Licensing

To be able to use an ISPsystem's control panel you need a license. We offer trial and commercial licenses. You can purchase a license in your Client area eu.ispsystem.com.

The license from the DNSmanager 5 control panel is not suitable for activating DNSmanager 6.

Trial license

A trial version is a recommended solution for getting started with a control panel without any time or functional limitations. Trial is valid for one month.

A trial license can be activated if a trial or a commercial license has not yet been activated on the server. Otherwise errors will appear in the log file /opt/ispsystem/dnsmanager6/var/licctl.log when trying to activate:

TRIAL_AFTER_COMMERCIAL — failed to activate the trial license after activating the commercial license;
TRIAL_ALREADY_USED — failed to activate the trial license after activating another trial license.

If a DNSmanager 5 trial license has already been activated on the server, installation of a DNSmanager 6 trial license will not be available.

Trial license limitations

You can add and manage only 10 domain names in the control panel.

How to activate a trial license:

Install a DNSmanager 6 on the server.
Open the panel in the browser https://<server IP address>:1501/dnsmgr
In the form that will open select "Get a trial version".
Enter your login and password from the Client area. if you don’t have an account, specify a random login and password, the system will register the account automatically.

If there is no option "Get a trial version" on the activation form, access the server with the panel and download the file license again:

/opt/ispsystem/dnsmanager6/sbin/licctl fetch dnsmgr

When you see "Get a trial version" complete the steps above.

Commercial license

You can use this type of license for commercial projects. This type of license doesn't have any limitations. Users can obtain it for 1 month or 1 year and install all the updates it includes. When the license expires, the user won't be able to access the web interface and use its functionality unless he renews the license.

How to upgrade from trial to a commercial version

There are two ways to upgrade a trial license:

In the control panel interface

Open URL https://<server IP address>:1501/dnsmgr in your browser and select "Purchase a license". Specify the period and other parameters, and follow the instructions.

In the Client area

Go to the website of the company where you purchased the license or to the Client area ISPsystem. Renew the trial or order a new commercial license with the same IP address. All the settings that you made in the trial panel will remain after upgrading to the commercial version.

If the control panel still informs you that you are using a trial version:

Delete the license file:

rm -rf /opt/ispsystem/dnsmanager6/etc/dnsmgr.lic

Download the file again:

/opt/ispsystem/dnsmanager6/sbin/licctl fetch dnsmgr

Note:

If you do not have SSH access to the server, you can delete the license file through any file manager and update the license information in the Help → About program section.