# Ray on spark support for windows?

**URL:** <https://discuss.ray.io/t/ray-on-spark-support-for-windows/11896>\
**Category:** Ray Train\
**Created:** [August 22, 2023, 6:21pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/ray-on-spark-support-for-windows/11896 "2023-08-22T18:21:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![vj1210](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/898d66/32.png) [@vj1210](https://discuss.ray.io/u/vj1210)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 6:21pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/ray-on-spark-support-for-windows/11896/1 "2023-08-22T18:21:46Z")

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**How severe does this issue affect your experience of using Ray?**

- High: It blocks me to complete my task.

Hi,

I’m trying to use the example provided here – [Deploying on Spark Standalone cluster — Ray 2.6.1](https://docs.ray.io/en/latest/cluster/vms/user-guides/community/spark.html)

It seems like the \_check\_system\_environment() method in the source code only supports using Linux. Source code available here – [ray.util.spark.cluster\_init — Ray 2.6.1](https://docs.ray.io/en/latest/_modules/ray/util/spark/cluster_init.html#setup_ray_cluster)

Is there a plan to add support for windows?