Canonical announces Ubuntu Pro, premium images for Amazon web services
Canonical today announcement Ubuntu Pro, a set of premium images for Amazon Web Services (AWS) available now on the AWS Marketplace for business customers.
Ubuntu Pro, as Canonical likes to call these new premium images for AWS, covers the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS release and allow businesses to purchase longer security updates and maintenance, critical compliance features, as well as broader security coverage with no contract required. Ubuntu Pro images are supported on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2).
“The new Ubuntu Pro images will provide an even better experience for our customers, providing additional security and performance to their Ubuntu instances,” said Deepak Singh, vice president of compute services at AWS. “Available directly through the AWS Marketplace, Ubuntu Pro can be purchased, deployed and launched on AWS seamlessly and effortlessly, eliminating the need for additional procurement or procurement processes. “
Ubuntu Pro highlights
Ubuntu Pro highlights include 10 years of package updates and security maintenance for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and 8 years for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Kernel Livepatch support for kernel patches without restart and higher availability, as well as custom FIPS and Common Criteria EAL. Compliant components that allow its use in environments with compliance regimes such as ISO, HIPAA, FedRAMP, and PCI.
Additionally, Ubuntu Pro provides customers with patch coverage for Ubuntu application repositories and infrastructure, which provides hundreds of open source workloads such as Node.js, Apache Kafka, Redis, MongoDB, RabbitMQ , among others. Additionally, coming in Q1 2020, Ubuntu Pro promises fleet-wide systems management through Landscape, including the ability to view and selectively apply updates.
On top of that, Ubuntu Pro promises integration with AWS security and compliance features, such as AWS Security Hub and AWS CloudTrail. Ubuntu Pro premium images are available for purchase now in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace here. Canonical also noted that it is now an advanced level technology partner in the AWS Partner Network (APN) and will provide Ubuntu 18.04 LTS certifications soon, starting in Q1 2020.