Activating your license
Published 17 May 2024
How to activate your license for Test Data Manager and its capabilities
Contents
Online activation
The command line capabilities each have an auth
command which can be used to perform online activation of a license.
In order to do so you need to have been allocated a license in your Redgate account page.
You can then run the auth
command making sure to agree to the EULA by passing the --agree-to-eula
flag, and logging in on the page that opens in your browser.
Here's an example command-line to run the auth
command:
rgsubset.exe auth --agree-to-eula
The auth
command can also be used to start a trial by passing the --start-trial
option
This login will be cached locally for a day. When you run any other command for that capability it will be able to request a license using this login.
Adding an offline permit
Licensing the UI or command lines where online activation is not possible can be done with an offline permit. If using an offline permit, you will not need to run the auth
command.
In order to do so you need to have been allocated a license in your Redgate account page.
Then you should visit the licensing portal page for Test Data Manager where you will be asked to agree to the EULA and then be presented with your permit.
The contents of this permit should be placed in one of two locations:
- Directly in the environment variable
REDGATE_LICENSING_PERMIT
(be aware that this may get truncated if you have licenses for lots of products as Windows has a maximum length for environment variable values). - In a file accessible to the required capabilities. The environment variable
REDGATE_LICENSING_PERMIT_PATH
then needs to have the full path to the file (recommended).