[Bug Report] NVIDIA has deprecated the Omniverse Launcher on October 1st, 2025

[miandai]

Describe the bug

IsaacLab Cloud Deployment. Request omniverse-launcher-linux.AppImage failed. Because NVIDIA has deprecated the Omniverse Launcher on October 1st, 2025.

[A clear and concise description of what the bug is.](fatal: [112.126.85.158]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "dest": "/home/ubuntu/Omniverse.AppImage", "elapsed": 1, "msg": "Request failed", "response": "HTTP Error 403: Forbidden", "status_code": 403, "url": "https://install.launcher.omniverse.nvidia.com/installers/omniverse-launcher-linux.AppImage"})

Steps to reproduce

Fllow the link：

https://isaac-sim.github.io/IsaacLab/main/source/setup/installation/cloud_installation.html

./run

./deploy-alicloud --existing repair --deployment-name isaac_lab --isaaclab v2.2.1 --aliyun-access-key xxx --aliyun-secret-key yyy --region cn-beijing --isaac --oige no --ngc-api-key zzz --isaac-instance-type ecs.gn7i-c8g1.2xlarge --isaac-image nvcr.io/nvidia/isaac-sim:5.0.0

System Info

[miandai]

Solution：

1. Download https://extorage.breakds.org/binaries/omniverse-launcher-linux.AppImage

2. sudo mv /home/ubuntu/Downloads/omniverse-launcher-linux.AppImage /home/ubuntu/Omniverse.AppImage & sudo chmod +x /home/ubuntu/Omniverse.AppImage

3. update Ansible file in container：nano src/ansible/roles/isaac/tasks/ov_launcher.yml

before：

• name: Download Omniverse Launcher
  get_url:
  url: https://install.launcher.omniverse.nvidia.com/installers/omniverse-launcher-linux.AppImage
  dest: /home/ubuntu/Omniverse.AppImage

after：

• name: Verify Omniverse Launcher exists
  stat:
  path: /home/ubuntu/Omniverse.AppImage
  register: ov_launcher_stat

• name: Fail if Omniverse Launcher is missing
  fail:
  msg: "Omniverse.AppImage not found. Please upload it to /home/ubuntu/ on the server."
  when: not ov_launcher_stat.stat.exists

[Mayankm96]

Could you please try the steps here: https://github.com/isaac-sim/IsaacAutomator ?

[MABatin]

Solution：

1. Download https://extorage.breakds.org/binaries/omniverse-launcher-linux.AppImage
2. sudo mv /home/ubuntu/Downloads/omniverse-launcher-linux.AppImage /home/ubuntu/Omniverse.AppImage & sudo chmod +x /home/ubuntu/Omniverse.AppImage
3. update Ansible file in container：nano src/ansible/roles/isaac/tasks/ov_launcher.yml

before：

• name: Download Omniverse Launcher
  get_url:
  url: https://install.launcher.omniverse.nvidia.com/installers/omniverse-launcher-linux.AppImage
  dest: /home/ubuntu/Omniverse.AppImage

after：

• name: Verify Omniverse Launcher exists
  stat:
  path: /home/ubuntu/Omniverse.AppImage
  register: ov_launcher_stat
• name: Fail if Omniverse Launcher is missing
  fail:
  msg: "Omniverse.AppImage not found. Please upload it to /home/ubuntu/ on the server."
  when: not ov_launcher_stat.stat.exists

Hi, after downloading the AppImage on the server, which option should I choose when running ./deploy-aws for the same deployment again? "repair" or "run_ansible"?

[isaac8570]

Can I get the Windows version AppImage? I couldn't find Omniverse Launcher Windows version everywhere :(

[RandomOakForest]

Thank you for following up. If you still have this issue, do follow the steps in the site mentioned above. If you need further help, please open a new issue with further details. Thank you for your interest in Isaac Lab.