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
8.x	Ubuntu 22.04	Redhat, CentOS, Ubuntu / Ubuntu 22.04	Ubuntu 22.04 - EOS: June 2027 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 Cento OS 7 EOL - June 30, 2024 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 CentOS 8 EOL - December 31, 2021 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

• Up to date Vulkan drivers

• Supported web browsers (Enterprise Edition, Immerse). Latest stable release of:

  • Chrome

  • FireFox

  • Safari version 15.x or higher