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layout: docs
page_title: license inspect - Command
description: |-
  The "license inspect" command describes the contents of a signed license string.
---

# license inspect

The `license inspect` command describes the contents of a signed license string.

## Examples

Describe license in the environment (either `VAULT_LICENSE` for a raw value
or `VAULT_LICENSE_PATH` for the path to a file containing the value):

```shell-session
$ vault license inspect
Source: /Users/ncc/vaults/license
Product: vault
License ID: 060d7820-fa59-f95c-832b-395db0aeb9ba
Customer ID: 5401ae3b-136b-3e47-3b43-432927fa03e7
Installation ID: *
Issue Time: 2021-05-17 19:33:47.93981585 +0000 UTC
Start Time: 2021-05-17 00:00:00 +0000 UTC
Expiration Time: 2022-05-17 23:59:59.999 +0000 UTC
{"license_id":"060d7820-fa59-f95c-832b-395db0aeb9ba","customer_id":"5401ae3b-136b-3e47-3b43-432927fa03e7","installation_id":"*","issue_time":"2021-05-17T19:33:47.93981585Z","start_time":"2021-05-17T00:00:00Z","expiration_time":"2022-05-17T23:59:59.999Z","flags":{"modules":["multi-dc-scale","governance-policy","advanced-data-protection"]},"features":["HSM","Performance Replication","DR Replication","MFA","Sentinel","Seal Wrapping","Control Groups","Performance Standby","Namespaces","KMIP","Entropy Augmentation","Transform Secrets Engine","Lease Count Quotas","Key Management Secrets Engine","Automated Snapshots"],"performance_standby_count":9999}

License is valid
```

Describe license at given path:

```shell-session
$ vault license inspect ~/vaults/license
Source: /Users/ncc/vaults/license
Product: vault
License ID: 060d7820-fa59-f95c-832b-395db0aeb9ba
Customer ID: 5401ae3b-136b-3e47-3b43-432927fa03e7
Installation ID: *
Issue Time: 2021-05-17 19:33:47.93981585 +0000 UTC
Start Time: 2021-05-17 00:00:00 +0000 UTC
Expiration Time: 2022-05-17 23:59:59.999 +0000 UTC
{"license_id":"060d7820-fa59-f95c-832b-395db0aeb9ba","customer_id":"5401ae3b-136b-3e47-3b43-432927fa03e7","installation_id":"*","issue_time":"2021-05-17T19:33:47.93981585Z","start_time":"2021-05-17T00:00:00Z","expiration_time":"2022-05-17T23:59:59.999Z","flags":{"modules":["multi-dc-scale","governance-policy","advanced-data-protection"]},"features":["HSM","Performance Replication","DR Replication","MFA","Sentinel","Seal Wrapping","Control Groups","Performance Standby","Namespaces","KMIP","Entropy Augmentation","Transform Secrets Engine","Lease Count Quotas","Key Management Secrets Engine","Automated Snapshots"],"performance_standby_count":9999}

License is valid
```

## Usage

The following flags are available in addition to the [standard set of
flags](/docs/commands) included on all commands.

### Command Options

- `-installation-id` `(string: "")` - Installation ID to validate the license against