Blog posts tagged
"Ubuntu Server"

135 posts


Oliver Smith
17 May 2024

Migrating from CentOS to Ubuntu: a guide for system administrators and DevOps

Article Cloud and server

CentOS 7 is on track to reach its end-of-life (EoL) on June 30, 2024. Post this date, the CentOS Project will cease to provide updates or support, including vital security patches. Moving away from the RHEL-based ecosystem might appear daunting, but if you’re considering Ubuntu the switch can be both straightforward and...

Oliver Smith
17 May 2024


Canonical
1 May 2024

Canonical releases Landscape 24.04 LTS

Article Canonical announcements

Landscape 24.04 LTS is Landscape’s first LTS release, with a modernised backend, web portal, snap management, and repository management features.

Canonical
1 May 2024


Canonical
25 April 2024

Canonical releases Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Noble Numbat

Article Canonical announcements

Canonical’s 10th Long Term Supported release sets a new standard in performance engineering, enterprise security and developer experience.

Canonical
25 April 2024


Lukas Märdian
5 April 2024

Introducing Netplan v1.0 – stable, declarative network management

Article Cloud and server

After more than 7 years of development, Netplan v1.0 delivers improved stability and maintainability alongside a host of other new features.

Lukas Märdian
5 April 2024


Frank Heimes
6 February 2024

IBM LinuxONE 4 Express and Ubuntu Server drive data centre performance and economics

Article Cloud and server

Canonical is pleased to announce that Ubuntu Server is optimised and fully supported on IBM LinuxONE 4 Express – the newest addition to IBM’s world-leading LinuxONE server family. The previous model in the Express series, IBM LinuxONE III Express, was immensely popular, and brought the power of LinuxONE to a wider...

Frank Heimes
6 February 2024


Oliver Smith
13 December 2023

Performance engineering on Ubuntu leaps forward with frame pointers by default in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Article Cloud and server

Today Canonical is raising the bar for performance and observability by enabling frame pointers by default in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.

Oliver Smith
13 December 2023


Aaron Whitehouse
24 November 2023

Ubuntu Explained: How to ensure security and stability in cloud instances—part 3

Article Cloud and server

Applying updates across a fleet of multiple Ubuntu instances is a balance of security and service uptime. We explore best practices to maximise stability.

Aaron Whitehouse
24 November 2023


Aaron Whitehouse
21 November 2023

Ubuntu Explained: How to ensure security and stability in cloud instances—part 2

Article Cloud and server

You probably know that it is important to apply security updates. You may not be clear how to do that. We are going to explain best practices for applying Ubuntu updates to single instances and what the built-in unattended-upgrades tool does and does not do.

Aaron Whitehouse
21 November 2023


Lukas Märdian
14 November 2023

Netplan brings consistent network configuration across Desktop, Server, Cloud and IoT

Article Cloud and server

Learn how Netplan has established itself as the proven network stack across all variants of Ubuntu – Server, Cloud, Embedded and now Desktop.

Lukas Märdian
14 November 2023


Canonical
12 October 2023

Canonical releases Ubuntu 23.10 Mantic Minotaur

Article Canonical announcements

Fortified security, enhanced desktop app discovery and new hardware support lead the latest release of Ubuntu 23.10 Mantic Minotaur.

Canonical
12 October 2023


ijlal-loutfi
9 October 2023

Restricted unprivileged user namespaces are coming to Ubuntu 23.10

Confidential computing Security

Ubuntu Desktop firmly places security at the forefront, and adheres to the principles of security by default. This approach caters to both everyday users and organisations with specific compliance requirements. As such, Ubuntu ensures that its recommended security configurations are equally robust, easy to understand...

ijlal-loutfi
9 October 2023


Aaron Whitehouse
5 October 2023

Securing open source software dependencies in the public cloud

Article Cloud and server

Building stable and secure software requires understanding build systems and having a plan for vulnerabilities in your software dependencies.

Aaron Whitehouse
5 October 2023


Lech Sandecki
3 October 2023

Zenbleed vulnerability fix for Ubuntu

Article Cloud and server

On 24 July 2023, security researchers from Google’s Information Security Engineering team disclosed a hardware vulnerability affecting AMD’s Zen 2 family of microprocessors. They dubbed this vulnerability “Zenbleed” (CVE-2023-20593), evoking memories of previous vulnerabilities like HeartBleed and hinting at its...

Lech Sandecki
3 October 2023


Aaron Whitehouse
12 September 2023

Ubuntu Explained: How to ensure security and stability in cloud instances—part 1

Article Cloud and server

The LTS philosophy, releases, updates and repositories explained Since we launched Ubuntu Pro’s Expanded Security Maintenance for additional packages, and we now integrate more closely with public cloud update management tools, more people have been asking us about the Ubuntu archive and how this is divided and security...

Aaron Whitehouse
12 September 2023