View, Add, or Delete Licenses
When you navigate to the License Management page, a warning message asking you to add a tier-based license or upgrade to the new license key format might be displayed.
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If no licenses are added, you must obtain a license key from the Juniper Agile Licensing Portal and add it to the License Management page.
- If licenses added but the license key format is not compatible with the Paragon
Automation software version that you are currently using, you must generate a new
license key.
To generate a new license key in the compatible format:
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Login to Juniper Agile Licensing Portal.
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Revoke the existing license.
A new license key is generated.
Note: After you download the newly generated license key file, you must remove eight lines starting fromIssue Date
throughLicense Key
from the file. - Activate the new license key that is compatible with the software version
you’re running. Select the software version during the activation process.
For more information, see the FAQ section in the Juniper Agile Licensing Portal.
- Add the new license key to the License Management
page.
See Add a License.
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After you have obtained a license through the Juniper Agile Licensing Portal, you can manage your licenses from the Paragon Automation GUI .
The Administration > License Management page enables you to:
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Add a license.
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Delete a license.
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View licensing features.
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View status and details of a license.
Add a License
To add a license:
- Navigate to Administration > License
Management page.
The License Management page appears.
- Click (+) icon in the Licenses
Added section to add a new license.
The Add License pop-up appears.
- Click Browse and navigate to the location of the license
file that you want to add.
Select the file and then click Open.
The license file is added to the Add License page.
- Click Ok to confirm selection.
The license you added is listed in the Licenses Added section of the License Management page.
Delete a License
To delete an existing license:
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Navigate to Administration > License Management page.
The License Management page appears.
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From the Licenses Added section, click the option button (available in beginning the row) of the license you want to delete, and then click Delete.
The Confirm Delete page appears.
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Click Yes to delete the license.
View Licensing Features
To view licensing features, navigate to Administration > License Management page.
The Features Summary section, as given in Table 1 , provides information on the feature licensing attributes.
Attribute |
Description |
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Feature |
View the name of the licenses. |
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Description |
View a brief description of the feature license. |
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License Limit |
View the number of valid licenses successfully added and available for use. Note:
Irrespective of the number of PIN-Advanced, and PIN-Standard platform licenses that you add, the maximum license limit is 1. However, with PIN-Devices licenses, the limit changes with the number of licenses that you add. |
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Usage Count |
View the number of available licenses that are currently in use in this instance of Paragon Automation. |
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Valid Until |
View the date and time when the license expires. |
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Compliance |
Color definitions (dot indicator) that determine license compliance:
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View Status and Details of a License
To view status and details of a license, navigate to Administration > License Management page. The Added Licenses section provides information about the added licenses. You can also click the option button (available in beginning the row) of the license you want to view, and then click the More > Details to view more information about the license.
Table 2 provides information on the feature licensing attributes.
Attribute |
Description |
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License ID |
Identification number for the license generated through the Juniper Agile Licensing Portal. |
Customer ID |
Identification for the customer. Note:
The customer ID might not be displayed after you add a license. This is because the customer ID is not embedded in the new license key format. |
Order Type |
View the order type (commercial, demo, education, emergency, lab, and unknown). |
Validity Type |
View the validity type of a license (date-based or permanent). |
Start Date |
View the start date of the license. |
End Date |
View the end date of the license. |
State |
Displays the state of the license. |
Feature ID |
View the identification number for the feature license. |
Feature Name |
View the feature license name. |
Feature Description |
View a brief description of the Paragon Insights feature license. |
License Count |
View the entitled license count for this feature license. |
In Paragon Automation Release 22.1, SKU Name is not available in the Added License section of the License Management page. This is because the new license key format does not support SKU Name.