Ubuntu 16.04 ELS

End of life from April 2021. TuxCare ELS continues to deliver security updates.

Installation

Prerequisites

A valid TuxCare Endless Lifecycle Support (ELS) license key
Root access to the server
TCP port 443 open to cln.cloudlinux.com and repo.cloudlinux.com
Architecture: x86_64. For other architectures, please contact our [email protected].

Download the install script

wget https://repo.els.tuxcare.com/ubuntu16_04-els/install-ubuntu16.04-els-repo.sh

Run with your license key (see Prerequisites above)
The script registers the server in the CLN with the key, adds a PGP key to the server.
```
bash install-ubuntu16.04-els-repo.sh --license-key XXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX
```

Verify that the installation was successful by running the following command

apt-cache show els-os-release

It should return information about the available package. If the package information is displayed, the installation was successful. After that, you can install updates from the repository using a standard apt upgrade command.

Example:

root@ubuntu1604:~# apt-cache show els-os-release
Package: els-os-release
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 22
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0.0-3
Replaces: els-define
Conflicts: els-define
Description: ELS os release package for deb systems
Homepage: https://tuxcare.com/extended-lifecycle-support/