Licensing

In the Licensing section of the Management Portal you can view the details of your existing license and replace it with a new license, if desired.

To view your existing license, browse to System Settings Icon > Licensing. The license shows you the features that are enabled for your Keyfactor Command implementation.

Note:  The Keyfactor Mac Auto-Enroll Agent was deprecated as of Keyfactor Command version 11. Any Mac Auto-EnrollmentClosed Certificate enrollment refers to the process by which a user requests a digital certificate. The user must submit the request to a certificate authority (CA). tools and configurations in the product should not be used.

For information on monitoring for license expiration, see License Expiration Monitoring and Rotation.

Figure 435: Keyfactor Command License

If you purchase a new license from Keyfactor that enables additional features or extends the expiration date, you can upload it on the Licensing page. To do this:

  1. In the Management Portal, browse to System Settings Icon > Licensing.
  2. On the Licensing page, click Replace. The Confirm Operation dialog box will open.

  3. Click OK to open the dialog to upload a new license.

    Figure 436: Upload a New Keyfactor Command License

  4. Click the Browse button and browse to the location on the file system where the new license file provided by Keyfactor is stored.

  5. The new license will appear next to the existing license. Compare them to confirm that you wish to install the new license and then click the Save to button to complete the license change.

    Figure 437: Save a New Keyfactor Command License

  6. On the Keyfactor Command server, restart the IIS services (iisreset) and refresh the browser.
Important:  If you are installing a new license because your existing license is expiring and you use the Keyfactor CAClosed A certificate authority (CA) is an entity that issues digital certificates. Within Keyfactor Command, a CA may be a Microsoft CA or a Keyfactor gateway to a cloud-based or remote CA. Policy Module, be aware that the license needs to be installed separately for the policy module (see License Expiration Monitoring and Rotation).
Tip:  Click the help icon () next to the Licensing page title to open the Keyfactor Software & Documentation Portal to this section. You will receive a prompt indicating:

You are being redirected to an external website. Would you like to proceed?

You can also find the help icon () at the top of the page next to the Log Out button. From here you can choose to open either the Keyfactor Software & Documentation Portal at the home page or the Keyfactor API Endpoint Utility.

Keyfactor provides two sets of documentation: the On-Premises Documentation Suite and the Managed Services Documentation Suite. Which documentation set is accessed is determined by the Application Settings: On-Prem Documentation setting (see Application Settings: Console Tab).