535, 545, 550</td></tr><tr><td>7.x</td><td>520, 535</td></tr></tbody>
</table>

* Up to date Vulkan drivers
* Supported web browsers (Enterprise Edition, Immerse). Latest stable release of:
  * Chrome
  * FireFox
  * Safari version 15.x or higher