Install licenses using PUC

To use Pentaho products, you must install enterprise licenses that can be verified by your organization's license server. You can install licenses using the Pentaho User Console (PUC.

Before installing Pentaho Server licenses using (PUC), you must complete the following prerequisites:

• Obtain the URL for requesting a license from the license server. Your organization might use the Pentaho license server or a local license server.

• Download the Pentaho Server to your environment.

• Verify that you have administration privileges.

Complete the following steps to install Pentaho Server licenses by using PUC.

1. Log into the Pentaho User Console. See the Pentaho Business Analytics document for instructions on logging into PUC.

2. If you do not have valid licenses, the first time you log on the License page appears.

   
3. Click the plus sign (+) to open the Add License window.

4. Select License Server, enter either the cloud license server URL or the local license server URL, and then click OK.

   The URL for requesting a license from the local license server looks like the following example:

   

   Note: The Activation Code option is only for activating a trial license.

5. Review the license summary to see which components you are now entitled to use, and then click Close.