# Software Requirements In order to maximize reliability and minimize the maintenance effort from an Operator perspective, we're targeting a specific set of technologies that will ease the deployment and routine operations. Our main software stack revolves around ***Kubernetes***. Our stack is set to run on bare-metal and our manual will assume that you're running ***Ubuntu 24.04**.* To host your Oracle on bare-metal using Kubernetes, we provide an easy way to create a one node [k3s](https://k3s.io/) cluster, by just following our step-by-step instructions below, which can be later expanded into a multi-node cluster for maximizing reliability and scalability. When working with your Kubernetes cluster, these instructions will use a set of standard common tools like `kubectl` and `helm` to manage installation of required application and the Oracle code itself. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.switchboard.xyz/how-it-works/switchboard-protocol/running-a-switchboard-oracle/prerequisites/software-requirements.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.