# Software Requirements

* Operating Systems

<table data-full-width="false"><thead><tr><th width="166">HEAVY Version</th><th>Bare Metal</th><th width="191">Hosts / Docker</th><th>Information</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>9.x</td><td>Ubuntu 22.04</td><td>Redhat, CentOS, Ubuntu / Ubuntu 22.04</td><td>Ubuntu 22.04 - EOS: June 2027 <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases</a></td></tr><tr><td>8.x</td><td>Ubuntu 22.04</td><td>Redhat, CentOS, Ubuntu / Ubuntu 22.04</td><td>Ubuntu 22.04 - EOS: June 2027 <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases</a></td></tr><tr><td>7.x</td><td>Ubuntu 20.04</td><td>Redhat, CentOS, Ubuntu / Ubuntu 20.04</td><td><p>Ubuntu 20.04 - EOS: April 2025 <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases</a></p><p>Cento OS 7 EOL - June 30, 2024 <a href="https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/linux/centos-linux-eol">https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/linux/centos-linux-eol</a></p></td></tr><tr><td>6.x</td><td>Ubuntu 18.04<br>CentOS 7</td><td>Redhat, CentOS, Ubuntu / Ubuntu 18.04</td><td><p>Ubuntu 18.04 - EOS - June 2023 <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases</a></p><p>CentOS 8 EOL - December 31, 2021 <a href="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</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table>

* 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