The Ubuntu Pro Client (pro) is the official tool to enable Canonical offerings on your
system.
pro provides support to view, enable, and disable the following Canonical services:
- Common Criteria EAL2 Certification Tooling
- CIS Benchmark Audit Tooling
- Ubuntu Security Guide (USG) Tooling
- Ubuntu Expanded Security Maintenance (ESM)
- Robot Operating System (ROS) Expanded Security Maintenance
- FIPS 140-2 Certified Modules (and optional non-certified patches)
- Livepatch Service
If you need any of those services for your machine, pro is the right tool for you.
pro is already installed on every Ubuntu system. Try it out by running pro help!
- Getting started with Ubuntu Pro Client
- Create a FIPS compliant Ubuntu Docker image
- Fix vulnerabilities by CVE or USN using
pro fix - Create a Custom Ubuntu Pro Cloud Image with FIPS Updates
- How to get an Ubuntu Pro token and attach to a subscription
- How to Configure Proxies
- How to Enable Ubuntu Pro Services in a Dockerfile
- How to Create a custom Golden Image based on Public Cloud Ubuntu Pro images
- How to Manually update MOTD and APT messages
- How to enable CIS
- How to enable CC EAL
- How to enable ESM Infra
- How to enable FIPS
- How to enable Livepatch
- How to configure a timer job
- How to attach with a configuration file
- How to collect Ubuntu Pro Client logs
- How to simulate attach operation
- How to run
pro fixin dry-run mode
- Ubuntu Release and Architecture Support Matrix
- Network Requirements
- API Reference Guide
- PPAs with different versions of
pro
- What is the daemon for? (And how to disable it)
- What are Public Cloud Ubuntu Pro instances?
- What is the ubuntu-advantage-pro package?
- What are the timer jobs?
- What are the Ubuntu Pro related MOTD messages?
- What are the Ubuntu Pro related APT messages?
- How to interpret the security-status command
- Why Trusty (14.04) is no longer supported
Ubuntu Pro Client is a member of the Ubuntu family. It’s an open source project that warmly welcomes community projects, contributions, suggestions, fixes and constructive feedback.