Want to apply critical kernel security fixes without rebooting your system? The Canonical Livepatch Service for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS reduces planned or unplanned downtime while maintaining compliance and security.
Ubuntu says
Use canonical Livepatch to increase security between restarts.
I have to sign in to do this, so is it worth setting up? I'm not sure what it is, the box is unticked.
The more secure the better, but is it worth it? How complicated is…
After updating Ubuntu packages today, I see a new livepatch indicator in the top-panel:
How can I hide it? I tried running sudo apt remove indicator-livepatch, but there's no such package. When I go to livepatch settings, I don't see an option to…
This is a loaded question because I'm already aware of, and am very interested in ksplice. The problem is that since they were bought by Oracle, they have been forced to pull numerous server distributions from the offerings. The answer isn't as…
I've started seeing a livepatch warning in my system tray.
Clicking it takes me the the livepatch client where I see this error message:
Despite the URL, there isn't a #CommonIssues section on the page:…
Canonical offers livepatching for its kernel, where every home user can get three licenses.
However, I'd like to know how I can de-register a machine from my license. If I get rid of a computer, I'd rather not lose one of my three licenses.
Is there…
I just upgraded to 18.04 and wanted to try out livepatch. After reading the Livepatch Terms of Service web page (https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/livepatch-terms-of-service) I wondered a bit about these two paragraphs in the personal…
In my Ubuntu 18.04 LTS desktop I have now, after today's software updates last kernels 4.15.0-50-generic and 4.15.0-51-generic and Canonical Livepatch installed and enabled today.
Problem: I have red exclamation mark on Livepatch icon on right…
Last night I thought to check whether Canonical Livepatch service is working fine after upgrading to Ubuntu 18.10 from Ubuntu 18.04.
I know it was meaningless since it was working fine in Ubuntu 18.04.
But to my surprise when I ran
sudo…
So one of the big features in kernel 4.0 is the ability to update the kernel without rebooting. 16.04 has kernel 4.0. So therefore, is the no reboot feature enabled by default? Or if not, is there a way to enable it?
In order to set up Livepatch on Ubuntu 18.04, one needs to have a Ubuntu One account. Clearly this choice has privacy implications, and possibly also security ones (for instance, in theory, Canonical could choose to deploy malicious patches to one…
On my ubuntu server, I won't install snapd. But without snapd, I cannot install canonical-livepatch. Is there a potentially inofficial version of livepatch as traditional .deb file, for install using dpkg or apt-get, or a conversion script which can…
I'm by no means a sysadmin, so maybe this is a simple oversight. Isn't the whole point of the Livepatch Service to prevent mission-critical servers from having to restart after a kernel update?
Livepatch on the Google Cloud Compute Server in…
I just upgraded the packages on my 18.04 machine and after reboot I see a new symbol in my top right that looks like a shield with a red "denied" symbol on it.
After further investigation this turns out to be the icon for the "livepatch" feature.…
When I hit "Sign In..." on this window to go into my Ubuntu One account, it does nothing. I am expecting a window for my credentials, but nothing happens.
Canonical offers a
Livepatch service
but it requires credentials and, more importantly, doesn't work on non-LTS versions like 17.04
Livepatchd error: Only Ubuntu 16.04 LTS is supported, exiting.
Is there an alternative livepatch client that isn't…
