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Blog posts tagged
"snapcraft"


Stéphane Graber
16 February 2016

Running snaps in LXD containers

Cloud and server Article

Introduction The LXD and AppArmor teams have been working to support loading AppArmor policies inside LXD containers for a while. This support which finally landed in the latest Ubuntu kernels now makes it possible to install snap packages. Snap packages … Continue reading → ...


mark
20 January 2015

Smart things powered by snappy Ubuntu Core on ARM and x86

Internet of Things Article

Smart things powered by Ubuntu Core have automated, transactional security updates and access to a huge range of software for app developers. We hope it will be useful for the next generation of incredible machines and are delighted to be launching it with the support of a wide range of software and hardware specialists that are leading t ...


Scott Moser
11 December 2014

Snappy Ubuntu Core and cloud-init

Internet of Things Article

Snappy Ubuntu Core was announced this week.  In yesterday’s blog post (Snappy Ubuntu Core and uvtool) I showed how you can use uvtool to create and manage snappy instances.Now that we’ve got that covered, let’s look deeper into a very cool feature – the ability to customize the instance and automate its startup and configuration.  For exa ...


Scott Moser
10 December 2014

Snappy Ubuntu Core and uvtool

Internet of Things Article

Earlier this week, Ubuntu announced the Snappy Ubuntu Core . As part of the announcement, a set of qemu based instructions were included for checking out a snappy image on your local system.  In addition to that method, we’ve been working on updates to bring support for the transactional images to uvtool. Have you used uvtool before?  I l ...


mark
9 December 2014

Announcing Ubuntu Core, with snappy transactional updates!

Internet of Things Article

Ubuntu Core brings the bulletproof update mechanism and application isolation security from the Ubuntu phone to the cloud. It creates the smallest, most secure rendition of Ubuntu ever! And it’s really amazing as a platform for container-based deployment with tools like Docker. If you want the very latest goodness together with the tradit ...