Managing JUNOS Licenses

The following sections describe how to manage the JUNOS licenses with the CLI:

Adding New Licenses

To add a new license key to the router with the CLI:

Enter operational mode in the CLI.
Enter one of the following CLI commands:
- To add a license key from a file or URL, enter the following command, specifying the filename or the URL where the key is located:user@host> request system license add filename | url
- To add a license key from the terminal, enter the following command: user@host> request system license add terminal
When prompted, enter the license key, separating multiple license keys with a blank line.
If the license key you enter is invalid, an error appears in the CLI output when you press Ctrl+d to exit license entry mode.
Go on to Verifying JUNOS License Management.

To delete a license key from the router with the CLI:

Enter operational mode in the CLI.
Enter the following command for each license, specifying the license ID. You can delete only one license at a time. user@host> request system license delete license-id
Go on to Verifying JUNOS License Management.

To save the licenses installed on the router to a file using the CLI:

Enter operational mode in the CLI.
To save the installed license keys to a file or URL, enter the following command: user@host> request system license save filename | url
For example, the following command saves the installed license keys to a file named license.config:
user@host> request system license save ftp://user@host/license.conf
Go on to Verifying JUNOS License Management.