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The official Ubuntu with a smaller footprint, enhanced security coverage, and automated hardening and compliance measures. Get up to 15 years of security maintenance, including coverage for thousands of packages beyond the core operating system.
Overview
Ubuntu Pro is a comprehensive subscription for security, support, and compliance, optimized for AWS with 10 years of security maintenance, and providing an option to extend for 5 additional years through the Legacy add-on.
Minimal Ubuntu Pro is optimized for automated use at scale, with a tiny package set, minimal security footprint, and extensive security coverage: With Ubuntu Pro, you can enjoy enhanced security coverage that protects the OS and expands security maintenance to thousands of packages. This includes critical applications such as Apache Kafka, NGINX, MongoDB, Redis, PostgreSQL, and more.
The unique features of Ubuntu Pro in a minimal image empower teams to gain control, improve their security posture, and freely consume open-source software while simultaneously meeting internal security, governance, and compliance requirements.
Features of Ubuntu Pro:
- Kernel Livepatch: Enables in-memory application of kernel security patches without rebooting, minimizing downtime.
- Expanded Security Maintenance: Provides up to 15 years of security updates (with Legacy add-on), ensuring long-term security maintenance for enterprise applications.
- Coverage for the widest software ecosystem: Expands security maintenance to thousands of packages, including critical applications such as Apache Kafka, NGINX, MongoDB, Redis, PostgreSQL, and runtimes such as PHP and Python, allowing teams to consume a vast collection of open source software while meeting their internal security, governance, and compliance requirements.
- Canonical Landscape license included: Landscape, Canonical's official fleet management tool, automates security management tasks across your Ubuntu estate, available on request, streamlining control and security.
Minimal Ubuntu Pro remains fully compatible with Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS, with a reduced base package set, adding additional security, compliance and management tools in a form suitable for small to large-scale Linux operations.
For more information, see https://ubuntu.com/aws/pro
Highlights
- Lightweight and minimal attack surface
- Up to 15-year maintenance from its release date, including patches for high and critical CVEs for all supported components.
- Avoid unplanned downtime with Kernel Livepatch enabled by default.
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Ubuntu 22.04 - Jammy
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Pricing
Pricing is based on actual usage, with charges varying according to how much you consume. Subscriptions have no end date and may be canceled any time. Alternatively, you can pay upfront for a contract, which typically covers your anticipated usage for the contract duration. Any usage beyond contract will incur additional usage-based costs.
Additional AWS infrastructure costs may apply. Use the AWS Pricing Calculator to estimate your infrastructure costs.
If you are an AWS Free Tier customer with a free plan, you are eligible to subscribe to this offer. You can use free credits to cover the cost of eligible AWS infrastructure. See AWS Free Tier for more details. If you created an AWS account before July 15th, 2025, and qualify for the Legacy AWS Free Tier, Amazon EC2 charges for Micro instances are free for up to 750 hours per month. See Legacy AWS Free Tier for more details.
Dimension | Cost/hour |
|---|---|
m5.large Recommended | $0.004 |
t3.micro | $0.004 |
t2.micro | $0.002 |
i4i.xlarge | $0.007 |
r6a.32xlarge | $0.224 |
m3.large | $0.004 |
r5ad.large | $0.004 |
m6i.24xlarge | $0.168 |
x2iedn.24xlarge | $0.168 |
x2iezn.4xlarge | $0.028 |
Dimensions summary
You pay by the hour for Minimal Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS, added on top of your standard EC2 instance cost. Each dimension maps to a specific EC2 instance type, from small shared instances to large memory, compute, storage, and GPU machines. Pricing scales with instance size, since it reflects the number of vCPUs on each machine. Larger instances carry a higher hourly rate. Metering runs by usage, so you are billed only for the hours instances run. Discounts may apply through AWS Savings Plans. Choose the instance type that fits your workload, and the matching rate applies.
Top-of-mind questions for buyers
You get the Minimal Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS software subscription running on that EC2 instance type. This adds security patches, kernel Livepatch, and compliance components like FIPS and CIS hardening on top of the operating system. The rate reflects the vCPUs on the machine you choose.
Metering runs by the second while an instance runs, so the software charge stops when the instance is stopped. You pay only for the hours instances are active. Stopped instances may still incur separate AWS storage fees, but the Ubuntu Pro software meters running time only.
Pricing is based on the number of vCPUs on each instance. Larger instances have more vCPUs, so they carry a higher hourly software rate. The Ubuntu Pro charge is separate from and added on top of the underlying EC2 compute cost for that instance.
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
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Automated version update for new release
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Usage instructions
For Ubuntu Cloud Guest it is suggested to manually configure your Security Group/Firewall settings. The 1-Click Security Group opens only port 22 so that you can access your instance via ssh using login 'ubuntu'. If you chose the 1-Click Security Group, you may change it later to enable applications using the AWS Console or API.
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Support
Vendor support
Ubuntu Pro comes with security maintenance by default for its Main and Universe repositories for 10 years from its release date with additional 5 years with the Legacy add-on. Additional ticket/phone support can be added with two support levels: 24-hour support for business days or 24x7 support coverage. Learn more at
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