Canonical security subscriptions for Ubuntu Linux now available

Canonical’s Ubuntu Pro, a Linux security servicing membership service masking countless numbers of applications and toolchains in the open up-resource ecosystem, is frequently offered as of January 26.

Introduced in beta in Oct, Ubuntu Professional aids end users of Linux desktops and servers get CVE (popular vulnerabilities and exposures) patches, harden their units at scale, and keep compliant with criteria this sort of as FedRAMP, HIPPA, PCI-DSS. Ubuntu Professional covers an added 23,000 offers further than the most important OS, furnishing protection against vital, substantial, and picked medium CVEs for apps and toolchains ranging from Ansible and Apache Tomcat to Node.js, Puppet, PowerDNS, Redis, Rust, and WordPress.

The typical Ubuntu Pro membership addresses security updates for all deals in the Ubuntu Principal and Ubuntu Universe repositories. Ubuntu Pro prices $25 per calendar year for every workstation and $500 per calendar year for each server. Own subscriptions for up to five machines are offered free of charge. Subscriptions are accessible at ubuntu.com/pro/subscribe with a 30-working day no cost demo.

Ubuntu Pro is offered for every Ubuntu LTS release from 16.04 LTS, and is by now in production for massive-scale customers. In addition to providing security patches, Ubuntu Professional includes instruments for compliance administration in regulated and audited environments.

In addition, Ubuntu Safety Guide enables best-in-class hardening and compliance criteria these types of as CIS benchmark and DISA-STIG profiles, the organization explained. Ubuntu people can accessibility FIPS-licensed cryptographic offers essential for all federal agencies as nicely as businesses operating below compliance with HIPPA, FedRAMP, and PCI-DSS.

Automated patching at scale is enabled via the Landscape technique management software. Also showcased is Livepatch, which patches important and substantial-severity kernel vulnerabilities at runtime, minimizing unplanned reboots.