Canonical expands Ubuntu Pro with new distroless Docker image service offering 12-year support

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Jun 26, 2024,
updated Jun 27, 2024

Quoting: Canonical expands Ubuntu Pro with new distroless Docker image service offering 12-year support —

Canonical has introduced a new service enabling the creation of custom distroless Docker images under its "Everything LTS" program. This initiative allows customers to include any open-source software in their Docker images, regardless of whether it is packaged in Ubuntu, with a security maintenance commitment of up to 12 years.

Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Canonical, said: "Everything LTS means CVE maintenance for your entire open source dependency tree, including open source that is not already packaged as a deb in Ubuntu. We deliver distroless or Ubuntu-based Docker images to your spec, which we will support on RHEL, VMware, Ubuntu, or major public cloud K8s."

This expansion of the Ubuntu Pro offering incorporates numerous new open-source components, especially current AI/ML tools, maintained directly from the source rather than as traditional 'deb' packages. This approach aims to minimize the attack surface of containers, thereby enhancing security and aiding compliance with various regulatory standards such as FIPS, FedRAMP, EU Cyber Resilience Act, FCC U.S. Cyber Trust Mark, and DISA-STIG.

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  "Everything LTS" seems to be the new mantra coming out of Canonical and the latest news clearly supports that. Along those lines, Canonical is now offering a new design-and-build service that includes 12 years of security maintenance, whether or not the software is already packaged within Ubuntu.

  According to Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Canonical, Everything LTS means CVE maintenance for your entire open source dependency tree, including open source that is not already packaged as a deb in Ubuntu.”

  Shuttleworth adds, “We deliver distro-less or Ubuntu-based Docker images to your spec, which we will support on RHEL, VMware, Ubuntu, or major public cloud K8s. Our enterprise and ISV customers can now count on Canonical to meet regulatory maintenance requirements with any open source stack, no matter how large or complex, wherever they want to deploy it.”

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• Canonical offers 12 year LTS for any open source Docker image

  Ubuntu Pro subscriptions include the right to run unlimited ‘Everything LTS’ containers. VMware, RHEL and public cloud hosts are supported at the same price as Ubuntu Pro hosts.