You must activate LDAP Proxy within 90 days of installation by purchasing and installing the product license.
To purchase the LDAP Proxy product license, see the NetIQ LDAP Proxy How to Buy Web page.
After you purchase a product license, you will receive Customer ID by e-mail from NetIQ. The e-mail also contains a URL to the NetIQ site where you can obtain a Product Activation credential. Click the link to go to the site. Click the license download link and save the Product Activation Credential file in the /etc/opt/novell/ldapproxy/conf/key.txt file. Alternatively, you can activate the product, by using the activate option, as described in activate.
Every time you start LDAP Proxy, the proxy server checks for a successful activation in the predefined location. If found, the LDAP Proxy server displays a success message and starts LDAP Proxy. Else, it displays the remaining days in the evaluation period. This holds good if you are upgrading to successive minor versions or patches of the LDAP Proxy, such as upgrading to LDAP Proxy 1.6 from LDAP Proxy 1.0. However, if you are upgrading to a new major version, the proxy server automatically checks for a valid licence file. If a valid licence file is not found, the proxy server starts the evaluation period of 90 days.
The nlpd script includes the following options to activate, de-activate, and check the activation status of LDAP Proxy.
status
To know the activation status, type systemctl status nlpd-daemon.service (On SLES 12 and RHEL 7). The following message is displayed:
Activation file not present You are running evaluation version of NetIQ LDAP Proxy 1.6.0. Your evaluation version will expire in 90 days
activate
On SLES 12 and RHEL 7:
To activate the product, type /opt/novell/ldapproxy/sbin/nlpd --licenseactivation /home/user1/key.txt, where /home/user1 is the path to the key file. The following message is displayed;
Congratulations, You have successfully activated NetIQ LDAP Proxy 1.6.
deactivate
On SLES 12 and RHEL 7:
To deactivate the product, type /opt/novell/ldapproxy/sbin/nlpd --licenseactivation deactivate. The following message is displayed;
NetIQ LDAP Proxy 1.6 has been successfully de-activated.
If you do not remember or do not receive your Customer ID, call the NetIQ Activation Center at 1-800-418-8373 in the U.S. In all other locations, call 1-801-861-8373 (You will be charged for calls made using the 801 area code.). You can also chat with us online.