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layout: api page_title: License - Operator - HTTP API sidebar_current: api-operator-license description: |- The /operator/license endpoints allow for setting and retrieving the Consul Enterprise License.

License - Operator HTTP API

~> Enterprise Only! This API endpoint and functionality only exists in Consul Enterprise. This is not present in the open source version of Consul.

The licensing functionality described here is available only in Consul Enterprise version 1.1.0 and later.

Getting the Consul License

This endpoint gets information about the current license.

Method	Path	Produces
GET	/operator/license	application/json

The table below shows this endpoint's support for blocking queries, consistency modes, agent caching, and required ACLs.

Blocking Queries	Consistency Modes	Agent Caching	ACL Required
NO	all	none	none

Parameters

• dc (string: "") - Specifies the datacenter whose license should be retrieved. This will default to the datacenter of the agent serving the HTTP request. This is specified as a URL query parameter.

Sample Request

$ curl \
    http://127.0.0.1:8500/v1/operator/license

Sample Response

{
    "Valid": true,
    "License": {
        "license_id": "2afbf681-0d1a-0649-cb6c-333ec9f0989c",
        "customer_id": "0259271d-8ffc-e85e-0830-c0822c1f5f2b",
        "installation_id": "*",
        "issue_time": "2018-05-21T20:03:35.911567355Z",
        "start_time": "2018-05-21T04:00:00Z",
        "expiration_time": "2019-05-22T03:59:59.999Z",
        "product": "consul",
        "flags": {
            "package": "premium"
        },
        "features": [
            "Automated Backups",
            "Automated Upgrades",
            "Enhanced Read Scalability",
            "Network Segments",
            "Redundancy Zone",
            "Advanced Network Federation"
        ],
        "temporary": false
    },
    "Warnings": []
}

Updating the Consul License

This endpoint updates the Consul license and returns some of the license contents as well as any warning messages regarding its validity.

Method	Path	Produces
PUT	/operator/license	application/json

The table below shows this endpoint's support for blocking queries, consistency modes, agent caching, and required ACLs.

Blocking Queries	Consistency Modes	Agent Caching	ACL Required
NO	none	none	operator:write

Parameters

• dc (string: "") - Specifies the datacenter whose license should be updated. This will default to the datacenter of the agent serving the HTTP request. This is specified as a URL query parameter.

Sample Payload

The payload is the raw license blob.

Sample Request

$ curl \
    --request PUT \
    --data @consul.license \
    http://127.0.0.1:8500/v1/operator/license

Sample Response

{
    "Valid": true,
    "License": {
        "license_id": "2afbf681-0d1a-0649-cb6c-333ec9f0989c",
        "customer_id": "0259271d-8ffc-e85e-0830-c0822c1f5f2b",
        "installation_id": "*",
        "issue_time": "2018-05-21T20:03:35.911567355Z",
        "start_time": "2018-05-21T04:00:00Z",
        "expiration_time": "2019-05-22T03:59:59.999Z",
        "product": "consul",
        "flags": {
            "package": "premium"
        },
        "features": [
            "Automated Backups",
            "Automated Upgrades",
            "Enhanced Read Scalability",
            "Network Segments",
            "Redundancy Zone",
            "Advanced Network Federation"
        ],
        "temporary": false
    },
    "Warnings": []
}

Resetting the Consul License

This endpoint resets the Consul license to the license included in the Enterprise binary. If the included license is not valid, the replace will fail.

Method	Path	Produces
DELETE	/operator/license	application/json

The table below shows this endpoint's support for blocking queries, consistency modes, agent caching, and required ACLs.

Blocking Queries	Consistency Modes	Agent Caching	ACL Required
NO	none	none	operator:write

Parameters

• dc (string: "") - Specifies the datacenter whose license should be updated. This will default to the datacenter of the agent serving the HTTP request. This is specified as a URL query parameter.

Sample Request

$ curl \
    --request DELETE \
    http://127.0.0.1:8500/v1/operator/license

Sample Response

{
    "Valid": true,
    "License": {
        "license_id": "2afbf681-0d1a-0649-cb6c-333ec9f0989c",
        "customer_id": "0259271d-8ffc-e85e-0830-c0822c1f5f2b",
        "installation_id": "*",
        "issue_time": "2018-05-21T20:03:35.911567355Z",
        "start_time": "2018-05-21T04:00:00Z",
        "expiration_time": "2019-05-22T03:59:59.999Z",
        "product": "consul",
        "flags": {
            "package": "premium"
        },
        "features": [
            "Automated Backups",
            "Automated Upgrades",
            "Enhanced Read Scalability",
            "Network Segments",
            "Redundancy Zone",
            "Advanced Network Federation"
        ],
        "temporary": false
    },
    "Warnings": []
}