Explanation

Explanations and clarifications of the core concepts and key topics that underpin Canonical’s robotics solutions.

These guides help understand how all the pieces fit together and get the most out of this ecosystem.

Snap & Ubuntu Core

All things Snap and Ubuntu Core.

• Snaps
  • ROS architectures with snaps
  • Identify functionalities and applications of a robotics snap
  • Snap configurations and hooks
  • Snap data and file storage
  • Snap environment variables
  • Applications orchestration
  • Vcstool and rosinstall file
  • Debug the build of a snap
  • Debug a snap application
  • Snap CI reusable workflows: intended use cases
• Ubuntu Core

Security

This page provides an overview of and references to various topics related to security for robotics on Ubuntu.

• Security
  • What is ROS ESM
  • Interaction between ROS ESM and ROS upstream
  • Security vulnerability audits in ROS ESM

Observability

This section is all about observability. The main focus of our documents is on the Canonical Observability Stack (COS) for robotics.

• Observability
  • What is COS for robotics
  • Alert rules configuration from device
  • COS for robotics components
  • Security considerations for COS for robotics