diff --git a/projects/canonical/ubuntu/Help.mk b/projects/canonical/ubuntu/Help.mk
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+
+
+
+########### DO NOT EDIT #############################
+# To update call: make add-generated-help-block
+# This is added to help document dynamic targets and support shell autocompletion
+
+
+##@ Run in Docker Targets
+run-in-docker/all-attributions: ## Run `all-attributions` in docker builder container
+run-in-docker/all-attributions-checksums: ## Run `all-attributions-checksums` in docker builder container
+run-in-docker/all-checksums: ## Run `all-checksums` in docker builder container
+run-in-docker/attribution: ## Run `attribution` in docker builder container
+run-in-docker/attribution-checksums: ## Run `attribution-checksums` in docker builder container
+run-in-docker/binaries: ## Run `binaries` in docker builder container
+run-in-docker/checksums: ## Run `checksums` in docker builder container
+run-in-docker/clean: ## Run `clean` in docker builder container
+run-in-docker/clean-go-cache: ## Run `clean-go-cache` in docker builder container
+run-in-docker/validate-checksums: ## Run `validate-checksums` in docker builder container
+
+##@ Artifact Targets
+tarballs: ## Create tarballs by calling build/lib/simple_create_tarballs.sh unless SIMPLE_CREATE_TARBALLS=false, then tarballs must be defined in project Makefile
+s3-artifacts: # Prepare ARTIFACTS_PATH folder structure with tarballs/manifests/other items to be uploaded to s3
+upload-artifacts: # Upload tarballs and other artifacts from ARTIFACTS_PATH to S3
+
+##@ Clean Targets
+clean: ## Removes source and _output directory
+clean-go-cache: ## Removes the GOMODCACHE AND GOCACHE folders
+
+##@Fetch Binary Targets
+handle-dependencies: ## Download and extract TARs for each dependency listed in PROJECT_DEPENDENCIES
+
+##@ Helpers
+help: ## Display this help
+add-generated-help-block: ## Add or update generated help block to document project make file and support shell auto completion
+
+##@Update Helpers
+start-docker-builder: ## Start long lived builder base docker container
+stop-docker-builder: ## Clean up builder base docker container
+run-buildkit-and-registry: ## Run buildkitd and a local docker registry as containers
+stop-buildkit-and-registry: ## Stop the buildkitd and a local docker registry containers
+generate: ## Update UPSTREAM_PROJECTS.yaml
+update-go-mods: ## Update locally checked-in go sum to assist in vuln scanning
+update-vendor-for-dep-patch: ## After bumping dep in go.mod file, uses generic vendor update script or one provided from upstream project
+patch-for-dep-update: ## After bumping dep in go.mod file and updating vendor, generates patch
+create-ecr-repos: ## Create repos in ECR for project images for local testing
+
+##@ Build Targets
+build: ## Called via prow presubmit, calls `upload-artifacts`
+release: ## Called via prow postsubmit + release jobs, calls `upload-artifacts`
+########### END GENERATED ###########################
diff --git a/projects/canonical/ubuntu/Makefile b/projects/canonical/ubuntu/Makefile
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+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
+GIT_TAG=non-existent
+
+REPO=ubuntu
+REPO_OWNER=canonical
+
+RTOS_BUCKET_NAME?=
+RTOS_IMAGE_DATE=$(shell cat RTOS_IMAGE_DATE)
+RELEASE_BRANCH=1-29
+RTOS_SOURCE_URL=https://$(RTOS_BUCKET_NAME).s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ubuntu/jammy/$(RTOS_IMAGE_DATE)/ubuntu-jammy-eks-anywhere-pro-realtime-minimal-amd64-eks-anywhere-$(RELEASE_BRANCH)-pro-realtime.raw.gz
+
+HAS_S3_ARTIFACTS=true
+SIMPLE_CREATE_BINARIES=false
+SIMPLE_CREATE_TARBALLS=false
+HAS_LICENSES=false
+IMAGE_NAMES=
+
+REPO_NO_CLONE=true
+GIT_CHECKOUT_TARGET=RTOS_IMAGE_DATE
+FAKE_GIT_REPO_TARGET=.git
+
+EXCLUDE_FROM_CHECKSUMS_BUILDSPEC=true
+EXCLUDE_FROM_UPGRADE_BUILDSPEC=true
+
+BUILD_TARGETS=upload-artifacts
+RELEASE_TARGETS=upload-artifacts
+
+include $(BASE_DIRECTORY)/Common.mk
+
+$(FAKE_GIT_REPO_TARGET):
+	@git init
+	@git remote add origin https://github.com/aws/eks-anywhere-build-tooling.git 
+
+s3-artifacts: download-rtos-image
+
+.PHONY: download-rtos-image
+download-rtos-image:
+	build/download_rtos_image.sh $(RTOS_SOURCE_URL) $(ARTIFACTS_PATH)
+
+
+########### DO NOT EDIT #############################
+# To update call: make add-generated-help-block
+# This is added to help document dynamic targets and support shell autocompletion
+# Run make help for a formatted help block with all targets
+include Help.mk
+########### END GENERATED ###########################
diff --git a/projects/canonical/ubuntu/RTOS_IMAGE_DATE b/projects/canonical/ubuntu/RTOS_IMAGE_DATE
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index 0000000000..e82c2e6627
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/canonical/ubuntu/RTOS_IMAGE_DATE
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+20240414
diff --git a/projects/canonical/ubuntu/build/download_rtos_image.sh b/projects/canonical/ubuntu/build/download_rtos_image.sh
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+++ b/projects/canonical/ubuntu/build/download_rtos_image.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright Amazon.com Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+set -x
+set -o errexit
+set -o pipefail
+
+RTOS_SOURCE_URL="${1?Specify first argument - source URL for the Ubuntu RTOS image}"
+ARTIFACTS_PATH="${2?Specify second argument - artifacts path}"
+
+function build::download::ubuntu::rtos::image(){
+    mkdir -p $ARTIFACTS_PATH
+    filename=$(basename $RTOS_SOURCE_URL)
+    curl -s $RTOS_SOURCE_URL -o $ARTIFACTS_PATH/ubuntu.gz
+}
+
+build::download::ubuntu::rtos::image
diff --git a/projects/canonical/ubuntu/expected_artifacts b/projects/canonical/ubuntu/expected_artifacts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5f222d5e6e
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+++ b/projects/canonical/ubuntu/expected_artifacts
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+SHA256SUM
+SHA256SUM.sha256
+SHA256SUM.sha512
+SHA512SUM
+SHA512SUM.sha256
+SHA512SUM.sha512
+ubuntu.gz
+ubuntu.gz.sha256
+ubuntu.gz.sha512
diff --git a/release/staging-build.yml b/release/staging-build.yml
index 016d9c9e0c..13dc4925cc 100644
--- a/release/staging-build.yml
+++ b/release/staging-build.yml
@@ -186,6 +186,12 @@ batch:
         variables:
           PROJECT_PATH: projects/brancz/kube-rbac-proxy
           CLONE_URL: https://git-codecommit.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/v1/repos/brancz.kube-rbac-proxy
+    - identifier: canonical_ubuntu
+      env:
+        type: ARM_CONTAINER
+        compute-type: BUILD_GENERAL1_SMALL
+        variables:
+          PROJECT_PATH: projects/canonical/ubuntu
     - identifier: cert_manager_cert_manager
       env:
         type: ARM_CONTAINER