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api License - Operator - HTTP API api-operator-license 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 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, consistency modes, agent caching, and required ACLs.

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

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

Sample Response

{
    "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, consistency modes, agent caching, and required ACLs.

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

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

Sample Response

{
    "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, consistency modes, agent caching, and required ACLs.

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

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

Sample Response

{
    "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": []
}