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FortiClient Licensing

FortiClient Licensing

Overview

Standard fixed licensing

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Some features of FortiClient require a license in order to use the feature. This chapter
describes how to license FortiClient for a single user or in an enterprise environment.
This chapter contains the following sections:
• Overview
• Standard fixed licensing
• Enterprise licensing
There are two modes of license management for your FortiClient computer.
Standard Fixed The FortiClient application is licensed by means of a license key entered
into the application. The license can be a single-user or a volume license.
License
FortiManager does not manage this method of licensing, but it can
distribute the license keys.
Enterprise License The FortiManager unit controls licensing for FortiClient computer. There
are two types of enterprise licensing:
Volume Instead of distributing a volume license key to your users, you install the
license on your FortiManager unit. The license is applied to all of your
managed FortiClient computers that do not have a standard fixed license.
The volume license has a seat limit which the FortiManager unit enforces.
Volume license managed by FortiManager requires the forticlient msi
parameter set to 1.
Redistributable You obtain a re-distributable license from FortiCare and subdivide that
license into client licenses for your users. You can set the expiry date and
seat count for each client license. The expiry date of your client licenses
cannot be later than that of the enterprise license. The total seat count limit
of your client licenses can exceed the seat count limit of the enterprise
license, but the total number of managed clients cannot.
The FortiClient application must be specifically customized for use with re-
distributable licensing. You can include the client license key in the
customized FortiClient installer or provide the license key to users to enter
manually.
There are several ways to apply standard fixed licensing:
• Provide the license key to your users to enter into the FortiClient application.
• Create a customized FortiClient installer that includes the license key. Distribute the
customized FortiClient installer to your users. The FCRepackager tool -k option
enables embedding of a standard fixed license key. For more information, see
"Creating a customized installer using FCRepackager" on page
• If you manage FortiClient computer with a FortiManager unit, you can also manage
their licenses. See "To assign a standard fixed license with
Overview
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FortiManager", next.
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