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{% block title %}Ubuntu Server - for scale out workloads{% endblock %}
{% block meta_description %}Secure, fast and economically scalable, Ubuntu helps you make the most of your infrastructure. Whether you want to deploy a cloud or a web farm, Ubuntu Server supports the most popular hardware and software.{% endblock %}
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    <h1>
      Scale out with Ubuntu Server
    </h1>
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      <p>
        Ubuntu Server brings economic and technical scalability to your datacentre, public or private. Whether you want to deploy an OpenStack cloud, a Kubernetes cluster or a 50,000-node render farm, Ubuntu Server delivers the best value scale-out performance available.
      </p>
      <p>
        <a class="p-button--positive" href="/download/server">
          Download Ubuntu Server
        </a>
      </p>
    </div>
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      <img src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/4b47cae5-image-server.svg" width="400" height="121" alt="" />
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    <h2>
      What&rsquo;s new in {{ releases.lts.short_version }} LTS
    </h2>
    <ul class="p-list is-split">
      <li class="p-list__item is-ticked">Supported by Canonical until 2023 with ESM coverage until 2028</li>
      <li class="p-list__item is-ticked">Runs on all major architectures &ndash; x86, x86-64, ARM v7, ARM64, POWER8 and IBM s390x (LinuxONE)</li>
      <li class="p-list__item is-ticked">New ubuntu-minimal images that are smaller and boot faster</li>
      <li class="p-list__item is-ticked">Easily configure networking through <a class="p-link--external" href="https://netplan.io/">netplan</a></li>
      <li class="p-list__item is-ticked">Fast and accurate time synchronization with chrony</li>
      <li class="p-list__item is-ticked">A new, default server installer ISO with a new interface and faster install</li>
      <li class="p-list__item is-ticked">Supports ZFS, the next-generation volume management/ file system ideal for servers and containers</li>
      <li class="p-list__item is-ticked">LXD 3.0 - Linux containers including clustering, QoS, and resource controls (CPU, memory, block I/O, graphics, and storage quota)</li>
      <li class="p-list__item is-ticked">Install snaps for simple application installation and release management</li>
      <li class="p-list__item is-ticked">Linux 4.15 kernel</li>
      <li class="p-list__item is-ticked">Certification as a guest on AWS, Microsoft Azure, Joyent, IBM, Google Cloud Platform and Rackspace</li>
      <li class="p-list__item is-ticked">Updates to LXD (v3.0), DPDK (v17.11.1), Postgresql (v10.3), Libvirt (v4.0), NGINX (v1.14), Qemu (v2.11.1), Docker (v17.03), Puppet (v4.10), MySQL (v5.7), PHP (v7.2), and more</li>
    </ul>
    <p>
      <a class="p-link--external"
      href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/{{ releases.lts.slug }}/ReleaseNotes">
      Read more in the release notes
      </a>
    </p>
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</div>


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    <h2>
      What&rsquo;s new in {{ releases.latest.short_version }}
    </h2>
    <ul class="p-list is-split">
      <li class="p-list__item is-ticked">Supported by Canonical for 9 months</li>
      <li class="p-list__item is-ticked">Linux 5.3 kernel</li>
      <li class="p-list__item is-ticked">Updates to qemu (v4.0), libvirt (v5.4), mysql (v8.0), postgresql (v11) and more</li>
      <li class="p-list__item is-ticked">Fresh set of fixes and refreshes to the Ubuntu Server installer</li>
      <li class="p-list__item is-ticked">New Ubuntu Advantage experience</li>
    </ul>
    <p>
      <a class="p-link--external"
      href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/{{ releases.latest.slug }}/ReleaseNotes">
        Read more in the release notes
      </a>
    </p>
  </div>
</div>

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    <h2 id="performance-and-versatility">
      Performance and versatility
    </h2>
    <p class="p-heading--three"
    >Agile, secure, deploy-anywhere technology for fast-moving companies
    </p>
  </div>
</div>

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    <p>
      It doesn&rsquo;t matter whether you want to deploy a NoSQL database, web farm or cloud. Certified by leading hardware OEMs and with comprehensive deployment tools, so you can get the most from your infrastructure.
    </p>
  </div>
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    <p>
      Our regular release cycle means access to the latest and most performant open source. A lean initial installation and integrated deployment and application modeling technologies make Ubuntu Server a great solution for simple deployment and management at scale.
    </p>
  </div>
</div>

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    <h3 class="p-muted-heading u-align--center">Works with all your hardware and software</h3>
    <ul class="p-inline-images">
      <li class="p-inline-images__item">
        <img class="p-inline-images__logo" src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/68713fd5-logo-lenovo.svg" width="144" alt="Lenovo" />
      </li>
      <li class="p-inline-images__item">
        <img class="p-inline-images__logo" src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/5ddba83a-logo-dell.svg" width="88" alt="Dell" />
      </li>
      <li class="p-inline-images__item">
        <img class="p-inline-images__logo" src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/683950fd-logo-ibm.svg" width="144" alt="IBM" />
      </li>
      <li class="p-inline-images__item">
        <img class="p-inline-images__logo" src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/a298e7ec-logo-hp.svg" width="88" alt="HP" />
      </li>
      <li class="last-item p-inline-images__item">
        <img class="p-inline-images__logo" src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/c24cb4b9-logo-intel.svg" width="132" alt="Intel" />
      </li>
      <li class="p-inline-images__item">
        <img class="p-inline-images__logo" src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/4d6054f9-logo-cisco.svg" width="144" alt="Cisco" />
      </li>
      <li class="p-inline-images__item">
        <img class="p-inline-images__logo" src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/731aab6c-logo-amd.svg" width="144" alt="AMD" />
      </li>
      <li class="last-item p-inline-images__item">
        <img class="p-inline-images__logo" src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/4efbd291-Arm_logo_blue_cropped.svg" width="144" alt="Arm" />
      </li>
    </ul>
    <p class="u-align--center u-vertically-spaced"><a href="https://certification.ubuntu.com">
      View all certified hardware&nbsp;&rsaquo;
    </a></p>

    <ul class="p-inline-images">
      <li class="p-inline-images__item">
        <img class="p-inline-images__logo" src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/76999dfc-logo-centrify.png?w=132" width="132" alt="Centrify" />
      </li>
      <li class="p-inline-images__item">
        <img class="p-inline-images__logo" src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/eed716e9-logo-openstack.svg" width="88" alt="OpenStack" width="100%" />
      </li>
      <li class="p-inline-images__item">
        <img class="p-inline-images__logo" src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/c228b4e9-logo-likewise.png?w=144" width="144" alt="Likewise" />
      </li>
      <li class="last-item p-inline-images__item">
        <img class="p-inline-images__logo" src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/64493bba-logo-openbravo.png?w=144" width="144" alt="Openbravo" />
      </li>
    </ul>
    <p class="u-align--center u-vertically-spaced">
      <a href="https://partners.ubuntu.com/programmes/software">
        View all certified software&nbsp;&rsaquo;
      </a>
    </p>
  </div>
</div>

{% include "shared/_release_schedule.html" %}

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      <h2>
        Deploys anywhere
      </h2>
      <p>
        Ubuntu is the most widely used developer platform for open‐source cloud building, the reference operating system for OpenStack, and the most popular cloud guest operating system on private and public clouds globally.
      </p>
      <p>
        <a class="p-button" href="/public-cloud">
          Learn more about Ubuntu Cloud
        </a>
        <a href="/openstack">
          Learn more about OpenStack&nbsp;&rsaquo;
        </a>
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>
</section>

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      <div class="p-heading-icon">
        <div class="p-heading-icon__header">
          <img class="p-heading-icon__img" src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/60bd6cf1-picto-juju.svg" alt="" width="100" height="100" />
          <h3 class="p-heading-icon__title">
            Juju &mdash; multi-cloud orchestration
          </h3>
        </div>
        <p>
          With the option of a command line or browser-based interface, Juju enables you to design and deploy entire workloads in just a few clicks. It works on public clouds like AWS and Microsoft Azure, private clouds built on OpenStack and even directly on bare metal, via MAAS.
        </p>
        <p>
          <a class="p-link--external" href="https://jujucharms.com/">
            Learn more about Juju
          </a>
        </p>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="col-4 p-divider__block">
      <div class="p-heading-icon">
        <div class="p-heading-icon__header">
          <img class="p-heading-icon__img" src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/0de4fcd5-logo-maas-icon.svg" alt="" width="100" height="100" />
          <h3 class="p-heading-icon__title">
            MAAS &mdash; bare metal provisioning
          </h3>
        </div>
        <p>
          MAAS is a time-saving provisioning system which makes it quick and easy to set up the physical hardware to deploy complex services, like Ubuntu&rsquo;s OpenStack cloud infrastructure. Just plug in your servers, connect them to the network and let MAAS do the rest.
        </p>
        <p>
          <a class="p-link--external" href="https://maas.io/">
            Learn more about MAAS
          </a>
        </p>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="col-4 p-divider__block">
      <div class="p-heading-icon">
        <div class="p-heading-icon__header">
          <img class="p-heading-icon__img" src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/425efe3a-lxd.svg" width="100" alt="LXD" />
          <h3 class="p-heading-icon__title">
            LXD &mdash; machine containers
          </h3>
        </div>
        <p>
          Economics are directly tied to compute density. LXD, the Linux container hypervisor, merges the speed and density of containers with the manageability and security of traditional virtual machines.
        </p>
        <p>
          <a class="p-link--external" href="https://linuxcontainers.org/">
            Learn more about LXD
          </a>
        </p>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</section>

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    <h2>
      Ubuntu Advantage for your Infrastructure
    </h2>
  </div>
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    <div class="col-6">
      <p>
        Ubuntu Advantage for infrastructure offers a single, per-node packaging of the most comprehensive software, security and IaaS support in the industry. With OpenStack and Kubernetes support included, Ubuntu Advantage for Infrastructure provides everything you need to future-proof your data centre.
      </p>
      <p>
        UA for Infrastructure, Advanced includes Server, OpenStack and Kubernetes support and is available at Standard (24x5) and Advanced (24x7) response times.
      </p>
      <p><a href="/pricing/infra">Learn more about Ubuntu Advantage for Infrastructure&nbsp;&rsaquo;</a></p>
    </div>
    <div class="col-4 col-start-large-9 u-float-right">
      <div class="p-card">
        <h3 class="p-card__title">Get in touch</h3>
        <p class="p-card__content">Speak to our technical support team about your support requirements.</p>
        <p class="p-card__content"><a class="p-button--positive js-invoke-modal" href="/server/contact-us?product=server-overview">Contact us</a></p>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</section>

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      <h2 id="a-thriving-community">
        A thriving community
      </h2>
      <p>
        Exchange expertise and ideas with thousands of other IT professionals
      </p>
      <p>
        Want to talk to other Ubuntu users straightaway? Share ideas and get advice and help from our large, active community of IT professionals. As a community, we set high standards for friendliness and tolerance, we welcome your questions and contributions!
      </p>
      <p>
        <a href="/community">
          Join the community&nbsp;&rsaquo;
        </a>
      </p>
    </div>
    <div class="col-3 u-vertically-center u-align--center">
      <img src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/039628d5-picto-community-orange.svg" class="u-hide--small" alt="" width="136" height="136" />
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  </div>
</section>

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