13.1 Understanding Sentinel Licenses

Sentinel has several licenses that you can use. By default, Sentinel comes with the trial license.

13.1.1 Trial License

The Sentinel default licensing allows you to use all the enterprise features of Sentinel for the evaluation period of 90 days. A system running with the trial license displays an indicator on the Web Interface indicating that the temporary license key is being used. It also displays the number of days left before the functionality expires and indicates how to upgrade to a full license.

NOTE:The expiration date of the system is based on the oldest data in the system. If you restore old events into your system, the expiration date will be adjusted accordingly.

After the 90-day trial period, most functionality is disabled, but you are still able to log in and update the system to use an enterprise license key.

After you upgrade to an enterprise license, all functionality is restored. To prevent any interruption in functionality, you must upgrade the system with an enterprise license before the expiration date.

13.1.2 Enterprise Licenses

When you purchase Sentinel, you receive a license key through the customer portal. Depending on what you purchase, your license key enables certain features, data collection rates, and event sources. There may be additional license terms that are not enforced by the license key, so please read your license agreement carefully.

To make changes to your licensing, please contact your account manager. To add the license key to the system, see Section 13.2.1, Adding a License Key By Using the Web Interface.