License management

When installing Net iD Portal, a trial license with a 90 days grace period is created. The trial license is valid for up to 10 users.

When you acquire and implement a subscription license, the trial license is removed and replaced by the subscription license. The number of users and validity period depends on your subscription.

License information

<License>
  <Client/>
  <Server>
    <Name>License owner</Name> (1)
    <AmountMax>300</AmountMax> (2)
    <Validity>2020-12-31</Validity> (3)
    <Email>docs.se@pointsharp.com</Email> (4)
    <IsGlobal>true</IsGlobal> (5)
  </Server>
</License>

1	The name of the license owner.
2	The number of allowed registered users.
3	The license validity period, YYYY-MM-DD.
4	The email address to receive license renewal notifications.
5	`true` — The user is the owner of the license. That is, the license covers the entire installation and all organizations. `false` — The user is not the owner of the license. That is, one license per organization.

License validation

To make sure that the license is valid, several validation checks are done:

TimerService continously checks the license of an organization and compares the number of registered users with AmountMax. As default, a notification email will be sent to the email address registered to the license if more than 90 % of registered users is reached. To modify this default value, see Configure the license validation check. For information about the email address linked to the license, see the attribute Email in License information.
Checks that the number of users is not greater than the allowed number of users when creating Enroll tasks. If the max number of users in reached, the error NPR025 is shown.
Checks that the license is still valid when creating Enroll tasks. If the license is not valid, the error NPR024 is shown.

Configure the license validation check

To specify when a notification message is sent, and what information it shall give, the following XML code can be added or modified.

<GenericSettings>
  <License>
    <Notification>
      <Server>
        <Amount>
          <Percent>90</Percent> (1)
          <Message>The license begins to reach its maximum limit.</Message> (2)
        </Amount>
      </Server>
    </Notification>
  </License>
</GenericSettings>

1	The ratio between the number of registered users and the license’s `AmountMax` value, when a message should be sent. The `Percent` value is given in percent.
2	The message shown when the `Percent` value is reached.

Per Net iD Portal installation

If the license holder manages the license for all organizations in the Net iD Portal installation, IsGlobal = true, the validation check information can be modified globally.

Click Administration in the main menu.
In the drop-down list, click General settings.
In the next drop-down list, click the desired Net iD Portal installation, and then click Show to open the settings page.
To edit the general settings, click Manage, and then click Reconfigure general settings.
In the Additional info box, add or modify the XML code shown above, and then click Execute.

Per organisation

If the license holder only manages one or several organizations in the Net iD Portal installation, IsGlobal = false, the validation check information can be modified per organization.

Click Administration in the main menu.
In the drop-down list, click Organization.
In the next drop-down list, click the desired organization, and then click Show to show the information.
Click Manage, and then click Reconfigure organization to edit the organization.
In the Additional info box, add or modify the XML code shown above, and then click Execute.

Check general license information

To see who the license is registered to and/or if it is a trial license, do the following:

On the top right User menu, click About.
In the About dialog box, check the License field.

The License field shows the name specified in the Name attribute. See License information.