CentraSite is equipped with a license key that enables you to use the CentraSite software. The license key determines:
Which edition of CentraSite you are licensed to use.
The date until which your license is valid.
The following topics describes the purpose of the license key, and how to change the license key if required.
In addition to the full-feature CentraSite edition, Software AG also offers the free-of-charge CentraSite Community Edition. Your license key determines which edition is enabled for your instance of CentraSite.
If you do not specify a license key during the installation procedure, CentraSite is installed with a default key, which enables the Community Edition. The default key has no expiration date. If you are licensed to use the full-feature edition, you will receive an additional license key from Software AG, and you can specify this key either during the installation procedure or in a separate step after the installation procedure.
For a description of the CentraSite editions and a list of the specific features in each, see the section CentraSite Editions in the document Introducing CentraSite.
To determine which edition of CentraSite is running, open CentraSite Control and examine the banner at the top of the screen. If the Community Edition is running, this is indicated in the banner, otherwise the full-feature edition is running.
You might wish to change the license key that CentraSite is using, for example in the following circumstances:
Install the key that you have received from your software supplier.
Replace an expired key.
Switch to a different license key (e.g. to upgrade to a different edition of CentraSite).
To change a license key
Stop the CentraSite Registry Repository.
Identify the file system location where the file containing the current license key is stored. This is by default <CentraSiteInstallDir>\lkey.
Identify the file containing the current license key. This is by default inm<nn>.xml, where <nn> represents the product release number.
Rename the current license key file to a name of your choice. Ensure that you keep a backup copy of this file, in case you wish to revert to this license key at a later stage.
Copy the file containing the new license key into this file system location. If the name of the new file is not the same as the name you were using so far for the license key file, rename the new file to the old file name.
Start the CentraSite Registry Repository.
Certain licenses have expiration dates. If you have a time-limited license, your instance of CentraSite will automatically revert to the Community Edition when the license expires.
You can check the expiration date by examining the contents of the license key file, as follows:
To check the expiration date of your license
Open the license key file in a text editor.
Locate the element ExpirationDate.
If this element contains the value "Unlimited", there is no expiration date, i.e. the use of the license is unlimited.
If this element contains a date, this date is the last date for which the license is valid.
