# Mender client with Ubuntu x64 architecture r **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [September 17, 2019, 6:44am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-client-with-ubuntu-x64-architecture-r/1026 "2019-09-17T06:44:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DipinPK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/dipinpk/32/414_2.png) [@DipinPK](https://hub.mender.io/u/DipinPK)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 6:44am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-client-with-ubuntu-x64-architecture-r/1026/1 "2019-09-17T06:44:58Z")
Hi All, I am new to the world of mender. I am planning to use hosted mender as a server. In the client side I would like to configure a Intel based gateway which is running with Ubuntu 18.04 operating system and its 64 bit architecture. So I request anyone to help me to configure this gateway as mender client and do some update using hosted mender server. First I would like to get some idea about the feasibility of mender on the Intel x64 bit gateway with Ubuntu. Any kind of support is appreciated. Thank you Dipin ---
**Author:** ![mirzak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/mirzak/32/2056_2.png) [@mirzak](https://hub.mender.io/u/mirzak)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 8:26am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-client-with-ubuntu-x64-architecture-r/1026/2 "2019-09-17T08:26:38Z")
Hello @DipinPK and welcome to the Mender community. For Ubuntu support and other binary style distributions we provide a tool called `mender-convert`, > **[GitHub - mendersoftware/mender-convert: An easy way to integrate the Mender...](https://github.com/mendersoftware/mender-convert)** > > An easy way to integrate the Mender client into an existing image - GitHub - mendersoftware/mender-convert: An easy way to integrate the Mender client into an existing image Please note that we currently have a newer (unreleased) version of this tool which does have some initial support for x86\_64 and has been tested one of the Ubuntu images. More about this here, > [@New iteration of the mender-convert tool](https://hub.mender.io/t/new-iteration-of-the-mender-convert-tool/824): > > Hi, As you might be aware of we have a tool we call mender-convert to enable support for Mender on binary distributions. We are happy that this has worked out, enabling people to securely update their devices on non-Yocto devices. Even though we are happy with the functionality of the current tool, there are a couple drawbacks in the current design of the tool, which we want to improve. We looked hard at the current code and decided, to achieve the desired design we would need to do a re-wri… ---
**Author:** ![DipinPK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/dipinpk/32/414_2.png) [@DipinPK](https://hub.mender.io/u/DipinPK)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 5:29am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-client-with-ubuntu-x64-architecture-r/1026/3 "2019-09-18T05:29:39Z")
Hi @mirzak Thank you for help. As I am very new to mender, I am facing some difficulties to configure mender client to my Ubuntu 18.04 (x64) using mender convert. Is there any document clearly explains the steps for doing the same?.. Mender documentation I have referred already, but I would like to get more detailed information for a x64 architecture system. Sorry if I am asking you a silly question that you answered already 😇 Regards Dipin ---
**Author:** ![mirzak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/mirzak/32/2056_2.png) [@mirzak](https://hub.mender.io/u/mirzak)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 7:19am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-client-with-ubuntu-x64-architecture-r/1026/4 "2019-09-18T07:19:17Z")
> [@DipinPK](#): > > but I would like to get more detailed information for a x64 architecture system. We do not have any specific resources that explain the x86\_64 (I think that is what you meant) architecture in general and would refer you to the wast resources available on the internet 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DipinPK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/dipinpk/32/414_2.png) [@DipinPK](https://hub.mender.io/u/DipinPK)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 8:07am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-client-with-ubuntu-x64-architecture-r/1026/5 "2019-09-18T08:07:37Z")
I have a gateway with Intel atom processor. I installed Ubuntu 18.04 Desktop version in that. In this device I want to configure mender client and do the update. I have a confidence that, it is possible to configure mender client on this device. Expecting your comments on this. ---
**Author:** ![test.test12p](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@test.test12p](https://hub.mender.io/u/test.test12p)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-client-with-ubuntu-x64-architecture-r/1026/6 "2019-11-15T17:55:23Z")
@DipinPK It’s possible to install client on Ubuntu 18.x Even I tried and successfully updated mender artifacts. ---
**Author:** ![Rohita83](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/rohita83/32/436_2.png) [@Rohita83](https://hub.mender.io/u/Rohita83)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-client-with-ubuntu-x64-architecture-r/1026/7 "2019-12-12T13:46:50Z")
> [@test.test12p](#): > > Ubuntu 18.x Even I tried and successfully updated mender artifacts. @test.test12p, U tried on h/w Ubuntu 18.04 desktop version OS and X86 64 bit architecture OR qemo simulation? Because I have successfully updated mender artifacts on Ubuntu 18.04 X86\_64 using QEMO simulation. but I am facing some difficulties to configure mender to my Ubuntu 18.04 (X86\_64) hardware using mender convert. ---
**Author:** ![hitesh53G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/51bf81/32.png) [@hitesh53G](https://hub.mender.io/u/hitesh53G)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 2:01pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-client-with-ubuntu-x64-architecture-r/1026/8 "2020-07-21T14:01:16Z")
Hi all, I am working on same thing. I want to install mender-client with ubuntu 18.04 in managed mode. So that i can take advantage of rollback functionality and other. Till now i have managed to install mender-client.deb to ubuntu (18.04) system and can deploy software over the mender server to it. But it is in standalone mode. Now i want to switch over to managed mode. Kindly help me with this. I am beginner to this field, i hope i am not asking silly question. Thanks in advance! ---
**Author:** ![drewmoseley](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/drewmoseley/32/47_2.png) [@drewmoseley](https://hub.mender.io/u/drewmoseley)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 2:18pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-client-with-ubuntu-x64-architecture-r/1026/9 "2020-07-21T14:18:26Z")
Hi @hitesh53G take a look here: [QEMU, the FAST! processor emulator (Ubuntu)](https://hub.mender.io/t/qemu-the-fast-processor-emulator-ubuntu/1550/4) You will basically need to take an image of your golden master Ubuntu 18.04 image and run it through our [mender-convert utility](https://github.com/mendersoftware/mender-convert). Drew ---
**Author:** ![hitesh53G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/51bf81/32.png) [@hitesh53G](https://hub.mender.io/u/hitesh53G)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-client-with-ubuntu-x64-architecture-r/1026/10 "2020-07-21T14:43:46Z")
@drewmoseley Thanx for quick response. I will try this solution and let you know the results. Thanx once again… ---
**Author:** ![hitesh53G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/51bf81/32.png) [@hitesh53G](https://hub.mender.io/u/hitesh53G)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 7:57am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-client-with-ubuntu-x64-architecture-r/1026/11 "2020-07-22T07:57:29Z")
Hi, I have executed all steps in given link using config for “generic\_x86-64\_hdd\_config”. It has generated four files under deploy directory that are: Ubuntu-Bionic-x86-64-x86\_64-mender.cfg Ubuntu-Bionic-x86-64-x86\_64-mender.img.gz Ubuntu-Bionic-x86-64-x86\_64-mender.ext4 Ubuntu-Bionic-x86-64-x86\_64-mender.mender Out of then i have extract the file with extension .img.gz and tried using Ubuntu-Bionic-x86-64-x86\_64-mender.img file to install on my desktop system by following normal installation process. But no luck. I am not able to install this img on my system. Please guide me through this. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![hitesh53G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/51bf81/32.png) [@hitesh53G](https://hub.mender.io/u/hitesh53G)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 8:02am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-client-with-ubuntu-x64-architecture-r/1026/12 "2020-07-22T08:02:17Z")
Few more questions in my mind that are: How do we install this image on virtualbox VM (with amd-86-64 config)? Do i need to convert this file to .iso? Or how do we convert it into .iso (Any specific method that need to follow)? ---
**Author:** ![MarekBelisko](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/marekbelisko/32/33_2.png) [@MarekBelisko](https://hub.mender.io/u/MarekBelisko)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 8:17am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-client-with-ubuntu-x64-architecture-r/1026/13 "2020-07-22T08:17:32Z")
Please follow this topic how to install image to final target [topic](https://hub.mender.io/t/intel-nuc-x86-64-ubuntu-18-04/2214/3) specifically about installation because topic talks about installing/converting whole setup. You use pregenerated image but installation process should be same. ---
**Author:** ![dellgreen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/dellgreen/32/85_2.png) [@dellgreen](https://hub.mender.io/u/dellgreen)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 8:36am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-client-with-ubuntu-x64-architecture-r/1026/14 "2020-07-22T08:36:14Z")
For virtual box, you don’t need to convert disk image file to iso. You can attach it in the VM storage settings. Also if you are using uefi, tick the uefi box in VM settings.