Dedicated Snap Store

Attention

The Dedicated Snap Store is a paid product. Please contact us for information on pricing.

A Dedicated Snap Store is a dedicated, private Snap Store which facilitates the publication of private snaps and curation of public snaps for Ubuntu Core devices associated with the Dedicated Snap Store.

A Dedicated Snap Store permits the use of privileged snapd interfaces and hosting of gadget and kernel snaps, while providing a Dedicated Snap Store namespace for snap registration. It can function in offline environments and allows full control over snaps available to devices associated with the store.

A Dedicated Snap Store provides an optimized, private, and secure distribution mechanism for software distribution via snap packages. This includes an extensive permission model which provides control over the confinement rules governing snaps published in the Dedicated Snap Store.

The use cases for a Dedicated Snap Store are broad, from IoT devices in the field to cloud and desktop machines. This includes IoT companies, ODMs & OEMs, silicon vendors and others.

This documentation provides information on some key concepts and processes specific to your Dedicated Snap Store.

Important

To see the configuration values for your store, see the Reference section.

In this documentation

Getting Started

Tutorial: Create an Ubuntu Core image • How-to: Configure Serial Vault • Reference: Configuration values

Security and Access Control

Explanation: Dedicated Snap Store security • How-to: Setting up account roles • Explanation: Brand accounts

Software controls

Explanation: Connecting devices • Explanation: Controlling updates • Explanation: Snapd interface connections

Architecture & Concepts

Explanation: Base Stores and Device View Stores • Explanation: Brand accounts

How this documentation is organised

This documentation uses the Diátaxis documentation structure.

  • The tutorial provides a step-by-step walkthrough to help you get started.

  • How-to guides offer practical guides for specific tasks related to managing your Dedicated Snap Store.

  • The reference section contains detailed information about configuration values and store settings.

  • Explanation gives context and background to help you understand the Dedicated Snap Store concepts and architecture.

Project and community

The Dedicated Snap Store is a member of the Store family. It’s a project that welcomes suggestions, fixes and constructive feedback.

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