How Can I Use an Ubuntu Image Source (x86_64 or Arm) Provided by HUAWEI CLOUD?
Scenarios
When you are required to update the OS or software of an ECS, you can access the Internet through the ECS and use an external Ubuntu image source. However, if your ECS cannot access the Internet, or the external Ubuntu image source cannot provide services stably, you can use the Ubuntu image source provided by HUAWEI CLOUD.
Constraints
- Esta seção aplica-se apenas às seguintes regiões: CN North-Beijing1, CN North-Beijing4, CN East-Shanghai1, CN East-Shanghai2, CN South-Guangzhou e CN-Hong Kong.
- Você configurou o servidor DNS da intranet fornecido pela HUAWEI CLOUD.
Para obter o endereço do servidor DNS da intranet, consulte Quais são os endereços de servidor DNS privados fornecidos pela Huawei Cloud?
Para obter instruções sobre como configurar um servidor DNS, consulte Configuração do DNS.
- The operations described in this section apply to both x86_64 and Arm (Kunpeng) ECSs.
Procedure
- Log in to the ECS.
- Run the following command to back up the sources.list file:
mv /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.bak
- Select a suitable wget command according to the Ubuntu image source version, run the command to download the sources.list file, and save the file into /etc/apt/:
Tabela 1 lists the mapping between Ubuntu versions and version names.
Tabela 1 Mapping between Ubuntu versions and version names Version
Version Name
apt Source Configuration File
Ubuntu 20.04
Focal Fossa
source.list.focal
Ubuntu 18.04
Bionic Beaver
sources.list.bionic
Ubuntu16.10
YakketyYak
sources.list.yakkety
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Xenial Xerus
sources.list.xenial
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Trusty Tahr
sources.list.trusty
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Precise Pangolin
sources.list.precise
Take Ubuntu 18.04 as an example. Its apt source configuration file is sources.list.bionic. The configurations are as follows:
- Run the following command to update the software library:

- If certain packages are unavailable, this issue may be caused by in-progress data synchronization. In this case, try again after a few hours.