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LSP: the license server

LSP (License Server) is the module that issues the licenses of Esapanel: it is only for whoever sells the licenses of the panel, such as Esalogica. On a panel that does not sell licenses it is not installed, and this page does not concern you.

With LSP installed, the server answers the panels of the customers on port 9444, where they activate and check their license every day.

A license is a subscription

Every license sold is a subscription of a plan with the License service:

  • the plan sets the module, the tier, whether it is a Trial and the limits;
  • the subscription sets the validity and the state.

To sell a license, then, you create a subscription of the right plan for the customer, as for any service.

Licenses

Modules › Licenses sold lists the licenses, with:

  • Code: the activation code the customer enters on the License page of their panel;
  • Status: active, suspended or ended, like the state of the subscription. The panel of the customer receives it at the daily check;
  • Server: the server the license is bound to, or "Not activated";
  • a possible transfer waiting.

You can search by code, server name or customer.

The page of a license

In the subscription, the License tile shows:

  • the Activation code: the license binds to the first server that activates it, and the panel of the customer receives the signed license;
  • the Status: suspend, reactivate or end the license with the state of the subscription. A suspended or ended license stops the panel of the customer at the next daily check; the services already configured keep working;
  • the Server bound to the license, with its last daily check;
  • Renewal and terms: the last day of validity, the module, the tier and the limits. The empty limits of customers and resellers are those of the tier. The server of the customer receives every change at the next daily check;
  • Activations and transfers: when the license was activated and moved to other servers, by itself or with approval.

Transfers

A customer moves the license to another server, for example after a restore on new hardware, from the License page of their panel.

  • A license moves by itself up to 2 times in 30 days: the panel of the customer receives it at once.
  • Beyond that, the transfer waits in Modules › License transfers. Approve moves the license: the new server receives it at the next daily check, and the previous server stops at its own. Reject leaves the license where it is.
  • A new request from the customer replaces the one waiting.

You receive a notification for each transfer waiting.

A delicate server

The panels of all the customers depend on this server. Keep it updated with care: automatic updates with a few days of waiting, on the mornings of working days (see Updates, reboot and shutdown). A panel that cannot check its license keeps working until it expires, but its administrators receive a warning after 7 days.