## Installation

Visual System Integrator installation is supported Linux.

In addition an <b>Amazon AWS AMI</b> is also provided (with an alternative licensing model<sup>(pay per hour)</sup>) which can be used independently or in combination with AWS F1 FPGA Instances.

We also have a prebuilt <b>Docker image</b> <sup>(beta)</sup> which can be used on MacOS.

### Requirements (excluding Amazon AWS AMI)
Before you start, make sure that your system meets the minimum hardware requirements as below:

#### Hardware Requirements:
- Dual core Intel Processor (quad-core or better recommended)
- 4GB of RAM (8GB or more recommended)
- 50GB of free disk space for Vivado installation (this does not apply if you already have a recent Vivado installation 2016.4 or above).

#### Software Requirements:
- Vivado HLx System Edition 2016.4 or newer: [Download here (registration required)](https://www.xilinx.com/support/download/index.html/content/xilinx/en/downloadNav/vivado-design-tools.html)
- Xilinx SDK (Only required if it wasn't previously selected during Vivado Installation): [Download here (registration required)](https://www.xilinx.com/support/download/index.html/content/xilinx/en/downloadNav/embedded-design-tools.html)


#### Before you begin
Download installation files for Visual System Integrator. Choose the version that corresponds to the Vivado version that you have installed.

- VSI installation files are available for:
	- Download link for [Visual System Integrator 2018.2 or newer (works with corresponding Vivado HLs System Edition 2018.2 or newer)](/get-started/locally/)
-  License for Visual System Integrator [request one here](/license.html).

#### Host specific instructions

- [Linux](linux.html)
- [Amazon AWS](aws.html)
- [Docker](docker.html)