Skip Licensing¶
Overview¶
From a licensed BIG-IQ, you can use the Skip Licensing API to skip the license process for a BIG-IQ license manager or data collection device (DCD). If you are choose to use the regular process to activate the license, you can use this API to retrieve or post the license text.
REST Endpoint: /mgmt/setup/license¶
Requests¶
POST /mgmt/setup/license¶
To set the license text, send a POST to the /mgmt/setup/license endpoint. The JSON in the body can contain the following parameters.
Request Parameters¶
Name | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
LicenseText | string | Yes | The license text. This value can be “skipLicense:true” to skip the licensing process for a BIG-IQ license manager or data collection device (DCD). Otherwise if using the regular licensing process, this value can be the license text received from the F5 licensing web portal. |
Query Parameters¶
None
Response¶
The JSON in the POST’s response can include the following parameters.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
LicenseText | string | The license text. This value can be “skipLicense:true” to skip the licensing process for a BIG-IQ license manager or data collection device (DCD). Otherwise, this value can be the license text received from the F5 licensing web portal. |
Permissions¶
Role | Allow |
---|---|
device_manager | Yes |
License_Manager | Yes |
GET /mgmt/setup/license¶
To retrieve the license text send a GET request to the /mgmt/setup/license endpoint.
Request Parameters¶
None
Query Parameters¶
None
Response¶
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Name | Type | Required |
---|---|---|
LicenseText | string | The license text. This value can be “skipLicense:true” to skip the licensing process for a BIG-IQ license manager or data collection device (DCD). Otherwise, this value can be the license text received from the F5 licensing web portal. |
Permissions¶
Role | Allow |
---|---|
device_manager | Yes |
License_Manager | Yes |
Examples¶
None