Ubuntu on public clouds

Ubuntu is the world's most popular cloud operating system across public clouds. Thanks to its security, versatility and policy of regular updates, Ubuntu is the leading cloud guest OS and the only free cloud operating system with the option of enterprise-grade commercial support.

Ubuntu builds optimised and certified images of Ubuntu Server for partners like Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, IBM Cloud and Oracle Cloud.

5 years of maintenance and security updates with Ubuntu LTS
Proven for enterprise-scale workloads on all leading public clouds
Free from licence fees, regardless of how many images you run

Ubuntu Pro is a subscription that provides additional enterprise-grade support, security and compliance on top of Ubuntu LTS.

10 years of maintenance and security updates for over 36,700 packages, up to 12 years with Legacy Support
Kernel security updates applied without reboot with Livepatch
Hardening and audit tools for CIS and DISA-STIG, and FIPS certified components

A selection of our certified public cloud partners ›

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Get Ubuntu Pro on AWS Get Ubuntu Server on AWS

Get Ubuntu Pro on Azure Get Ubuntu Server on Azure

Get Ubuntu Pro on Google Cloud Get Ubuntu Server on Google Cloud

Please contact us to purchase an Ubuntu Pro subscription that you can attach to your IBM Cloud instance.

Please contact us to purchase an Ubuntu Pro subscription that you can attach to your Oracle Cloud Infrastructure instance.

Resources

Ubuntu Server documentation

The Ubuntu Server documentation, curated by community and Ubuntu developers.

Ask Ubuntu

Stuck somewhere? Get your Ubuntu questions answered by power users.

Community Discourse

Join the Ubuntu on Public Clouds community and make your voice heard.

All you need for the public cloud

Juju is the fastest way to deploy and scale out your workloads on the leading public clouds. With Juju charm bundles, you can launch an entire cloud environment with one click, or just one command using the CLI. Use Juju to deploy your entire application infrastructure, all in one.

Learn more about Juju ›

Secure, minimal containers

The provenance of base and application images is critical for security. While tooling like Docker makes retrieving and running images trivial, ensuring a trusted software supply chain is required. A simple way to get started is by using our hardened repositories. You can also work with us to get a custom built container with a 12 year security maintenance commitment.

Explore our container offering ›

Managed applications

Accelerate innovation across clouds with fully managed Apache Kafka, Kubeflow, ElasticSearch and more. We build and operate the solution for you, backed by a full SLA. With Canonical's managed open source application services there's no lock in and you can take over control whenever you want.

Learn more about Canonical Managed Apps ›