How do I apply an NSP license?

Perform this procedure to apply a new or updated NSP license to an NSP system.

CAUTION

Service disruption

Performing the procedure requires a restart of each NSP cluster, which is service-affecting.

You must perform the procedure only during a scheduled maintenance period.

Note: You must perform the procedure on each NSP cluster.

Note: In a DR deployment, you must perform the steps first on the standby NSP cluster.

Note: release-ID in a file path has the following format:

R.r.p-rel.version

where

R.r.p is the NSP release, in the form MAJOR.minor.patch

version is a numeric value


1	Log in as the root user on the NSP deployer host.
2	Open a console window.
3	If you do not know the license file location, perform the following steps. Note: The location is configurable during NSP deployment; the default is /opt/nsp. Open the following file for viewing: /opt/nsp/NSP-CN-DEP-release-ID/NSP-CN-release-ID/config/nsp-config.yml Record the location of the license.zip file, which is the file value in the license subsection of the nsp section. Close the file.
4	Transfer the new license.zip file to the path recorded in Step 3.
5	Enter the following to start the NSP cluster: Note: If the NSP cluster VMs do not have the required SSH key, you must include the --ask-pass argument in the command, as shown in the following examples, and are subsequently prompted for the root password of each cluster member: `nspdeployerctl --ask-pass install --config –-deploy` `#` `/opt/nsp/NSP-CN-DEP-release-ID/bin/nspdeployerctl install --config –-deploy ↵` The NSP cluster starts, and the license is applied.
6	Close the console window. End of steps