Licensing

Spectra Analyze > Administration > Configuration & Update > Licensing

On first login after installing or updating the appliance, the appliance must be licensed.

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Appliances without a license work for a trial period of 45 days from the release’s general availability date. Once the trial period expires, the appliance opens to the Licensing screen by default and no other actions are available.

Standard licensing

To license the appliance, do the following:

1. Go to Spectra Analyze > Administration > Configuration & Update > Licensing.
2. Click Request License to forward the machine ID to ReversingLabs Support via email.
3. When ReversingLabs Support responds with the requested license file, upload it using the Upload License dialog.

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If the Spectra Analyze instance was created by cloning a VM, administrators need to generate a new machine ID by clicking Generate different Machine ID, and they should then request a new license for every clone of the original appliance VM.

Licensing using Spectra Intelligence

Optionally, license the appliance using Spectra Intelligence:

1. Go to Spectra Analyze > Administration > Configuration & Update > Licensing.
2. Click Activate Using Spectra Intelligence.
3. Fill out the account information, and then click Request.
4. A licensing request is sent to Spectra Intelligence and, if the account is valid, the appliance is activated. If a valid account is already configured under Administration > Configuration & Update > Configuration > Spectra Intelligence, the appliance is already licensed.

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Licensed instances that can’t reach Spectra Intelligence work for a 14-day grace period. Once the grace period expires, the appliance opens to the Licensing screen by default and no other actions are available.

Licensing using APIs

Finally, you can also license the appliance using APIs. For more information, see Licensing API.