---
title: Managing the ABS license
description: To start ABS, you need a valid PingIntelligence license.
component: pingintelligence
version: 5.2
page_id: pingintelligence:installing_pingintelligence_for_apis:pingintelligence_manage_abs_license
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingintelligence/5.2/installing_pingintelligence_for_apis/pingintelligence_manage_abs_license.html
revdate: April 3, 2024
section_ids:
  about-this-task: About this task
  steps: Steps
---

# Managing the ABS license

To start ABS, you need a valid PingIntelligence license.

## About this task

There are two types of licenses:

* Trial license: Valid for 30 days. At the end of the trial period, ABS stops processing.

* Subscription license: Based on the peak number of transactions subscribed for per month and the duration of the license. It is good practice to configure your email before configuring the license. ABS sends an email notification to the configured email ID when the license has expired. Contact the Ping Identity Sales team for more information.

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  |   | * Maximum transaction set to 0: If your subscription license has zero for maximum transaction, the license has unlimited monthly transactions. Such a license expires at the end of the subscription period.

  * License expiry: When the subscription license has expired, ABS continues to run until a restart. Then, ABS requires a valid license file to start. |

## Steps

1. Add an ABS license.

   1. If you have not already received a license, request a license file from the Ping Identity Sales team.

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      |   | The name of the license file must be `PingIntelligence.lic`. |

   2. Copy the license file to the `/opt/pingidentity/abs/config` directory and then start ABS.

2. Update an existing license.

   1. If your existing license has expired, obtain a new license from the Ping Identity Sales team.

   2. Replace the license file in the `/opt/pingidentity/abs/config` directory.

   3. Stop and then start ABS after the license file is updated.

3. Check the current transaction count.

   1. To view the current transaction count against your subscription transaction limit, see [Admin REST API](../pingintelligence_reference_guide/pingintelligence_admin_rest_api.html).

      The following snippet of the Admin REST API shows the license information:

      ```json
      {
          "company": "ping identity",
          "name": "api_admin",
          "description": "This report contains status information on all APIs, ABS clusters, and ASE logs",
          "license_info": {
              "tier": "Subscription",
              "expiry": "Wed Jan 15 00:00:00 UTC 2020",
              "max_transactions_per_month": 1000000000,
              "current_month_transactions": 98723545,
              "max_transactions_exceeded": false,
              "expired": false
          }
      ```