Ubuntu on VMware Cloud Foundation
An integrated platform for your entire stack
From hardware to cloud, Ubuntu on VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) is your dedicated platform for developer efficiency and enterprise reliability. Everything is natively integrated with developer tools and AI-ready infrastructure. This keeps your entire stack consistent, compliant, and predictable.
Integrated by design
Choose the most popular enterprise Linux and run it on your VMware private cloud. Ubuntu and VCF function as a single environment. Joint engineering by Canonical and Broadcom aligns everything, from optimized OS images to support, so that you can build and operate faster and more efficiently.
- VCF-validated Ubuntu OS images for your VMs and containers
- Integrated support handled by Broadcom
- GPU-optimized containers and toolchains
Platform-level security
Trust is built on a verifiable security posture. From container images to available long-term maintenance, the integration of Ubuntu and VCF ensures that security is predictable at every layer of the stack.
A single support touchpoint
Get comprehensive assistance for the entire infrastructure and OS through one reliable point of contact. When time is of the essence, Broadcom and Canonical coordinate behind the scenes to resolve issues quickly and minimize downtime.
Enterprise-grade security and compliance
Troubleshooting is included directly through Broadcom, with escalation to Canonical for infrastructure integration bug fixes throughout the 5-year Ubuntu LTS standard support period.
Expand coverage across the application stack with Ubuntu Pro on VCF. Get up to 15 years of continuous maintenance and patching on Ubuntu images, covering over 40k+ open source packages, alongside built-in tools to simplify compliance hardening, all without disrupting workloads.
The #1 cloud OS
#1
Linux distribution
Ubuntu is the leading Linux distribution among developers, including in public and private clouds.
Over 1 billion
Docker pulls
Ubuntu is the most downloaded base image on Docker Hub.
Up to 80%
size reduction
Ubuntu container images are lightweight, with a reduced attack surface.
Seamless AI from silicon to cloud
Accelerate AI delivery across your private cloud. Integrating Ubuntu’s precompiled drivers for AI hardware accelerators with VCF infrastructure removes the friction of on-node driver compilation, speeding up development cycles in any environment.
Pre-compiled AI drivers
Choose the platform with AI drivers embedded directly within the Ubuntu archives, ensuring instant hardware compatibility and seamless acceleration within the VCF environment.
Ready for air-gapped environments
By sourcing optimized Ubuntu images from the VCF catalog, developers avoid the need for external internet connections, ensuring strict security and data confidentiality.
Consistent developer workflows
Standardize on a single environment from development through production. Developers can build with their preferred tools and frameworks on a consistent, VCF-optimized Ubuntu base, reducing the friction and rework associated with cross-distribution validation.
Parity between development and production
Eliminate environment drift by using the same base images across the entire software delivery pipeline.
Standardized AI and MLOps toolchains
Support and run frameworks such as .NET, Java, and Python on lightweight, Ubuntu container runtimes.
Streamlined CI/CD deployment
Iterate rapidly using container environments that are optimized to reduce image download sizes and deployment latency.