Ubuntu Pro¶

Ubuntu Pro is an enterprise subscription from Canonical Ltd that provides (among other features) extended security support after the standard end-of-life date. This is also referred to as Extended Security Maintenance (ESM).

Note

Salt does not support ESM.

Installation¶

Purchase an Ubuntu Pro license for Physical servers with unlimited VMs for the relevant Ubuntu version. A license cannot be purchased for VPS (like Linode).
SSH into the server as the root user.
Install the Ubuntu Pro Client:
```
apt install ubuntu-advantage-tools
```
Attach the licence key:
```
pro attach TOKEN
```
Disable advertisements:
```
pro config set apt_news=false
```