diff --git a/docs/management/managing-licenses.asciidoc b/docs/management/managing-licenses.asciidoc index cf501518ea5342..837a83f0aae389 100644 --- a/docs/management/managing-licenses.asciidoc +++ b/docs/management/managing-licenses.asciidoc @@ -1,191 +1,43 @@ [[managing-licenses]] == License Management -When you install the default distribution of {kib}, you receive free features -with no expiration date. For the full list of features, refer to -{subscriptions}. +By default, new installations have a Basic license that never expires. +For the full list of features available at the Free and Open Basic subscription level, +refer to {subscriptions}. -If you want to try out the full set of features, you can activate a free 30-day -trial. To view the status of your license, start a trial, or install a new -license, open the main menu, then click *Stack Management > License Management*. - -NOTE: You can start a trial only if your cluster has not already activated a -trial license for the current major product version. For example, if you have -already activated a trial for 6.0, you cannot start a new trial until -7.0. You can, however, request an extended trial at {extendtrial}. - -When you activate a new license level, new features appear in *Stack Management*. - -[role="screenshot"] -image::images/management-license.png[] +To explore all of the available solutions and features, start a 30-day free trial. +You can activate a trial subscription once per major product version. +If you need more than 30 days to complete your evaluation, +request an extended trial at {extendtrial}. -At the end of the trial period, some features operate in a -<>. You can revert to Basic, extend the trial, -or purchase a subscription. - -TIP: If {security-features} are enabled, unless you have a trial license, -you must configure Transport Layer Security (TLS) in {es}. -See {ref}/encrypting-communications.html[Encrypting communications]. -{kib} and the {ref}/start-basic.html[start basic API] provide a list of all of -the features that will no longer be supported if you revert to a basic license. +To view the status of your license, start a trial, or install a new +license, open the main menu, then click *Stack Management > License Management*. -[float] +[discrete] === Required permissions The `manage` cluster privilege is required to access *License Management*. To add the privilege, open the main menu, then click *Stack Management > Roles*. -[discrete] -[[update-license]] -=== Update your license - -You can update your license at runtime without shutting down your {es} nodes. -License updates take effect immediately. The license is provided as a _JSON_ -file that you install in {kib} or by using the -{ref}/update-license.html[update license API]. - -TIP: If you are using a basic or trial license, {security-features} are disabled -by default. In all other licenses, {security-features} are enabled by default; -you must secure the {stack} or disable the {security-features}. - [discrete] [[license-expiration]] === License expiration -Your license is time based and expires at a future date. If you're using -{monitor-features} and your license will expire within 30 days, a license -expiration warning is displayed prominently. Warnings are also displayed on -startup and written to the {es} log starting 30 days from the expiration date. -These error messages tell you when the license expires and what features will be -disabled if you do not update the license. - -IMPORTANT: You should update your license as soon as possible. You are -essentially flying blind when running with an expired license. Access to the -cluster health and stats APIs is critical for monitoring and managing an {es} -cluster. - -[discrete] -[[expiration-beats]] -==== Beats - -* Beats will continue to poll centrally-managed configuration. - -[discrete] -[[expiration-elasticsearch]] -==== {es} - -// Upgrade API is disabled -* The deprecation API is disabled. -* SQL support is disabled. -* Aggregations provided by the analytics plugin are no longer usable. -* All searchable snapshots indices are unassigned and cannot be searched. - -[discrete] -[[expiration-watcher]] -==== {stack} {alert-features} - -* The PUT and GET watch APIs are disabled. The DELETE watch API continues to work. -* Watches execute and write to the history. -* The actions of the watches do not execute. - -[discrete] -[[expiration-graph]] -==== {stack} {graph-features} - -* Graph explore APIs are disabled. - -[discrete] -[[expiration-ml]] -==== {stack} {ml-features} +Licenses are valid for a specific time period. +30 days before the license expiration date, {es} starts logging expiration warnings. +If monitoring is enabled, expiration warnings are displayed prominently in {kib}. -* APIs to create {anomaly-jobs}, open jobs, send data to jobs, create {dfeeds}, -and start {dfeeds} are disabled. -* All started {dfeeds} are stopped. -* All open {anomaly-jobs} are closed. -* APIs to create and start {dfanalytics-jobs} are disabled. -* Existing {anomaly-job} and {dfanalytics-job} results continue to be available -by using {kib} or APIs. +If your license expires, your subscription level reverts to Basic and +you will no longer be able to use https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions[Platinum or Enterprise features]. [discrete] -[[expiration-monitoring]] -==== {stack} {monitor-features} - -* The agent stops collecting cluster and indices metrics. -* The agent stops automatically cleaning indices older than -`xpack.monitoring.history.duration`. - -[discrete] -[[expiration-security]] -==== {stack} {security-features} - -* Cluster health, cluster stats, and indices stats operations are blocked. -* All data operations (read and write) continue to work. - -Once the license expires, calls to the cluster health, cluster stats, and index -stats APIs fail with a `security_exception` and return a 403 HTTP status code. - -[source,sh] ------------------------------------------------------ -{ - "error": { - "root_cause": [ - { - "type": "security_exception", - "reason": "current license is non-compliant for [security]", - "license.expired.feature": "security" - } - ], - "type": "security_exception", - "reason": "current license is non-compliant for [security]", - "license.expired.feature": "security" - }, - "status": 403 -} ------------------------------------------------------ - -This message enables automatic monitoring systems to easily detect the license -failure without immediately impacting other users. - -[discrete] -[[expiration-logstash]] -==== {ls} pipeline management - -* Cannot create new pipelines or edit or delete existing pipelines from the UI. -* Cannot list or view existing pipelines from the UI. -* Cannot run Logstash instances which are registered to listen to existing pipelines. -//TBD: * Logstash will continue to poll centrally-managed pipelines - -[discrete] -[[expiration-kibana]] -==== {kib} - -* Users can still log into {kib}. -* {kib} works for data exploration and visualization, but some features -are disabled. -* The license management UI is available to easily upgrade your license. See -<> and <>. - -[discrete] -[[expiration-reporting]] -==== {kib} {report-features} - -* Reporting is no longer available in {kib}. -* Report generation URLs stop working. -* Existing reports are no longer accessible. - -[discrete] -[[expiration-rollups]] -==== {rollups-cap} - -* {rollup-jobs-cap} cannot be created or started. -* Existing {rollup-jobs} can be stopped and deleted. -* The get rollup caps and rollup search APIs continue to function. +[[update-license]] +=== Update your license -[discrete] -[[expiration-transforms]] -==== {transforms-cap} +Licenses are provided as a _JSON_ file and have an effective date and an expiration date. +You cannot install a new license before its effective date. +License updates take effect immediately and do not require restarting {es}. -* {transforms-cap} cannot be created, previewed, started, or updated. -* Existing {transforms} can be stopped and deleted. -* Existing {transform} results continue to be available. +You can update your license from *Stack Management > License Management* or through the +{ref}/update-license.html[update license API].