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Chapter 18 Obtaining Software
You must have the correct IPS device serial number because the license key only functions on the device
Caution
with that number.
Your license key will be sent to the e-mail address you specified.
Save the license key to a hard-disk drive or a network drive that the client running IDM can access.
Step 9
Log in to IDM.
Step 10
Choose Configuration > Licensing.
Step 11
Step 12 Under Update License, check the Update From: License File check box.
Step 13 In the Local File Path field, specify the path to the license file or click Browse Local to browse to the file.
The Select License File Path dialog box appears.
Browse to the license file and click Open.
Step 14
Click Update License.
Step 15
Using the CLI
Use the copy source-url license_file_name license-key command to copy the license file to your sensor.
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You cannot install an older license key over a newer license key.
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The exact format of the source and destination URLs varies according to the file. Here are the valid
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source-url—The location of the source file to be copied. It can be a URL or keyword.
destination-url—The location of the destination file to be copied. It can be a URL or a keyword.
license-key—The subscription license file.
license_file_name—The name of the license file you receive.
ftp:—Source or destination URL for an FTP network server. The syntax for this prefix is:
ftp:[//[username@] location]/relativeDirectory]/filename
ftp:[//[username@]location]//absoluteDirectory]/filename
scp:—Source or destination URL for the SCP network server. The syntax for this prefix is:
scp:[//[username@] location]/relativeDirectory]/filename
scp:[//[username@] location]//absoluteDirectory]/filename
http:—Source URL for the web server. The syntax for this prefix is:
http:[[/[username@]location]/directory]/filename
https:—Source URL for the web server. The syntax for this prefix is:
https:[[/[username@]location]/directory]/filename
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