Secure API Manager has a trial license, a full license, and an activation key. You must install the trial or full license before you can see the configuration options for Secure API Manager in the Access Manager Administration Console. The activation key is for the appliance and allows you to download updates for the appliance and Secure API Manager.
The trial license is included with Access Manager 5.0 or later. It is available in the Access Manager Administration Console where you install licenses. You access and download the full license and the activation key from the Software Licenses and Downloads portal.
Access Manager Administration Console > Licenses
We provide a trial license so you can test and see how Secure API Manager works. The trial license is valid for 91 days. After 91 days, the configuration options for Secure API Manager no longer appear in the Access Manager Administration Console. Also, no one can access or use the Publisher or the Store. If you install a full license, the configuration options appear again, and the Publisher and the Store function.
The trial license for Secure API Manager is already installed for you with Access Manager 5.0 or later, but you must enable it to access the Secure API Manager features.
To enable the trial license:
On the Dashboard under Administrative Tasks, click Licenses.
Select Enable Secure API Manager.
The trial license is now enabled and you can see the configuration options for Secure API Manager and use it for 91 days.
Access Manager Administration Console > Licenses
The configuration options for Secure API Manager do not appear in the Access Manager Administration Console until you enable the trial license or install the full license for Secure API Manager. After you purchase the product, the full license is available in the Software Licenses and Downloads portal. You must install the full license to have the configuration options for Secure API Manager appear and work in the Administration Console.
To install a full license:
On the Dashboard under Administrative Tasks, click Licenses.
Click Enable Secure API Manager to have the option to upload the full license appear.
At the end of the description of the trial license for Secure API Manager, click Upload License.
Appliance management console > Online Updates
NOTE:This section applies only if you deployed Secure API Manager using the appliance.
The activation keys is only for the appliance. To be able to receive updates for the appliance and for Secure API Manager, and to be able to upgrade Secure API Manager you must install the activation key for the appliance. After you purchase Secure API Manager, you must download the activation key from the Software Licenses and Downloads portal and register for online updates in the appliance management console. You install the activation key as part of the registration process when you want to receive online updates for the appliance and Secure API Manager.
To install the activation key:
Download the activation key from the Software Licenses and Downloads portal.
Log in to the appliance management console as vaadmin.
https://dns-name-appliance:9443Click Online Update.
(Conditional) If you are not prompted for your registration information, click the Register tab.
Enter the required information and the activation key, then click OK to save the information.