{"id":4239,"date":"2024-05-05T18:28:43","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T22:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dft.wiki\/?p=4239"},"modified":"2024-05-05T18:39:01","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T22:39:01","slug":"canonical-landscape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dft.wiki\/?p=4239","title":{"rendered":"Canonical Landscape"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canonical Landscape<\/strong> is a systems management tool it is designed to manage Ubuntu Desktop, Server, and Core instances with a set of administrative tools, centralized package updates, machine grouping, script deployment, security audit compliance and custom software repositories.<\/p>\n

Keep in mind “running landscape client on a non-Ubuntu machines is not recommended and not supported”. It is designed and tested to manage a fleet of Ubuntu, only!<\/p>\n

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INSTALLATION<\/strong><\/p>\n

sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y ca-certificates software-properties-common\r\nexport FQDN='landscape.local'\r\nsudo hostnamectl set-hostname \"$FQDN\"\r\nsudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:landscape\/self-hosted-24.04 \r\nsudo apt update && sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y landscape-server-quickstart<\/pre>\n
Navigate to the address of the server to finish setting up the administrative account.<\/p>\n
Also, consider configuring SMTP to receive notifications when action is required or tasks are completed.<\/p>\n
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FINISHING SETUP<\/strong><\/p>\n
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There is nothing to say about it, really.<\/p>\n
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JOINING HOSTS<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Copy the command to join the computers (monitored\/managed hosts). Note the name of the server to be replaced before executing the command.<\/p>\n
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Then, click on Pending Computers<\/strong> to approved the joining requests as when they show up.<\/p>\n
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