In an earlier blog we announced our new snapshot service and how Microsoft Azure was using this for updates. We recently published information to help people use the service beyond Microsoft Azure.
Today I would like to show a simplified example of how to integrate the snapshot service into systems management tooling. This can let users control the rollout of updates across an Ubuntu fleet and improve the update experience for users. The aim is to inspire those building systems management tools, particularly multi-OS tools, to investigate the Ubuntu snapshot service.
If you are an end user or enterprise wanting to use snapshots, please take a look at Landscape. This is Canonical’s recommended systems management tool and it has recently added support for the snapshot service.
A video version of this blog post is available here:
Usage of the snapshot service
As a simple example, on an…
