How-to guides

These guides provide instructions for performing different operations related to our products on AWS. They are categorized based on whether EC2 or EKS is being used. Finally, there are a couple of generic how-to guides as well.

EC2 - Launching and using Ubuntu instances

Perform tasks such as finding the right image to use and launching different types of instances.

Create a customized AMI, templates, and install custom drivers.

Perform upgrades and set up automated updates.

Deploy some Canonical specific solutions.

EKS - Using Ubuntu Pro and GPUs on EKS

If you want to use Ubuntu and enable GPUs on Amazon’s EKS service, you can refer to these instructions.

Using security features

AWS provides multiple features for additional security, many of which are supported through our Ubuntu images. This guide walks you through the steps needed to use these security features.

Contributing to the docs

If you come across any problems with this documentation and you want to help with corrections, suggestions or new content, here’s how you can do that: