Licensing¶
Sapsan is licensed with a license file issued to the customer at purchase.
The license is verified online: the server needs internet access to the Flussonic licensing servers. Without internet access Sapsan will not work.
The Flussonic licensing servers are distributed across continents and regions — the failure of a single server or the unavailability of a whole region does not affect license verification.
Note
Sapsan never updates itself. There is no forced-update functionality, and there never will be: license verification does not change the installed software, and a version upgrade is always an explicit administrator action through the package manager.
Files¶
Three files live in the license directory:
| File | Contents |
|---|---|
license.txt |
the license key issued at purchase |
server.id |
unique server identifier (UUID) |
activation-<version>.json |
activation for a specific product version |
States¶
| State | When | What works |
|---|---|---|
Licensed |
the license is verified | everything |
Restricted |
the license is absent, expired, or failed verification | the admin interface stays available, streaming is limited |
The current license status is served by the API: GET /streamer/api-v4/license/status.