Ubuntu on public clouds
Ubuntu is the world's most popular cloud operating system across public clouds. Thanks to its security, versatility and policy of regular updates, Ubuntu is the leading cloud guest OS and the only free cloud operating system with the option of enterprise-grade commercial support.
Ubuntu builds optimized and certified images of Ubuntu Server for partners like Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, IBM Cloud and Oracle Cloud.
- 5 years of maintenance and security updates with Ubuntu LTS
- Proven for enterprise-scale workloads on all leading public clouds
- Free from license fees, regardless of how many images you run
Ubuntu Pro is a subscription that provides additional enterprise-grade support, security, and compliance on top of Ubuntu LTS.
- 10 years of maintenance and security updates for the operating system and thousands of popular open source packages, up to 15 years of coverage with Legacy add-on
- Get a unified platform that allows you to manage fragmented APIs in hybrid and multi-cloud environments, with Landscape
- Kernel security updates applied without reboot with Livepatch
- Hardening and audit tools for CIS and DISA-STIG, and FIPS certified components
A selection of our certified public cloud partners ›
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Please contact us to purchase an Ubuntu Pro subscription that you can attach to your IBM Cloud instance.
Please contact us to purchase an Ubuntu Pro subscription that you can attach to your Oracle Cloud Infrastructure instance.
Resources
Ubuntu Server documentation
The Ubuntu Server documentation, curated by community and Ubuntu developers.
Ask Ubuntu
Stuck somewhere? Get your Ubuntu questions answered by power users.
Community Discourse
Join the Ubuntu on Public Clouds community and make your voice heard.
All you need for the public cloud
Juju is the fastest way to deploy and scale out your workloads on the leading public clouds. With Juju charm bundles, you can launch an entire cloud environment with one click, or just one command using the CLI. Use Juju to deploy your entire application infrastructure, all in one.
Securely-designed, minimal containers
The provenance of base and application images is critical for security. While tooling like Docker makes retrieving and running images trivial, it’s critical to ensure you have a trusted software supply chain. A simple way to get started is by using Ubuntu’s repositories. You can also work with us to get a custom-built container.
Managed applications
Accelerate innovation across clouds with fully managed Apache Kafka, Kubeflow, and more. We build and operate the solution for you, backed by a full SLA. With Canonical's managed open source application services there's no lock in and you can take over control whenever you want.
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