KB00013 - Activating and Updating License Key

In this article:

Activating or Updating the Activation Key via the User Interface

Note

Silver Monkey Administrator rights are required to activate or update the license key via the user interface. If the “Settings”-Tab is visible, you have the required rights.

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In the settings, fill in the field named ‘Activation code’ with the license key that is part of the license certificate.

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Afterwards click the ‘Save’-button.

Note

The new license key cannot be activated until you restart the IIS Service and the Silver Monkey Web Application Server!

Activating or Updating the Activation Key in the Configuration.xml

If you do not have direct access to the settings in the user interface, set the activation key in the Configuration.xml:

Warning

Before changing Configuration.xml please create a safety-copy!

The configuration.xml is located in the web application server in the following directory:

C:\inetpub\wwwroot\SIM_R****\App_Data

Fill in the field “<activationCode>” with the license key:

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Note

The new license key will not be activated until you restart the IIS Service and the Silver Monkey Web Application Server.