1 Auto-activation
When the CMS server can access the activation service (under https://secure.gentics.com/service/activation/), it is possible to use auto-activation.
In order to trigger auto-activation, remove the activation information from the keyfile.
- license.key:
1234-5678-9123-4567-8912-3456-7890-1234 6314E8EE755209DD58ADB65A018DD81C 302C02141FC3E44CEE28EEE83EABBAFF376BC77E1CE02C5C02147E773456A1F93F1B3C4A09C928E96C1EAF4EFC89 CN
- Change to:
1234-5678-9123-4567-8912-3456-7890-1234
After this step the Gentics CMS Tomcat Server needs to be restarted. The restart will automatically invoke a reactivation of the license key. After the activation has been completed the license key file should look similar to this:
1234-5678-9123-4567-8912-3456-7890-1234 6314E8EE755209DD58ADB65A018DD81C 302C02141FC3E44CEE28EEE83EABBAFF376BC77E1CE02C5C02147E773456A1F93F1B3C4A09C928E96C1EAF4EFC89 CN,TTM,MCCR
The last line of the license key should now contain the licensed feature information.
2 Manual Activation
If the CMS server cannot access the activation service, the activation can be done manually with the following steps:
- Access https://secure.gentics.com/service/activation/?product=CN&version=[CMS Version] with a web browser. [CMS Version] must be your currently used CMS Version (e.g. 5.45.35).
- Enter your license key and click on “Aktivierung durchführen”
- A download of the activated license.key file will be triggered.
- Place the license.key file on your CMS server (replacing the existing one).
- Restart the CMS
Please note that earlier versions of Gentics CMS don’t support license keys that have licensed features. This means that a Gentics CMS installation may fail activation when the a feature was added to the license key. This applies for Gentics CMS Version 5.12.4 and earlier versions.