Activating Over Internet

Before you do the following steps...

Make sure you have received a CD-Key from Inductive Automation.

To activate your license over the internet

  1. Go to the Gateway webpage and login to the Configure section.

  2. From the menu on the left, select System > Licensing.

  3. Look for the orange arrow and click on the Purchase or activate this Ignition Gateway link.
    The Purchase or Activate? page is displayed.

  4. Click on Activate.

  5. Enter your CD-Key and click Activate.

    The request to Activate is processed over the internet.When you don't have an Internet connection, the Offline Activation page is displayed describing how you can activate manually .

    The Licensing and Activation page is displayed. You can see the Current License along with all the modules that come with your CD-Key.

  6. From the menu on the left, select Configuration > Modules.
    The Module Configuration table is displayed. You can see that the license for all the modules are now activated.

Information Collected at Activation

When activating an Ignition installation, there are several pieces of information that are communicated to the activation servers and then stored internally at Inductive Automation. Some of this information is used to generate a unique license for the server on which Ignition is being installed.

The following are the type of information that is collected at the time of activation:

  • CD Key

  • System ID - a hash representing the hard drive serial number (windows) or inode number of the /

  • bin folder (linux)

  • Java Runtime Version

  • Java Vendor

  • Java Version

  • Java Virtual Machine Name

  • Java Virtual Machine Vendor

  • OS Architecture

  • OS Name

  • OS Version

  • Processor Count

  • Total Physical Memory