Installing Ubuntu Pro & ESM

Login or Create an Account

Login or create an account at https://ubuntu.com/.

At the subscribe page you can subscribe to Ubuntu Pro Free for up to five systems.

Install Ubuntu Pro

To install Ubuntu Pro, run the following command:

sudo apt install ubuntu-pro-client

Enable Pro

Go to https://ubuntu.com/pro/dashboard and retrieve the token.

Enable Ubuntu Pro with the following command:

sudo pro attach "<token>"

Note: Now you can update and upgrade the system with the ESM packages.

Status Check

Check the status of Ubuntu Pro with the following command:

sudo pro status

The result looks like this:

SERVICE          ENTITLED  STATUS       DESCRIPTION
anbox-cloud      yes       disabled     Scalable Android in the cloud
esm-apps         yes       enabled      Expanded Security Maintenance for Applications
esm-infra        yes       enabled      Expanded Security Maintenance for Infrastructure
fips-updates     yes       disabled     FIPS compliant crypto packages with stable security updates
landscape        yes       disabled     Management and administration tool for Ubuntu
livepatch        yes       enabled      Canonical Livepatch service
realtime-kernel* yes       disabled     Ubuntu kernel with PREEMPT_RT patches integrated
usg              yes       disabled     Security compliance and audit tools