1. Isaac Sim Requirements¶
1.1. System Requirements¶
Element |
Minimum Spec |
Good |
Ideal |
---|---|---|---|
OS |
Ubuntu 18.04/20.04
|
Ubuntu 18.04/20.04
|
Ubuntu 18.04/20.04
|
CPU |
Intel Core i7 (7th Generation)
AMD Ryzen 5
|
Intel Core i7 (9th Generation)
AMD Ryzen 7
|
Intel Core i9, X-series or higher
AMD Ryzen 9, Threadripper or higher
|
Cores |
4
|
8
|
16
|
RAM |
32GB
|
64GB
|
64GB
|
Storage |
50GB SSD
|
500GB SSD
|
1TB NVMe SSD
|
GPU |
GeForce RTX 2070
|
GeForce RTX 3080
|
RTX A6000
|
VRAM |
8GB
|
10GB
|
48GB
|
Note
Ubuntu 20.04 is partially supported.
More RAM and VRAM is recommended for advanced usage of Isaac Sim.
1.2. Driver Requirements¶
Install NVIDIA Driver:
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt install build-essential -y $ wget https://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/470.57.02/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-470.57.02.run $ chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-470.57.02.run $ sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-470.57.02.run
Run the command below to confirm your GPU driver version.
$ nvidia-smi
Note
The current recommended driver version for Isaac Sim is 470.57.02 or later for Linux.
See Linux Troubleshooting to resolve driver installation issues.
It is recommended to install the Latest Long Lived Branch Version of NVIDIA GPU Driver and using the .run installer.
1.3. Container Requirements¶
Install NVIDIA Driver:
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt install build-essential -y $ wget https://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/470.57.02/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-470.57.02.run $ chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-470.57.02.run $ sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-470.57.02.run
Note
The current recommended driver version for Isaac Sim is 470.57.02 or later for Linux.
See Linux Troubleshooting to resolve driver install issues issues.
It is recommended to install the Latest Long Lived Branch Version of NVIDIA GPU Driver and using the .run installer.
Install Docker:
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install \ apt-transport-https \ ca-certificates \ curl \ gnupg-agent \ software-properties-common $ curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add - $ sudo apt-key fingerprint 0EBFCD88 $ sudo add-apt-repository \ "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \ $(lsb_release -cs) \ stable" $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
See Install Docker Engine on Ubuntu for more information.
Install NVIDIA Container Toolkit:
# Add the package repositories $ distribution=$(. /etc/os-release;echo $ID$VERSION_ID) $ curl -s -L https://nvidia.github.io/nvidia-docker/gpgkey | sudo apt-key add - $ curl -s -L https://nvidia.github.io/nvidia-docker/$distribution/nvidia-docker.list | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nvidia-docker.list $ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y nvidia-container-toolkit $ sudo systemctl restart docker
See NVIDIA Container Toolkit for more information.
Note
The NVIDIA Drivers, Docker and NVIDIA Container Toolkit is preinstalled in the AWS AMI.