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UBUNTU-ADVANTAGE
Section: (1)Updated: 28 April 2017
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NAME
ubuntu-advantage - Enable or disable Ubuntu Advantage offerings from Canonical.SYNOPSIS
ubuntu-advantage <command> [parameters]- ua
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<command> [parameters]
DESCRIPTION
This tool is used to enable or disable specific Ubuntu Advantage offerings from Canonical. The available modules and their commands are described below. It must be run with root privileges.- status
- Show the status of Ubuntu Advantage offerings.
- version
- Show version.
ESM (Extended Security Maintenance)
Ubuntu Extended Security Maintenance archive. See https://ubuntu.com/esm for more information.- enable-esm token
- Enable the ESM repository. The token argument must be in the form "user:password".
- disable-esm
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Disable the ESM repository.
FIPS (Canonical FIPS 140-2 certified modules)
Install, Configure, and Enable FIPS 140-2 certified modules.- enable-fips token
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Enable the FIPS PPA repository, install the FIPS modules, configure
the bootloader and enable fips on the system. After successfully executing the
ubuntu-advantage script to enable fips, the system MUST be rebooted to
complete the enablement process. Failing to reboot will result in the system
not being fips enabled.
The token argument must be in the form "user:password".
The following FIPS certified modules will be installed and put in fips mode; openssh-server, openssh-client, strongswan, openssl, and the kernel cryptoapi.
- disable-fips
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It's currently not possible to disable FIPS after it has been enabled.
- enable-fips-updates token [-y]
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Updating the FIPS modules will take the system out of FIPS compliance as the
updated modules are not FIPS certified. The option enables the FIPS-UPDATES
PPA repository and installs the updated FIPS modules. If the system is
installing FIPS modules for the first time, it configures FIPS on the
system. After successfully executing the ubuntu-advantage script to
update FIPS modules, the system MUST be rebooted if FIPS kernel was
upgraded in the upgrade process. Failing to reboot will result
in the system not running the updated FIPS kernel.
The token argument must be in the form "user:password".
The -y argument is optional to bypass the user prompt while
installing updates.
The following FIPS modules will be updated and put in FIPS mode - openssh-server, openssh-client, strongswan, openssl, and the kernel cryptoapi.
Livepatch (Canonical Livepatch Service)
Managed live kernel patching. For more information, visit https://www.ubuntu.com/server/livepatch- enable-livepatch <token>
- Enable the Livepatch service. The token can be obtained by visiting https://ubuntu.com/livepatch
- disable-livepatch [-r]
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Disable the Livepatch service. If the -r option is given, the
canonical-livepatch snap will be removed after the sevice is disabled.
EXIT STATUS
- 0
- Command succeded
- 1
- Invalid command or option
- 2
- Current user is not root
- 3
- Invalid or missing token when enabling a service
- 4
- The requested service is not supported on the current Ubuntu release
- 5
- Current kernel is too old to support Snaps (required for the Livepatch service)
- 6
- The requested service is already enabled
- 7
- The requested service is not supported on the current architecture
- 8
- The requested service is already disabled
- If apt commands run by the tool fail, the exit status from apt is returned.
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Index
- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- ESM (Extended Security Maintenance)
- FIPS (Canonical FIPS 140-2 certified modules)
- Livepatch (Canonical Livepatch Service)
- EXIT STATUS
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