--- title: update | Blog description: Canonical makes open source secure, reliable and easy to use, providing support for Ubuntu and a portfolio of enterprise-grade technologies. Founded in 2004, Canonical operates globally with team members in over 80 countries. url: https://canonical.com/blog/tag/update?format=md --- # Blog posts tagged *"update"* --- [Igor Ljubuncic](https://canonical.com/blog/author/igorljubuncic) 4 May 2020 ### [How to upgrade from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS to 20.04 LTS today](https://canonical.com/blog/how-to-upgrade-from-ubuntu-18-04-lts-to-20-04-lts-today) Desktop Ubuntu tech blog Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) was officially released on April 23. This is the latest Ubuntu Long Term Support (LTS) release, with security patches and updates available until 2025. If you are currently using an older version of Ubuntu, you may be interested in upgrading. In this tutorial, we will show how to safely upgrade ... --- [Igor Ljubuncic](https://canonical.com/blog/author/igorljubuncic) 27 February 2020 ### [Experimental feature: snap refresh awareness and update inhibition](https://canonical.com/blog/experimental-feature-snap-refresh-awareness-and-update-inhibition) Desktop Ubuntu tech blog We’d like to follow up on last week’s article about parallel installs for classic snaps with another bleeding-edge topic. Today, we will discuss snap refreshes. By design, snaps come with automatic updates, and by default, the update (refresh) frequency check is four times a day. Whenever new application versions are published, they soon ... --- [Stephan Fabel](https://canonical.com/blog/author/sfabel) 15 November 2018 ### [Upgrading Charmed Kubernetes](https://canonical.com/blog/upgrading-charmed-kubernetes) Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog This article describes the advantages users of Charmed Kubernetes enjoy through the high degree of automation charms offer the operator. One of the hardest problems of infrastructure-as-a-service operations is upgrading. Charms make it an easy 4 step process that is highly repeatable and predictable in its outcome. Kubernetes on Ubuntu is ... --- [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 26 September 2017 ### [Four steps to mobilising legacy OpenStack and escaping StuckStack](https://canonical.com/blog/four-steps-to-mobilising-legacy-openstack-and-escaping-stuckstack) Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog According to figures from the OpenStack Foundation, just 20 per cent of users are using the latest version of the software. Companies that fall to far behind updates risk becoming stuck on an older version of OpenStack, leaving themselves in danger of higher costs, diminishing agility and reduced security. We call this condition StuckStac ... --- [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 19 September 2017 ### [Webinar: OpenStack Pike is here, what’s new?](https://canonical.com/blog/webinar-openstack-pike-is-here-whats-new) Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog Sign up for our new webinar about the Canonical OpenStack Pike release. Join us to learn about the new features and how to upgrade from Ocata to Pike using OpenStack Charms.   ... --- [Mark Baker](https://canonical.com/blog/author/markbaker) 18 July 2017 ### [How modelling helps you avoid getting a stuck OpenStack](https://canonical.com/blog/stuckstack-how-modelling-helps-you-avoid-getting-a-stuck-openstack) Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog Lego model of an Airbus A380-800. Airbus run OpenStack A “StuckStack” is a deployment of OpenStack that usually, for technical but sometimes business reasons, is unable to be upgraded without significant disruption, time and expense. In the last post on this topic we discussed how many of these clouds became stuck and how the decisions ... --- [Alexia Emmanoulopoulou](https://canonical.com/blog/author/alexia-emman) 28 June 2017 ### [Webinar: How to upgrade your OpenStack cloud easily, without downtime](https://canonical.com/blog/webinar-how-to-upgrade-your-openstack-cloud-easily-without-downtime) Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog Live webinar It has become commonplace to see some OpenStack users choose to remain on old unsupported versions of OpenStack, forgoing new features and security updates rather than face the disruption, stress and complexity of upgrading. At Canonical we call this a StuckStack, a cloud that cannot or will not be upgraded. In this webinar ... --- [Mark Baker](https://canonical.com/blog/author/markbaker) 28 June 2017 ### [Stuck Stacks, the 7 year itch and the DevOps dilemma](https://canonical.com/blog/stuck-stacks-the-7-year-itch-and-the-devops-dilemma) Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog   7 years in, where do we go from here? It is 7 years since OpenStack came into being. 7 short years comprised of long days and late nights bringing it all together to the point that global businesses such as Walmart, AT&T and Bloomberg are now running on OpenStack. Whilst most OpenStack implementations started ... --- [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 8 June 2017 ### [Kernel Team Summary- June 8, 2017](https://canonical.com/blog/kernel-team-summary-june-8-2017) Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog Introduction This newsletter is to provide a status update from the Ubuntu Kernel Team. There will also be highlights provided for any interesting subjects the team may be working on. If you would like to reach the kernel team, you can find us at the #ubuntu-kernel channel on FreeNode. Alternatively, you can mail the Ubuntu ... --- [Alexia Emmanoulopoulou](https://canonical.com/blog/author/alexia-emman) 8 May 2017 ### [Video: Managed OpenStack upgrades](https://canonical.com/blog/video-managed-openstack-upgrades) Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog The process of upgrading OpenStack releases can be challenging, given the many moving parts and the cadence of releases. In this use case video, Juan Carliante, Cloud Reliability Engineer for Canonical explains how Canonical’s BootStack  Engineering team solves issues arising during the upgrade process quickly using Juju, an open-source a ... --- [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 14 March 2017 ### [Introducing Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Extended Security Maintenance)](https://canonical.com/blog/introducing-ubuntu-12-04-esm-extended-security-maintenance) Canonical announcements Ubuntu tech blog   Canonical announced the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) release almost 5 years ago, on April 26, 2012. As with all LTS releases, Canonical has provided ongoing security patches and bug fixes for a period of 5 years. The Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Long Term Support) period will end on Friday, April 28, 2017. Following the end-of-life of Ubunt ... --- 1. *Previous page* 2. [1](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/update?format=md&page=1) 3. [2](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/update?format=md&page=2) 4. 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