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Better security. More packages. Newer tools. All your open source, from cloud to edge.
Loved by developers and trusted by enterprises. Ubuntu is the first pick for organizations to support their software infrastructure and the OS chosen by 66% of experienced developers.(HackerEarth, Developer Survey, 2020)
- Authentically open source
- Secure by design
- A release cadence you can depend on
- Stability through long term support
That's why Ubuntu supports the fastest, biggest, and most successful digital operations.
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Open source security
Ubuntu Pro is more than Linux.
Security and compliance for the full stack.
Secure your open source apps. Patch the full stack, from kernel to library and applications, for CVE compliance. Governments and auditors certify Ubuntu for FedRAMP, FISMA and HITECH.
Up to 15 years of security maintenance
Kernel Livepatch for 24/7 patching with no downtime
Expanded security for infrastructure and applications
FIPS 140-2 cryptographic modules certified by NIST
Cyber Resilience Act (CRA): Meet your CRA requirements
DISA/STIG hardening forDoD compliance
CIS profiles for cyber defence and malware prevention
Significant enterprise savings
Sustainable open source at the lowest cost, everywhere.
Rethink what's possible with Linux and open source. Companies engage Canonical to drive down open source operating costs. Automate everything: multi-cloud operations, bare metal provisioning, edge clusters and IoT.
- No mandatory subscriptions for Ubuntu
- Security,support, and fully managedinfra andapps
- Public cloud,data center,edge cluster, andappliances
- Long term maintenance commitment
- Transparent pricing for enterprise and ISV
- Switch from VMware to OpenStack
Public cloud optimization
Most public cloud instances are Ubuntu, for performance and security.
Optimized kernels for AWS, Azure, Google, Oracle, IBM
FIPS,CIS hardening and CVE fixes with Ubuntu Pro
Minimize rolling reboots withKernel Livepatch
Network & storage performance optimization
GPU enablement for machines and containers
Pay-as-you-go billing, no more licenses
Cloud workload migration service
Containerization and cloud-native migration service
Fully managed application service
Multi-cloud Kubernetes and containers
AKS.EKS.GKE. Kubeadm.MicroK8s.Charmed Kubernetes.
All on Ubuntu.
- Support for all public cloud Kubernetes
- On-prem MicroK8s, Charmed K8s, kubeadm
- Fully managed Kubernetes on-prem or public cloud
- Model-driven Kubernetes Operators
- Full stack support forapps,Kubernetes andOS
- K8s architecture and deployment consulting
- Cloud-native workload migration services
- GPU enablement forAI/ML workloads
- Bare metal,OpenStack and VMware
- PluggableCNIs, CSIs, CRIs, and third-party tools
15 yearsecurity maintenance andsupport
Hyperconverged or segregated architecture
Wide choice of SDN and storage
Integrated logging, monitoring, and alerting
Platform and infrastructure hardening
High availability
- OTA compressed updates for apps, kernel, and OS
- Automatic rollback and data snapshots
- Managed private app stores for secure fleet management
- DevSecOps pipeline for edge app delivery
- Built-in device recovery and remote disk repair
- 12 year security maintenance for every device
- Provable system and software integrity
- Secure boot backed by root of trust
- Full disk encryption with hardware keys
- Support for real-time compute
- FIPS certifiable embedded Linux
Active Directory and LDAP integration
Full disk encryption
Security updates for thefull open source stack
Configuration lockdown
Local Kubernetes for offline development
Optimized images andcertified workstations
Data center automation
Turn a rack into a bare metal cloud.
Metal-as-a-Service provisions Windows, ESXi, and Linux.
Bare metal cloud with on-demand servers
Remote edge cluster operations
Infrastructuremonitoring and discovery
Ansible, Chef, Puppet, SALT,Juju integration
Super fast install from scratch
VMWare ESXi, Windows, CentOS, RHEL, Ubuntu
Custom images with pre-installed apps
API-driven DHCP, DNS, PXE, IPAM, provisioning
LDAP authentication and RBAC
Full support forROS and ROS2
Security patches for long-term ROS
Fault tolerant over-the-air updates
Trim time-to-market with SMART START consulting
Leading Robot-as-a-Platform ecosystem
Curated app stores
Multi–cloud applications – beyond PAAS
Universal model-driven operators for classic andKubernetes estate.
Operate smoothly across public and private cloud
Reusable integration code as open source packages
Python Operator Framework for rapid development
Bring the K8s operator pattern to classic workloads
Lifecycle management and Day 2 operations
Open collection of community-driven operators