Licensing and Activation

One thing to consider when deploying an Ignition installation to production use is the manner in which it will be licensed.

If you anticipate that the installation might move from server to server frequently you may want to consider purchasing a USB license key to ease transition to new servers.  This also makes things more convenient when the server is being deployed in an area without an active internet connection.

Otherwise a file-based licensing scheme can be used.  If you have an internet connection you can activate the installation online.  Otherwise you can download an activation request file and put it on a portable memory device and take it to a workstation with an active internet connection.  From there you can upload the file to the Inductive Automation website and you will receive a license file, called license.ipl, in return.  Take this file back to the gateway you are trying to activate and under System > Licensing you can upload and activate the license.

Information Collected at Activation

When activating an Ignition installation there are several pieces of information that are communicated to the activation servers and then stored internally at Inductive Automation.  Some of this information is used to generate a unique license for the server on which Ignition is being installed.  The following information is collect at the time of activation: