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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

  1. Download an installer script:

    wget https://repo.tuxcare.com/ubuntu20_04-els/install-ubuntu20.04-els-repo.sh
    
  2. 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
    
  3. 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.

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