You must install valid licenses for services and features to function properly in your Infoblox Grid. Different license types that are available are discussed in this topic. You can choose to obtain licenses for the desired features and services, and install them as static, dynamic, or Grid-wide licenses, depending on your network and business requirements.
After you install your licenses, you can monitor them from Grid Manager. Licenses are listed on the Grid tab -> Licenses tab. Grid Manager also displays the number of licenses that have expired and those that are expiring within the next 30 and 90 days respectively.

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To obtain permanent static licenses from Infoblox:

1. Log in to the support portal (https://support.infoblox.com) using Google Chrome for best performance.

2. Click My Products.
   An overview page that contains the list of appliance (hosts) maintenance contracts, software entitlements (assigned and unassigned) and subscriptions is displayed.

3. For partners only: In the Select Account drop-down list, select the account for which you want to obtain licenses.

4. To obtain the license for a new VM:

   1. Click Create Virtual Host.

   2. In the Create Virtual Host dialog box, enter the virtual host hardware ID and choose the license technology as DDI (for NIOS and BloxOne) or NetMRI. 

   3. Click Save & Assign Software.
      The Manage Software of Host <host name> page is displayed for the host you created.

   4. In the Software available to be assigned to Host section, enter the quantity to be assigned in the Qty to Assign field of the applicable license.

   5. Click Assign Software to assign the licenses.
      

   6. Click the Download License Keys button to download the licenses.

5. To obtain the license for a new physical appliance:

   1. Click the Hosts tab.

   2. In the search box, enter criteria to search for your appliance.

   3. In the Manage column of your appliance, select Manage Software from the drop-down list.
      The Manage Software of Host <host name> page is displayed.

   4. Assign licenses to the appliance or unassign them if not needed:

      1. In the Software available to be assigned to Host section, enter the quantity to be assigned in the Qty to Assign field of the applicable license, and click Assign Software.

      2. In the Software currently assigned to Host section, enter the quantity to be unassigned in the Qty to Unassign field of the applicable license, and click Unassign Software.

   5. Click the Download License Keys button to download the licenses.

6. To obtain the license for an existing physical or a virtual appliance for which you are unsure of license entitlements or want to obtain a new listing of your license keys:

   1. Click the Hosts tab.

   2. In the search box, enter criteria to search for your appliance.

   3. In the Manage column of your appliance, select Download License Keys from the drop-down list.

   4. Additionally, you may assign or unassign licenses and download them from the Manage Software for Host <host name> page as explained in step 5.

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• To download the license information for an individual appliance, click Download License Keys that is available on the My Products tab -> Hosts tab -> drop-down list, or on the Manage Software for Host <host name> page.

• To download the DDI license information for all your appliances at a time, click Download All DDI License Keys that is available on the My Products tab -> Hosts tab.

In the Download License Keys dialog that opens, complete the following steps:

1. Select between TXT or CSV format.

2. Click Download.
   

3. In the Save as dialog, choose the location where you want to save the file.

4. Click Save.

Managing Dynamic Licenses

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You can install the Flex Grid Activation license on a Grid Master even if IB-FLEX is not a part of the Grid, but this license is effective only for an IB-Flex member. The Infoblox License Portal allows you to acquire any number of Flex Grid Activation license keys for each individual Grid. To install a temporary license, use the set temp_license CLI command.

About the Flex Grid Activation for Managed Services License

Flex Grid Activation for Managed Services is a combination of all existing Infoblox licenses that you can implement as a NIOS Grid-wide license. If you install this license, you do not need to install each license separately. The Flex Grid Activation for Managed Services license comprises the following licenses: 

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Obtaining Grid-wide Licenses

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1. Log in to Grid Manager on the Grid Master or System Manager on an independent appliance.

2. Select the Grid or System tab -> Licenses tab -> Member tab. The appliance displays the following information:

   • Type of License: The license category. This can be Static, Dynamic, or Grid Wide, or Paid NIOS. Static licenses are individual licenses you obtain and are currently assigned to specific appliances. These licenses are tied to specific hardware IDs and you cannot deallocate them. Dynamic licenses are pooled licenses that support the Elastic Scaling feature, which enables central tracking, granting, and management of NIOS feature licenses for vNIOS entities in the Grid. You can manually allocate and deallocate dynamic licenses. When installed, Grid-wide licenses are replicated to all members in the Grid. The currently supported Grid-wide licenses are Security Ecosystem, Reporting Subscription, RPZ, Flex Grid Activation, and FireEye. Paid NIOS represents the pay-as-you-go licensing model for vNIOS virtual appliances. In the AWS Marketplace, when you use the Paid NIOS model to launch the vNIOS for AWS virtual appliance, the virtual appliance comes pre-installed with the following permanent licenses: vNIOS, Grid, DNS, and CNA (Cloud Network Automation). As long as the virtual appliance is up and running, you can use the NIOS features that these licenses provide. You cannot add, delete, import, or export Paid NIOS licenses. For information about the Paid NIOS in AWS Marketplace, refer to the Installation Guide for vNIOS for AWS.

   • Feature: Indicates the features for which the license was installed. For example, if the license was installed for DNS service, this shows DNS.

   • Name: The FQDN of the appliance.

   • HA: Indicates whether the appliance is an HA pair.

   • IPv4 Address: The IPv4 address of the appliance, if applicable.

   • IPv6 Address: The IPv6 address of the appliance, if applicable.

   • Hardware ID: The unique hardware ID of the appliance. The ID is highlighted in red if the license on the appliance was removed.

   • Serial Number: The serial number of the appliance.

   • Type Context: Depending on the license type, this field displays the attribute (such as Model) that the license controls. This field is blank if the license does not control any attribute type. This field can display one of the following:

     • Leases: Indicates that this DHCP license supports a specific number of DHCP leases. The number of leases supported is displayed in the Type Details field.

     • Model: Indicates that this vNIOS license supports a specific vNIOS virtual appliance model. The model supported is displayed in the Type Details field.

     • Tier: Indicates various levels of performance limits on the DNS cache acceleration license of the Infoblox-4030 appliance. This is only applicable to the Infoblox-4030 appliance.

   • Type Details: Information about the attribute type that the license monitors. This field can display the following information for each attribute:

     • Leases: The number of DHCP leases that the DHCP license supports.

     • Model: The model of the NIOS virtual appliance, such as IB-V1410 or IB-V2215.

     • Tier: The performance limit value of an Infoblox-4030 appliance with DNS Cache Acceleration, such as Tier-1 for full capacity (up to 1M qps), Tier-2 for high (up to 600K qps), Tier-3 for base (up to 300K qps) performance limits, and Tier-4 (up to 150K qps). This is only applicable to the Infoblox-4030 appliance.

   • Expiration: The expiration date of the license.

   • Replaced Hardware ID: The hardware ID of the appliance whose license was removed.

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The following table lists NIOS licenses and the behavior when the subscription licenses expire:

*To install a Cloud Network Automation license on an IB-FLEX appliance, it must be set up as a Grid Master.

Licenses that are bundled with multiple licenses:

*To install a Cloud Network Automation license on an IB-FLEX appliance, it must be set up as a Grid Master.

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