PingDirectory

Upgrading a license using the dsconfig command

Follow these instructions to upgrade your license using the dsconfig command in interactive or non-interactive mode. The dsconfig command is located in <server-root>/bin.

In interactive mode

Steps

  1. Run the dsconfig command-line tool.

  2. Select License from the Topology section of the menu.

  3. Select View and edit the license from the menu.

  4. Enter 1 to edit the directory-platform-license-key property.

    You should see a message like the following:

    The value of 'directory-platform-license-key' has been written to the file below.  You can edit and save the file,
return here, and choose 'finish' to import the changes:

/Users/<your_id>/PingDirectory/tmp/dsconfig-5614232350526437974-license-directory-platform-license-key.lic

  5. Open the new license file in a text editor.

  6. Overwrite the contents of the temporary file specified by the dsconfig tool with the contents of the new license.

  7. Save your changes.

In non-interactive mode

Steps

  1. Enter the following command, providing the absolute path to the new license file and making sure to preserve the double quotes:

    dsconfig set-license-prop \
  --set "directory-platform-license-key<{absolute_path_to_license.lic}"

  2. Confirm that the command completed successfully.