WatchGuard Technologies SSL VPN manual Managing Licenses

Managing Licenses

Firebox SSL VPN Gateway Administration Tool. To apply these license files, see “Managing Licenses” on page 36.

For future tunnel capacity upgrades, you will follow these same steps to increase the capacity of your Firebox® SSL VPN Gateway.

Upgrading the LiveSecurity Renewal and Tunnel Renewal license

In your Live Security account, under Your Activated Products, you can activate and extend your Live Security support service by submitting the Live Security Renewal and Tunnel Renewal license keys. This allows you continued access to the Live Security service for the Firebox SSL VPN Gateway appliance. Chapter 1, “Getting Started with Firebox SSL VPN Gateway,” for more information about the LiveSecurity Service.

Note

You must have a current Live Security account to upgrade your software or to add more tunnel capacity.

Managing Licenses

Firebox SSL VPN Gateway licensing limits the number of concurrent user sessions to the number of licenses purchased. If you purchase 100 licenses, you can have 100 concurrent sessions at any time. When a user ends a session, that license is released for the next user. A user who logs onto the Firebox SSL VPN Gateway from more than one computer occupies a license for each session.

If all licenses are occupied, no additional connections can be opened until a user ends a session or the administrator uses the Firebox SSL VPN Gateway Real-Time Monitor to close a connection, thereby releasing a license. For information about using the Real-Time Monitor to close connections, see “Man- aging Client Connections” on page 133.

Licenses for the Firebox SSL VPN Gateway are installed using the Administration Tool. License files are generated based on the host name, using either the external IP address or FQDN of the Firebox SSL VPN Gateway. When the license is uploaded to the primary Firebox SSL VPN Gateway, the host identifier of the license file is compared with the host names of each Firebox SSL VPN Gateway installed on the same network. If a match is found, the license file is accepted. When the license is installed, it can then be pub- lished to all of the appliances in the cluster.

To manage licenses on the Firebox SSL VPN Gateway

1On the administrative computer where you run the Firebox SSL VPN Gateway Administration Tool, create a license directory.

2Copy the license file (.lic) that you downloaded to the license directory.

Note

It is recommended that you retain a local copy of all license files that you receive. When you save a backup copy of the configuration file, all uploaded license files are included in the backup. If you need to reinstall the Firebox SSL VPN Gateway server software and do not have a backup of the configuration, you will need the original license files. Store the license files on the administrative computer where you run the Administration Tool.

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