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- | ===== Apply Enterprise Trial License ===== | ||
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- | You can apply for a trial license [[http://www.litespeedtech.com/products/litespeed-web-server/download/get-a-trial-license|here]]. | ||
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- | * Only apply your key when you are ready to begin your trial. Each key is updated daily with a built-in expiration date, so if you applied for a key a week ago but only installed your trial today, you've already lost 7 days. | ||
- | * You can apply multiple trial keys by using the same email address since each key is tracked by your server's IP and not by your email address. | ||
- | * Please make sure http://license.litespeedtech.com is reachable from your server. | ||
- | - Make sure you use a valid email address. A trial key will be sent to your email after you submit the online form. Also, Yahoo will block litespeedtech emails, so make sure you don't use a yahoo account. | ||
- | - Once you receive an email from LiteSpeed, save the attached file “trial.key” to the expanded installation directory (where install.sh resides). If your email is on a windows server and you need to FTP the file to a unix server, make sure you select the "binary" transfer mode. | ||
- | - Sometimes your mail server may reject this email as spam. If you have entered a valid email address but haven't received an email from us within 15 minutes after submitting your form, you can apply for another one using a different email address. | ||
- | - Run install.sh in the expanded folder and follow all prompted instructions. | ||
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- | ===== What happens when my 15-day trial is up? Can I get a new trial key after my 15-day trial period ends? ===== | ||
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- | After your trial expires, the server will disable itself. You can verify this by checking the error.log in the LiteSpeed installed directory. | ||
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- | Our license server will track and allow usage via the trial key for a maximum of 30 days for each IP. If it is within 30 days of downloading your first trial license, you can simply download a second trial license to keep running the trial on your server. (Just switch out the ''trial.key'' file in your ''/usr/local/lsws/conf/'' directory and restart.) You can check your remaining days by running “lshttpd -V”. | ||
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- | If you have a special situation and need an extended trial period, please contact our sales department. | ||
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- | ===== The trial license is 2-CPU license equivalent, how do I test to see if a 1-CPU license suits my needs? ===== | ||
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- | You can create a listener for the IP that your main site associated with. Set “Binding” to one process only. | ||
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- | ===== The trial license is a 2-CPU license equivalent, how do I test to see if I need a 4 or 8-CPU license? ===== | ||
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- | You can start with a trial license. Usually, a 2-CPU license should be sufficient for a 4 or 8 core server. (Please refer to [[litespeed_wiki:license:what_license_to_choose]]) If this does not meet your needs, you can order a monthly lease of a 4-CPU or 8-CPU license and try it out. We offer a 30-day money back guarantee if LiteSpeed does not meet your requirements. | ||
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- | ===== If I start with a 15 day free trial and then decide to purchase an Enterprise license, do I have to uninstall the trial and do a full reinstall? ===== | ||
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- | No, you do not need to uninstall and reinstall the server after you purchase the Enterprise license. Making the switch is easily done by performing a regular upgrade. This will not change any configurations or data. Please refer to [[litespeed_wiki:license:activate_license]] |