4.1.8. Installing the electronic license keys

Installing the license keys

Figure 4.20. Installing the license keys

You can download the license keys from Support System using a account. The installer can copy them from an USB drive, or it can download them from a webserver using HTTP if network connection for the machine is available during the installation. Beside the license file(s), no online activation or similar is required.

Warning

PNS and its components will not operate without the new license files.

The directory structure of the webserver or USB drive must be identical to the one of the PNS License Media you received from or your local distributor.

If you fail to install the new licenses during the upgrade, you must copy the license files to the host manually to the following locations:

  • Management Server (MS): /etc/zms/license.txt

  • PNS Application Level Firewall (PNS): /etc/zorp/license.txt

  • Authentication Server (AS): /etc/zas/license.txt

  • Content Filtering (CF): /etc/zcv/license.txt

Note

When accessing the licenses, the directory structure is important: for each PNS component licensed there is a separate subdirectory named after the component (for example, PNS, MS, AS) containing a license file named license.txt. Make sure that all file and directory names are in lowercase. When downloading the licenses from an internal Webserver, the same directory structure must be reproduced on the server. These directories need not be placed in the root folder of the Webserver, a virtual directory is also suitable.

The license files of 3rd-party engines are not necessary called license.txt

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