Spectra Detect Licensing — Activation, Trial Period, and Compliance
This section is only available in OVA deployments.
Administration > Licensing
On first login after installing or updating the appliance, the appliance must be licensed within 45 days of the release’s general availability date. This also applies to any connected appliances. While the trial license is active, Licensing options on the Manager can be accessed using the Administration > Licensing menu item.
There are two ways of licensing appliances:
By using Spectra Intelligence
Click the Activate Using Spectra Intelligence button and fill out the account information. A licensing request will be sent to Spectra Intelligence and, if the account is valid, the appliance will be activated.
Individual appliances connected to the Manager can be activated using Spectra Intelligence by configuring it for appliance groups in Central Configuration.
By uploading a license file
Appliances can also be licensed offline by sending their machine IDs to ReversingLabs support via email. This can be performed from the licensing page by checking one or more boxes next to appliances and clicking the Request License button.
This opens the user’s default email client with the relevant information filled in. Make sure to send the request using an email address that is previously known to ReversingLabs.
When we respond with the requested license files, upload them using the Upload License button and click Upload. The Manager will automatically match the license files to appropriate appliances. A single license file can contain multiple machine IDs.
If an appliance instance was created by cloning a VM, administrators need to generate a new Machine ID and request a new license for every clone of the original appliance VM.
If the appliance is still in the licensing trial period, this can be done in the Administration > Licensing section.
License Expiration
- Appliances without a license are in a trial period for 45 days from the release’s general availability date.
- If appliances licensed using Spectra Intelligence can’t reach it, they enter a grace period of 14 days during which they will still operate normally.
- Regenerating a machine ID of an already licensed appliance will require it to be licensed again.
- Once the Manager trial/grace period expires, the appliance will open to the Licensing screen, and no other actions will be available.
Licensing can also be configured using the Spectra Detect Manager API. Visit Help > Spectra Detect Manager API Documentation for more information. To license Spectra Detect appliances without using the Manager, refer to the API section of the Spectra Detect user guide.