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page_title: license - Command
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  The "license" command groups subcommands for interacting with Vault licenses.
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# license

The `license` command groups subcommands for interacting with Vault licenses

For more information, please see the [license documentation](/vault/docs/enterprise/license)

## Examples

Query current license in use by a node:

```shell-session
$ vault license get
Key                          Value
---                          -----
expiration_time              2022-05-17T23:59:59.999Z
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]
license_id                   060d7820-fa59-f95c-832b-395db0aeb9ba
performance_standby_count    9999
start_time                   2021-05-17T00:00:00Z
```

Query signed license string (only when using a deprecated stored license)

```shell-session
$ vault license get -signed
02MV4UU43BK5H...
```

Inspect a signed a license string:

```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

```text
Usage: vault license <subcommand> [options] [args]

  # ...

Subcommands:
    get      Query Vault's license
    inspect  View the contents of a license string
```

For more information, examples, and usage about a subcommand, click on the name
of the subcommand in the sidebar.