Azure high-performance computing (HPC) optimized VM images of AlmaLinux OS. An Open Source and forever-free enterprise Linux distribution, governed and driven by the community, focused on long-term stability and a robust production grade platform. AlmaLinux OS is binary compatible with RHEL®. The AlmaLinux OS Foundation was established as a 501(c)(6) non-profit to steward ownership and governance of the project. The AlmaLinux OS HPC (x86_64/AMD64) VM images optimized for Azure high-performance computing (HPC) and includes: AzCopy, NVIDIA DOCA, NVIDIA HPC-X, MVAPICH, Open MPI, Intel MPI Library, NVIDIA Data Center GPU Drivers, NVIDIA Fabric Manager, NVIDIA CUDA, NVIDIA CUDA Samples, GDRCopy, NVIDIA Collective, Communications Library (NCCL), NVIDIA Data Center GPU Manager (DCGM), Intel oneAPI Math Kernel Library (oneMKL), Azure Moneo, Parallel SSH tools (PSSH), AMD Optimizing CPU Libraries (AOCL), AMD Optimizing C/C++ Compiler (AOCC), Lustre, AzureHPC Node Health Check, RDMA Core, PMI Exascale (PMIx), AZNFS Mount Helper.