Transferring a License

You can transfer your license from one machine to another by simply unactivating the currently licensed machine and activating the other one.

The unactivation process is similar to the licensing activation procedure, but in reverse. If the licensed Ignition server has internet access, the unactivation occurs immediately, and the license is again available for activation.

If you do not have internet access, an unactivation request file is generated, and the license is not allowed to be activated until the file is loaded into the Inductive Automation website, or emailed to support.

Transferring Licenses with Internet Access

Lets say you have two different copies of Ignition, an old Ignition at:

10.20.7.132:8088/main/web

and another localhost Ignition at:

localhost:8088/main/web

On the old Ignition

  1. Go to the old Ignition, as in our example, go to

    10.20.7.132:8088/main/web

  2. Go to the Configure section of the Gateway webpage.

  3. Select System > Licensing.

  4. On the Licensing and Activation page, look for your current license CD-Key, and write down the CD-Key.
    You will need to enter this CD-Key to activate the new Ignition.

  5. Scroll-down, find the orange arrows, and click on Unactivate License.
    The Really Unactivate? page is displayed.

  6. Click Confirm to remove the activation from this copy of Ignition.

On the other copy of Ignition

  1. Go to the other copy of Ignition, as in our example at localhost:

    localhost:8088:main/web

  2. Select System > Licensing.
    On the Licensing and Activation page you can see that under Current License there is No license installed.

  3. Find the orange arrow, and click on Purchase or activate this Ignition Gateway.
    Purchase or Activate? page is displayed.

  4. Click on Activate.

  5. Enter your CD-Key that you wrote down previously and click Activate.

You have now transferred the CD-Key from one copy of the Ignition to another copy of it.

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