Canonical Landscape
Canonical Landscape is a systems management tool for administering Ubuntu desktops, servers, cloud instances, IoT devices, and other Ubuntu systems.
What Canonical Landscape is
Canonical Landscape is a systems management tool for administering Ubuntu desktops, servers, cloud instances, IoT devices, and other Ubuntu systems. Administrators use a central portal to manage software updates, run remote scripts, handle packages and repositories, set role-based access, and monitor machines. Landscape can alert teams about updates and graph temperature, disk and memory use, system load, and custom metrics. A single instance can manage up to 40,000 machines, with an option to scale beyond that. It is available as Canonical-hosted SaaS, Managed Landscape, or self-hosted software. The free SaaS account with Ubuntu Pro covers up to five machines. Managed Landscape costs $6,861 a year per physical machine on public clouds, VMware, OpenStack, or LXD, or $9,470 a year per physical machine on bare metal. Self-hosting requires the organization to install, host, and maintain the software, with no price listed. Landscape also provides a scriptable API and integrations for configuration management, monitoring, and ticketing systems.
Good
- Central portal manages multiple Ubuntu system types.
- Single instance can manage up to 40,000 machines.
- Graphs system load, memory, disk, and custom metrics.
- API integrates with existing management systems.
Watch out
- Free SaaS account covers up to five machines.
- SaaS lacks repository mirroring and custom external identity configuration.
- Self-hosted setup and maintenance require technical resources.
- Client snap does not manage Debian packages.
Who it suits
Landscape is aimed at teams administering large or growing Ubuntu estates across desktops, servers, cloud systems, and embedded devices. Self-hosting is for organizations with the technical knowledge and resources to install and maintain it.
Verdict
Landscape offers several deployment choices and a broad set of Ubuntu fleet-management functions. Check the SaaS limits, per-machine managed-service prices, and self-hosting requirements against your deployment needs.
Plans and prices
From Canonical Landscape's own pricing page, checked 28 Sep 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Landscape SaaS (Ubuntu Pro) | Free | Free account with Ubuntu Pro · up to 5 machines |
| Managed Landscape on public clouds, VMware, OpenStack or LXD | $6,861 a year | Managed service · public clouds, VMware, OpenStack or LXD · Per Landscape physical machine/year |
| Managed Landscape on bare metal | $9,470 a year | Managed service · bare metal · Per Landscape physical machine/year |
| Self-hosted Landscape | Priced on request | Ubuntu Pro subscription is the main licensing mechanism · enterprise-scale users should contact Canonical Sales |
The facts
Each one read from Canonical Landscape's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Client limitation
- The Landscape Client snap does not support management of Debian packages.checked 28 Sep 2001
- Deployment options
- Landscape is offered as Canonical-hosted SaaS, Managed Landscape, or self-hosted software; SaaS is bundled with an Ubuntu Pro subscription.checked 28 Sep 2001
- Identity integrations
- Managed Landscape supports OpenID Connect and enterprise identity providers including Azure AD, Google, Okta, and IBM.checked 28 Sep 2001
- Integrations
- Landscape has a scriptable API and can integrate with existing configuration management, monitoring, and ticketing systems.checked 28 Sep 2001
- Intended users
- Landscape is presented for teams administering large or growing Ubuntu estates across desktops, servers, clouds, and embedded devices.checked 28 Sep 2001
- Managed service support
- Managed Landscape includes an SLA with up to 99.9% uptime, 24/7 monitoring, and break/fix response by Canonical engineers.checked 28 Sep 2001
- Management
- From one portal, administrators can manage software updates, run scripts remotely, manage packages and repositories, configure role-based access control, and monitor client machines.checked 28 Sep 2001
- Monitoring
- Landscape can alert on updates and graph machine temperature, disk, memory use, system load, and custom metrics.checked 28 Sep 2001
- Purpose
- Landscape is Canonical’s systems management solution for managing Ubuntu desktops, servers, cloud instances, IoT devices, and other Ubuntu systems.checked 28 Sep 2001
- SaaS limits
- Landscape SaaS does not currently provide repository mirroring or configuration of a custom external identity provider.checked 28 Sep 2001
- Scale
- A single instance can manage up to 40,000 machines, with the option to scale for larger deployments.checked 28 Sep 2001
- Security
- Landscape SaaS data in transit uses HTTPS with TLS and data at rest is encrypted using AES-128.checked 28 Sep 2001
- Self-hosted requirement
- Self-hosted Landscape is installed, hosted, and maintained by the user or organization and requires technical knowledge and resources to set up and maintain.checked 28 Sep 2001
- Self-hosted security
- Self-hosted Landscape uses HTTPS with TLS by default, while database encryption at rest is user-controlled and is not configured by Landscape by default.checked 28 Sep 2001
The company
- Founded
- 2004checked 28 Sep 2001
- Headquarters
- London, United Kingdomchecked 28 Sep 2001
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