• Custom trend information: Customise the display of the parameters that you need to know. Beyond the standard operational graphs that are included in Landscape, you can now write a simple script to graph system parameters you want to view. • System info tool: A new tool updates the status of your system information at sign-in, saving you time because you no longer have to manually look for this data. • Maintain a detailed hardware inventory: Landscape removes the complexity from hardware inventory management by showing complete and easy-to-understand hardware information for all your systems. • Simplify security audits: Auditing and security are simpli ed with Landscape’s detailed history logs, which display actions performed by all administrators. • Access full package information: The convenient web interface enables browsing of all packages installed, available, and available for upgrading on all registered machines.

How does Landscape work?

Landscape is available as a web-based Hosted Edition and a Dedicated Server Edition.

Landscape Hosted Edition Landscape Hosted is o ered as a service by Canonical. Each managed system connects to, and securely exchanges information about, packages and system operational parameters with the Landscape server. Package updates are Landscape downloaded directly from either the Ubuntu public repository or your own private package repository. Because Landscape is web-based, it is easy to set up and use and requires no special hardware or specialised skills to operate. Automating the way you manage your systems

Landscape Dedicated Server Edition Landscape Dedicated Server manages and monitors your Ubuntu systems onsite. It provides all the functionality of What is Landscape? the Landscape Hosted service, but now your clients are managed within your environment and all package and data transfers can be con ned to your private network. Landscape Server is ideal for enterprises that have security policies that Landscape is an easy-to-use systems management and monitoring platform that enables you to manage multiple prevent any system data from being transmitted over public networks and installations with low bandwidth or high latency Ubuntu machines as easily as one through a simple web-based interface. Landscape provides powerful, automated connections. This solution enables you to manage and monitor your system without needing to access the public Internet. systems administration capabilities such as management, monitoring and provisioning of packages across multiple machines, lowering your per-systems cost of management and administration. Landscape is available in two versions: The Landscape Dedicated Server is hosted on your servers in your physical environment. Because it is based on the the Hosted Edition o ered over the web, and the Dedicated Server Edition, which installs locally giving you complete hosted version of Landscape, it is easy to use and requires no specialised skills to operate once it is installed. Update control over your environment. packages for managed systems can be downloaded from the Ubuntu public repository or your own private one, giving you complete control over how your systems are updated.

How do I get Landscape? Systems Landscape is available as a web-based hosted version and as a Dedicated Server that installs locally. Web Browser

• Sign up for a free 60-day trial: www.canonical.com/landscape/register

• Contact our sales team about Landscape: www.canonical.com/contact/sales Pack age I nformation Landscape Server Ubuntu Packages

Figure 1 - Each managed system connects to and securely exchanges information about packages and system operational parameters with the Landscape server. Package updates

© Canonical Limited 2009. Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Canonical and their associated logos are the registered trademarks of Canonical Ltd. All other trademarks are the properties are downloaded directly from either the Ubuntu public repository or your own private package repository. Landscape is available in two versions: a hosted service managed by of their respective owners. Any information referred to in this document may change without notice and Canonical will not be he ld responsible for any such changes. Canonical or the Dedicated Server Edition that gives you complete control over your environment.

landscape_brochure_aw_v2.indd 2-3 31/7/09 17:06:19 Why should I use Landscape?

Landscape is a systems management platform that makes it even easier to manage Ubuntu Server Edition by automating routine tasks so your IT sta can be more productive. It gives you insight into your environment so you can instantly view the status of your systems and receive alerts when critical patches are available. With Landscape, you can view hardware con gurations, patch status and monitor critical parameters helping increase uptime by ensuring system conformity across your environment.

You can also revolutionise your IT operations by adopting the right cloud model to suit your needs and managing it with Landscape. Whether you choose an internal, external or hybrid cloud model, Landscape can help you make the most of your IT resources. You can provide behind-the- rewall IT resources to customers as they are needed, deploy resources outside the rewall or tap into an external cloud when additional resources are required.

Figure 3 - The Landscape Computers screen lets you manage all your Ubuntu Figure 4 - The Landscape Dashboard alerts you when critical updates are available What does Landscape do? systems, both physical and cloud-based, from one console. and when computers have not responded helping you respond to issues quickly.

Landscape provides powerful, automated systems administration capabilities to manage all your Ubuntu installations including:

• Cloud environment management Systems management

• Systems management Tracking and updating system con gurations is one of the most time-consuming tasks for IT administrators. The ability to • Systems monitoring quickly view detailed con guration information, histories and updates as well as enforce standardisation between systems, is key to simplifying the job of diagnosing, auditing and ensuring compliance.

Cloud environment management Landscape provides a simple web interface to view key parameters, updates and packages that are deployed to each system or group of systems. Cloud environments add an additional layer of systems management complexity for IT administrators. Landscape simpli es the process of managing cloud environments by helping you to manage them as you would physical machines. Landscape simpli es your everyday workload by letting you create scripts that automate routine work such as starting and stopping services, performing backups and pro ling hardware. Some of the more notable system management Landscape is the only management platform that ensures that you can manage physical and cloud systems from the capabilities are: same console, saving you time by not having to use multiple tools. • Manage many machines at once: All operations in Landscape can be applied to one or more machines with the same ease. • Start, stop, manage and monitor cloud systems from within Landscape, right alongside your physical systems. • Group machines to match your needs: Not all machines need to form a single group. You can split machines into multiple • Manage both public cloud systems on Amazon EC2 and private cloud systems based on Eucalyptus. groups for dierent requirements but all can be administered through a single interface. • Schedule updates: Schedule package updates in advance so you can implement changes to your systems during maintenance windows. • Administrator delegation: Group your systems to meet your needs then assign permissions to dierent administrators Package Information Web Browser thereby enhancing security. • Manage packages across the network: See a package inventory for each computer and allow administrators to install, upgrade or remove packages from one or more computers.

Public Cloud • Integrate custom repositories: Con gure Landscape to securely update systems from your own private package repository or from the public Ubuntu package repository. • Support disconnected systems: Systems that are disconnected from the network will be properly handled when they next get online.

Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud Landscape Server Ubuntu Packages Systems monitoring

Landscape helps you maintain uptime by monitoring your systems and increasing your ability to spot problems before they impact system performance. You can plot trends of temperature, disk and memory usage, system load or any machine- Servers and Desktops readable parameter over time.

Landscape also enhances auditing because it keeps an inventory of all hardware as well as detailed logs of actions performed by administrators. Figure 2 - Landscape can manage your physical, virtual and cloud instances giving you a single consolidated view of all your systems in one console.

landscape_brochure_aw_v2.indd 4-5 31/7/09 17:06:20 Why should I use Landscape?

Landscape is a systems management platform that makes it even easier to manage Ubuntu Server Edition by automating routine tasks so your IT sta can be more productive. It gives you insight into your environment so you can instantly view the status of your systems and receive alerts when critical patches are available. With Landscape, you can view hardware con gurations, patch status and monitor critical parameters helping increase uptime by ensuring system conformity across your environment.

You can also revolutionise your IT operations by adopting the right cloud model to suit your needs and managing it with Landscape. Whether you choose an internal, external or hybrid cloud model, Landscape can help you make the most of your IT resources. You can provide behind-the- rewall IT resources to customers as they are needed, deploy resources outside the rewall or tap into an external cloud when additional resources are required.

Figure 3 - The Landscape Computers screen lets you manage all your Ubuntu Figure 4 - The Landscape Dashboard alerts you when critical updates are available What does Landscape do? systems, both physical and cloud-based, from one console. and when computers have not responded helping you respond to issues quickly.

Landscape provides powerful, automated systems administration capabilities to manage all your Ubuntu installations including:

• Cloud environment management Systems management

• Systems management Tracking and updating system con gurations is one of the most time-consuming tasks for IT administrators. The ability to • Systems monitoring quickly view detailed con guration information, histories and updates as well as enforce standardisation between systems, is key to simplifying the job of diagnosing, auditing and ensuring compliance.

Cloud environment management Landscape provides a simple web interface to view key parameters, updates and packages that are deployed to each system or group of systems. Cloud environments add an additional layer of systems management complexity for IT administrators. Landscape simpli es the process of managing cloud environments by helping you to manage them as you would physical machines. Landscape simpli es your everyday workload by letting you create scripts that automate routine work such as starting and stopping services, performing backups and pro ling hardware. Some of the more notable system management Landscape is the only management platform that ensures that you can manage physical and cloud systems from the capabilities are: same console, saving you time by not having to use multiple tools. • Manage many machines at once: All operations in Landscape can be applied to one or more machines with the same ease. • Start, stop, manage and monitor cloud systems from within Landscape, right alongside your physical systems. • Group machines to match your needs: Not all machines need to form a single group. You can split machines into multiple • Manage both public cloud systems on Amazon EC2 and private cloud systems based on Eucalyptus. groups for dierent requirements but all can be administered through a single interface. • Schedule updates: Schedule package updates in advance so you can implement changes to your systems during maintenance windows. • Administrator delegation: Group your systems to meet your needs then assign permissions to dierent administrators Package Information Web Browser thereby enhancing security. • Manage packages across the network: See a package inventory for each computer and allow administrators to install, upgrade or remove packages from one or more computers.

Public Cloud • Integrate custom repositories: Con gure Landscape to securely update systems from your own private package repository or from the public Ubuntu package repository. • Support disconnected systems: Systems that are disconnected from the network will be properly handled when they next get online.

Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud Landscape Server Ubuntu Packages Systems monitoring

Landscape helps you maintain uptime by monitoring your systems and increasing your ability to spot problems before they impact system performance. You can plot trends of temperature, disk and memory usage, system load or any machine- Servers and Desktops readable parameter over time.

Landscape also enhances auditing because it keeps an inventory of all hardware as well as detailed logs of actions performed by administrators. Figure 2 - Landscape can manage your physical, virtual and cloud instances giving you a single consolidated view of all your systems in one console.

landscape_brochure_aw_v2.indd 4-5 31/7/09 17:06:20 • Custom trend information: Customise the display of the parameters that you need to know. Beyond the standard operational graphs that are included in Landscape, you can now write a simple script to graph system parameters you want to view. • System info tool: A new tool updates the status of your system information at sign-in, saving you time because you no longer have to manually look for this data. • Maintain a detailed hardware inventory: Landscape removes the complexity from hardware inventory management by showing complete and easy-to-understand hardware information for all your systems. • Simplify security audits: Auditing and security are simpli ed with Landscape’s detailed history logs, which display actions performed by all administrators. • Access full package information: The convenient web interface enables browsing of all packages installed, available, and available for upgrading on all registered machines.

How does Landscape work?

Landscape is available as a web-based Hosted Edition and a Dedicated Server Edition.

Landscape Hosted Edition Landscape Hosted is o ered as a service by Canonical. Each managed system connects to, and securely exchanges information about, packages and system operational parameters with the Landscape server. Package updates are Landscape downloaded directly from either the Ubuntu public repository or your own private package repository. Because Landscape is web-based, it is easy to set up and use and requires no special hardware or specialised skills to operate. Automating the way you manage your systems

Landscape Dedicated Server Edition Landscape Dedicated Server manages and monitors your Ubuntu systems onsite. It provides all the functionality of What is Landscape? the Landscape Hosted service, but now your clients are managed within your environment and all package and data transfers can be con ned to your private network. Landscape Server is ideal for enterprises that have security policies that Landscape is an easy-to-use systems management and monitoring platform that enables you to manage multiple prevent any system data from being transmitted over public networks and installations with low bandwidth or high latency Ubuntu machines as easily as one through a simple web-based interface. Landscape provides powerful, automated connections. This solution enables you to manage and monitor your system without needing to access the public Internet. systems administration capabilities such as management, monitoring and provisioning of packages across multiple machines, lowering your per-systems cost of management and administration. Landscape is available in two versions: The Landscape Dedicated Server is hosted on your servers in your physical environment. Because it is based on the the Hosted Edition o ered over the web, and the Dedicated Server Edition, which installs locally giving you complete hosted version of Landscape, it is easy to use and requires no specialised skills to operate once it is installed. Update control over your environment. packages for managed systems can be downloaded from the Ubuntu public repository or your own private one, giving you complete control over how your systems are updated.

How do I get Landscape? Systems Landscape is available as a web-based hosted version and as a Dedicated Server that installs locally. Web Browser

• Sign up for a free 60-day trial: www.canonical.com/landscape/register

• Contact our sales team about Landscape: www.canonical.com/contact/sales Pack age I nformation Landscape Server Ubuntu Packages

Figure 1 - Each managed system connects to and securely exchanges information about packages and system operational parameters with the Landscape server. Package updates

© Canonical Limited 2009. Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Canonical and their associated logos are the registered trademarks of Canonical Ltd. All other trademarks are the properties are downloaded directly from either the Ubuntu public repository or your own private package repository. Landscape is available in two versions: a hosted service managed by of their respective owners. Any information referred to in this document may change without notice and Canonical will not be he ld responsible for any such changes. Canonical or the Dedicated Server Edition that gives you complete control over your environment.

landscape_brochure_aw_v2.indd 2-3 31/7/09 17:06:19