Prerequisites

Ensure the following prerequisites are met before proceeding with the application deployment.

API Keys and License Files

NGC API Key

An NGC API key is required. If you do not already have one, create it following the NGC user guide.

Important

Legacy NGC API Keys are not supported.

Rivermax License

Rivermax is an optimized networking SDK that leverages ConnectX and BlueField DPU hardware-streaming acceleration technology and supports GPUDirect, in bare metal and virtualized environments. It is used by Holoscan for Media applications to comply with the stringent timing and traffic flow requirements of ST 2110.

A Rivermax license is required to use ST 2110 in Holoscan for Media reference containers.

Request a development license at Rivermax Download and store the file at an appropriate location (for example, /home/user/rivermax.lic) on the host.

Note

If you are using a purchased Rivermax license, rather than a time-limited development license, you must enable NIC serial number validation using VF_VPD_ENABLE. Check the VF_VPD_ENABLE setting by following the instructions for either production or local developer setup.