Ubuntu 20.04 ELS
Connection to ELS repository
To install the Endless Lifecycle Support repository on a server, you just need to download an installer script and run the script with a key. The installation script will register the server in the CLN with the key, add a PGP key to the server, and create the ELS repository.
Outbound Firewall Settings
In order to use Endless Lifecycle Support for Ubuntu 20.04, you will need to open TCP port 443 to the following destinations:
Installation of repositories
Download an installer script:
wget https://repo.tuxcare.com/ubuntu20_04-els/install-ubuntu20.04-els-repo.sh
Run the installer script with keys. The installation script registers the server in the CLN with the key, adds PGP key to the server.
bash install-ubuntu20.04-els-repo.sh --license-key XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX
Verify that the installation was successful. To ensure that installation has been completed successfully, run the following command:
apt-cache show els-define
It should return the info of an available package. If you see information about the package, you can be sure that the installation was successful. After this, you will be able to install updates from the repository using a regular apt upgrade command.
Example:
[els@ubuntu20 ~]# apt-cache show els-os-release Package: els-os-release Version: 1.0.0-1 Architecture: amd64 Maintainer: Koba Karaputadze <kkaraputadze@cloudlinux.com> Installed-Size: 16 Depends: els-define Homepage: https://tuxcare.com/extended-lifecycle-support/ Priority: optional Section: utils Filename: pool/main/e/els-os-release/els-os-release_1.0.0-1_amd64.deb Size: 4326 SHA256: 74f7983c4a3e5c92f954e7af4048f2327e54beed9d06c2ad81baeb7e0b0af86d SHA1: b33baa2e0ed955043178863e05e05ebddb0254c6 MD5sum: 57f60465595890e8fd374bd6d87a5d40 Description: ELS os release package for Ubuntu 20.04 Description-md5: 409266c8048d396eedc5dacdff306abc
Security Updates
TuxCare provides security updates as a part of ELS for OS along with OpenSCAP scanning instructions - learn more.
- Ubuntu 20.04 ELS: oval.xml
- Ubuntu 20.04 ELS: security.tuxcare.com/csaf/v2/els_os/ubuntu20.04els/
- Ubuntu 20.04 ELS: cve.tuxcare.com/rss_feed/releases/ubuntu20.04els