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title: Copying the PingIntelligence license
description: PingIntelligence API Security Enforcer (ASE) and API Behavioral Security (ABS) require a valid license to start.
component: pingintelligence
version: 5.2
page_id: pingintelligence:installing_pingintelligence_for_apis:pingintelligence_copying_license
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingintelligence/5.2/installing_pingintelligence_for_apis/pingintelligence_copying_license.html
revdate: April 3, 2024
section_ids:
  steps: Steps
  example: Example:
---

# Copying the PingIntelligence license

PingIntelligence API Security Enforcer (ASE) and API Behavioral Security (ABS) require a valid license to start.

## Steps

* Copy the license file, `PingIntelligence.lic`, to the `/license/` directory.

  ### Example:

  The following snippet shows the structure of the license file:

  ```
  ID=
  Organization=
  Product=
  Version=
  IssueDate=
  EnforcementType=
  ExpirationDate=
  MaxTransactionsPerMonth=
  Tier=
  ```

  |   |                                                                  |
  | - | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
  |   | Make sure that the license file is named `PingIntelligence.lic`. |