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To be carried out by the Canonical Foundations team.

The release of a new ubuntu-core stable image is a rather simple and straightforward process. Access to nusakan (cdimage) is required.

• Coordinate with the kernel and snapd teams about the incoming new ubuntu-core release.
  • Make sure that kernel and snapd snaps are ready in stable at least a week before the planned release date.
• (optional) Request early sanity testing of the current edge-based daily images by the Certification Team to find any possible blockers as early as possible.
• Check if the base snap (core, core16 or core18, depending on the release) is up-to-date in stable. If not, perform required promotion testing and promote it to stable.
• Build the release candidate image.

  • On nusakan in screen, as cdimage, run: CHANNEL=stable for-project ubuntu-core cron.daily-live --live (or with an additional DIST=xenial in front in case of 16).

  • Disabling of daily images is not required as those are built separately and published to a different directory structure on cdimage.
• Once images are built, send a request for testing to the Certification Team (cwayne or plars are the current right POCs) including the link to the RC image directory on cdimage.
• Iterate on testing results from the Certification Team, re-spinning images when necessary.
• Once images are blessed by the Certification Team as ready for release, inform the product management about the release being ready.
• On release day, promote the RC stable image to current.

  • On nusakan, as cdimage, go to the www/full/ubuntu-core/<SERIES>/stable/ directory where <SERIES> is either 16 or 18.

  • If current is a symlink, change it to point to the new stable release image that has just been validated.
  • If current is not a symlink but a regular directory, cd inside it and then change the links to the images inside. Be sure to also symlink and/or update the MD5SUMS and sign them, if needed.