How to enable Anbox Cloud#

To use Anbox, you will need to enable it directly throught the Ubuntu Pro Client, which will install all of the necessary snaps and set up the APT sources needed for the service.

Make sure pro is up-to-date#

All systems come with pro pre-installed through the ubuntu-advantage-tools package. To make sure that you’re running the latest version of pro, run the following commands:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install ubuntu-advantage-tools

Enable Anbox#

To enable Anbox Cloud, run:

$ sudo pro enable anbox-cloud

Important

The Anbox Cloud service can only be installed on containers using the --access-only flag. This option will only set up the APT sources for Anbox, but not install any of the snaps.

You should see output like the following, indicating that Anbox Cloud was correctly enabled on your system:

One moment, checking your subscription first
Installing required snaps
Installing required snap: amc
Installing required snap: anbox-cloud-appliance
Installing required snap: lxd
Updating package lists
Anbox Cloud enabled
To finish setting up the Anbox Cloud Appliance, run:

$ sudo anbox-cloud-appliance init

You can accept the default answers if you do not have any specific
configuration changes.
For more information, see https://anbox-cloud.io/docs/tut/installing-appliance

Important

Please note that the output states an additional step is required to complete the Anbox Cloud setup

You can also confirm that the service is enabled by running the pro status command. It should contain the following line for anbox-cloud:

SERVICE          ENTITLED  STATUS    DESCRIPTION
anbox-cloud      yes       enabled   Scalable Android in the cloud   

Disable the service#

If you wish to disable Anbox, you can use the following command to disable it:

sudo pro disable anbox-cloud

Note that this command will only remove the APT sources, but not uninstall the snaps.