Install a license
This topic describes how to install new Enterprise licenses.
If you install a Dev/Test license over an Enterprise license, it replaces the Enterprise license.
Install a license for a distributed deployment
To install a license for a distributed deployment of Splunk Enterprise:
- Choose an instance to function as the license master, if you have not already done so. See Configure a license master.
- On the license master, navigate to Settings > Licensing.
- Click Add license.
- Do one of the following:
- Click Choose file and browse for your license file and select it, or
- Click copy & paste the license XML directly... and paste the text of your license file into the provided field.
- Click Install.
- If this is the first Enterprise license that you are installing on the license master, you must restart Splunk Enterprise.
Install a license for a standalone instance
To install a license for a standalone instance of Splunk Enterprise:
- On the instance, navigate to Settings > Licensing.
- Click Add license.
- Do one of the following:
- Click Choose file and browse for your license file and select it, or
- Click copy & paste the license XML directly... and paste the text of your license file into the provided field.
- Click Install.
- If this is the first Enterprise license that you are installing on the instance, you must restart Splunk Enterprise.
Configure a license master | Configure a license slave |
This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Enterprise: 7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.5, 7.0.6, 7.0.7, 7.0.8, 7.0.9, 7.0.10, 7.0.11, 7.0.13, 7.1.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.1.3, 7.1.4, 7.1.5, 7.1.6, 7.1.7, 7.1.8, 7.1.9, 7.1.10, 7.2.0, 7.2.1, 7.2.2, 7.2.3, 7.2.4, 7.2.5, 7.2.6, 7.2.7, 7.2.8, 7.2.9, 7.2.10, 7.3.0, 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.3.3, 7.3.4, 7.3.5, 7.3.6, 7.3.7, 7.3.8, 7.3.9, 8.0.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2, 8.0.3, 8.0.4, 8.0.5, 8.0.6, 8.0.7, 8.0.8, 8.0.9, 8.0.10, 8.1.0, 8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.1.3, 8.1.4, 8.1.5, 8.1.6, 8.1.7, 8.1.8, 8.1.9, 8.1.10, 8.1.11, 8.1.12, 8.1.13, 8.1.14
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