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Robotics documentation
Robotics documentation
  • Tutorials
    • ROS 2 development with Workshop
      • Getting started with Workshop
      • Customize a workshop for a project
    • From zero to hero: deploy a robot with snaps and Ubuntu Core
      • Part 1: Packaging our first ROS application as a snap
        • Part 1 exercise
      • Part 2: Packaging complex robotics software with snaps
        • Part 2 exercise
      • Part 3: Distribute ROS applications with the Snap Store
      • Part 4: Building ROS snaps with content sharing
      • Part 5: Create an Ubuntu Core image for the TurtleBot3
    • Monitor your robot fleet in the field
      • Deploy COS for robotics server in the cloud
      • Deploy COS for robotics agent on your robot
    • Set up a CI pipeline for your snap with reusable GitHub workflows
  • How-to guides
    • Development
      • Use Workshop and Git Worktree for ROS 2 development
      • ROS 2 networking with Workshop
    • Packaging
      • Build and publish a snap with GitHub Actions
      • Debug Snap Applications
      • Get started with ROS 2 snaps
      • Migrate from docker to snap
      • Use ROS 2 shared memory in snaps
      • Snap ROS distributions with no extensions
      • Configure a snap: pull a configuration from a server
      • Configure a snap: using a content snap
      • Configure a snap: Make the snap configuration overwritable
      • Build the IgH EtherCAT CLI snap from a modified checkout
      • Test a snap in CI
      • Promote a snap from candidate to stable
      • Monitor snaps pending promotion to stable
      • Publish a snap to a specific track and risk
      • Monitor an upstream GitHub repository for new releases
      • Update snaps automatically
      • Run the snap CI on self-hosted runners
    • Operation
      • Deploy a Caddy file server for COS for robotics
      • Send rosbags to COS for robotics
      • Write a configuration snap for COS for robotics
      • Configure Alertmanager to send email alerts
      • Observe COS for robotics
      • Set up Blackbox Exporter to monitor COS for robotics devices
      • Enable TLS encryption in COS for robotics
      • Migrate a cos-registration-server database from sqlite3 to postgresql
    • Maintenance
      • Enable ROS ESM
      • Set up a ROS ESM environment
      • Combine ESM and upstream ROS components
      • Check if a CVE is fixed in your environment
    • Security
  • Reference
    • Snapcraft
      • Plugins
      • Extensions
      • FAQ & Troubleshooting
    • Workshop
      • The ros2-minimal SDK
      • The ros2-desktop SDK
    • ROS ESM
    • Observability
      • COS registration server API
      • FAQ & Troubleshooting
    • Robotics reference architecture
    • Snap CI workflows
      • snap
      • build
      • test
      • publish
      • promote
      • generic-upstream-monitor
      • upstream-gh-tag-monitor
      • bump-snap-version
      • channel-risk-sync-monitor
  • Explanation
    • 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
      • What is ROS ESM
      • Interaction between ROS ESM and ROS upstream
      • Security vulnerability audits in ROS ESM
    • Observability
      • What is COS for robotics
      • Alert rules configuration from device
      • COS for robotics components
      • Security considerations for COS for robotics
    • Workshop
      • Choose a ROS 2 development environment
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WorkshopΒΆ

Canonical Workshop provides managed LXD-based development environments with integrated ROS 2 SDKs.

  • Choose a ROS 2 development environment
    • Quick comparison
    • Workshop: main benefits and limitations
    • Workshop comparison
      • Workshop compared with host
      • Workshop compared with Docker
      • Workshop compared with Dev Containers
      • Workshop compared with Pixi
      • Workshop compared with Vagrant
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