open-consul/website/pages/api-docs/operator/license.mdx

---
layout: api
page_title: License - Operator - HTTP API
sidebar_title: 'License'
sidebar_current: api-operator-license
description: |-
  The /operator/license endpoints allow for setting and retrieving the Consul
  Enterprise License.
---

# License - Operator HTTP API

~> **Enterprise Only!** This API endpoint and functionality only exists in
Consul Enterprise. This is not present in the open source version of Consul.

The licensing functionality described here is available only in
[Consul Enterprise](https://www.hashicorp.com/products/consul/) version 1.1.0 and later.

## Getting the Consul License

This endpoint gets information about the current license.

| Method | Path                | Produces           |
| ------ | ------------------- | ------------------ |
| `GET`  | `/operator/license` | `application/json` |

The table below shows this endpoint's support for
[blocking queries](/api/features/blocking.html),
[consistency modes](/api/features/consistency.html),
[agent caching](/api/features/caching.html), and
[required ACLs](/api/index.html#authentication).

| Blocking Queries | Consistency Modes | Agent Caching | ACL Required |
| ---------------- | ----------------- | ------------- | ------------ |
| `NO`             | `all`             | `none`        | `none`       |

### Parameters

- `dc` `(string: "")` - Specifies the datacenter whose license should be retrieved.
  This will default to the datacenter of the agent serving the HTTP request.
  This is specified as a URL query parameter.

### Sample Request

```text
$ curl \
    http://127.0.0.1:8500/v1/operator/license
```

### Sample Response

```json
{
  "Valid": true,
  "License": {
    "license_id": "2afbf681-0d1a-0649-cb6c-333ec9f0989c",
    "customer_id": "0259271d-8ffc-e85e-0830-c0822c1f5f2b",
    "installation_id": "*",
    "issue_time": "2018-05-21T20:03:35.911567355Z",
    "start_time": "2018-05-21T04:00:00Z",
    "expiration_time": "2019-05-22T03:59:59.999Z",
    "product": "consul",
    "flags": {
      "package": "premium"
    },
    "features": [
      "Automated Backups",
      "Automated Upgrades",
      "Enhanced Read Scalability",
      "Network Segments",
      "Redundancy Zone",
      "Advanced Network Federation"
    ],
    "temporary": false
  },
  "Warnings": []
}
```

## Updating the Consul License

This endpoint updates the Consul license and returns some of the
license contents as well as any warning messages regarding its validity.

| Method | Path                | Produces           |
| ------ | ------------------- | ------------------ |
| `PUT`  | `/operator/license` | `application/json` |

The table below shows this endpoint's support for
[blocking queries](/api/features/blocking.html),
[consistency modes](/api/features/consistency.html),
[agent caching](/api/features/caching.html), and
[required ACLs](/api/index.html#authentication).

| Blocking Queries | Consistency Modes | Agent Caching | ACL Required     |
| ---------------- | ----------------- | ------------- | ---------------- |
| `NO`             | `none`            | `none`        | `operator:write` |

### Parameters

- `dc` `(string: "")` - Specifies the datacenter whose license should be updated.
  This will default to the datacenter of the agent serving the HTTP request.
  This is specified as a URL query parameter.

### Sample Payload

The payload is the raw license blob.

### Sample Request

```text
$ curl \
    --request PUT \
    --data @consul.license \
    http://127.0.0.1:8500/v1/operator/license
```

### Sample Response

```json
{
  "Valid": true,
  "License": {
    "license_id": "2afbf681-0d1a-0649-cb6c-333ec9f0989c",
    "customer_id": "0259271d-8ffc-e85e-0830-c0822c1f5f2b",
    "installation_id": "*",
    "issue_time": "2018-05-21T20:03:35.911567355Z",
    "start_time": "2018-05-21T04:00:00Z",
    "expiration_time": "2019-05-22T03:59:59.999Z",
    "product": "consul",
    "flags": {
      "package": "premium"
    },
    "features": [
      "Automated Backups",
      "Automated Upgrades",
      "Enhanced Read Scalability",
      "Network Segments",
      "Redundancy Zone",
      "Advanced Network Federation"
    ],
    "temporary": false
  },
  "Warnings": []
}
```

## Resetting the Consul License

This endpoint resets the Consul license to the license included in the Enterprise binary. If the included license is not valid, the replace will fail.

| Method   | Path                | Produces           |
| -------- | ------------------- | ------------------ |
| `DELETE` | `/operator/license` | `application/json` |

The table below shows this endpoint's support for
[blocking queries](/api/features/blocking.html),
[consistency modes](/api/features/consistency.html),
[agent caching](/api/features/caching.html), and
[required ACLs](/api/index.html#authentication).

| Blocking Queries | Consistency Modes | Agent Caching | ACL Required     |
| ---------------- | ----------------- | ------------- | ---------------- |
| `NO`             | `none`            | `none`        | `operator:write` |

### Parameters

- `dc` `(string: "")` - Specifies the datacenter whose license should be updated.
  This will default to the datacenter of the agent serving the HTTP request.
  This is specified as a URL query parameter.

### Sample Request

```text
$ curl \
    --request DELETE \
    http://127.0.0.1:8500/v1/operator/license
```

### Sample Response

```json
{
  "Valid": true,
  "License": {
    "license_id": "2afbf681-0d1a-0649-cb6c-333ec9f0989c",
    "customer_id": "0259271d-8ffc-e85e-0830-c0822c1f5f2b",
    "installation_id": "*",
    "issue_time": "2018-05-21T20:03:35.911567355Z",
    "start_time": "2018-05-21T04:00:00Z",
    "expiration_time": "2019-05-22T03:59:59.999Z",
    "product": "consul",
    "flags": {
      "package": "premium"
    },
    "features": [
      "Automated Backups",
      "Automated Upgrades",
      "Enhanced Read Scalability",
      "Network Segments",
      "Redundancy Zone",
      "Advanced Network Federation"
    ],
    "temporary": false
  },
  "Warnings": []
}
```