Explanation#
Our explanatory and conceptual guides are written to provide a better
understanding of how the Ubuntu Pro Client (pro) works. They enable you
to expand your knowledge and become better at using and configuring pro.
Pro services#
Ubuntu Pro is a portal to many other services offered by Canonical. Here you can discover more about the services available through Pro and how you can manage them with the Pro Client.
Find out which services we recommend for different situations
Use the
pro statuscommand to monitor active services on your machineLearn about ESM security services (
esm-appsandesm-infra)Disabling and purging services explains how to disable services and remove them from your machine
Handling security vulnerabilities#
Ubuntu Pro provides security fixes for vulnerabilities (CVEs and USNs). This
section explains what those are, how to find out if your machine is affected,
and the different uses of the pro fix command.
Understand the security coverage on your installed packages using
pro security-statusCommon scenarios when using the
pro fixcommand
Ubuntu Pro policies#
Here we explain our usage policies for features such as using Pro offline or airgapped, how machines are counted against tokens, how we deprecate features and what data is collected from active machines.
Messaging#
Here you’ll find details about Ubuntu Pro Client-related APT and MOTD messages – what they are, when they are used and how they work.
Public Cloud Ubuntu Pro#
Ubuntu Pro is supported on AWS, Azure and GCP through Public Cloud Ubuntu Pro images. On Pro Cloud images, machines are automatically attached to a support contract by the Ubuntu Pro daemon.
Public Cloud Ubuntu Pro images and the auto-attach process
API endpoints explained#
Some of the commands in pro do more than you think. Here we’ll show some of
the API endpoint outputs and how to interpret them.