Qlik Replicate: How to register a Qlik Replicate license using RepCtl command

[Nanda_Ravindra]

Qlik Replicate can be licensed using RepCtl. For instructions on how to license Qlik Replicate using the standard user interface, see Registering a license.

To register a license on Windows:

1. Convert the current text format license to JSON file format
   
   Example license.json file:
   

   {
        "cmd.license":
   
                 {
   
                      "license_type": "EVALUATION_LICENSE",
                      "licensed_to": "QLIK CUSTOMER",
                      "licensed_by": "Attunity US",
                      "serial_no": "60035964",
                      "expiration_date": "2023-12-01",
                      "hosts": "xxx.xxxx",
                      "source_types": "oracle",
                      "target_types": "target",
                      "features": "yyyy",
                      "version": "2023.11",
                      "issue_date": "2023-10-31",
                      "checksum": "xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx"
                  }
   }

   
   
2. Place the JSON format license file (license.json created in step 1) in the Qlik Replicate data/imports folder
   
   Example: C:\Program Files\Attunity\Replicate\data\imports\license.json
   
   
3. Open a Windows Command Prompt as administrator
   
   
4. In the command line, change to the <Installation_folder>\bin directory
   
   Example:
   
   

   cd "C:\Program Files\Attunity\Replicate\bin"

5. Run the following command:
   
   repctl -d <Replicate_data_folder> importlicense license_file=<license_file_location>
   
   Example:
   

   repctl -d "C:\Program Files\Attunity\Replicate\data" importlicense license_file="C:\Program Files\Attunity\Replicate\data\imports\license.json"

6. Restart the Qlik Replicate service
   
   
7. To confirm the registered license or simply view any currently registered license, run the following command:
   
   

   repctl getlicense   --help

    

To register a license on Linux:

3. Convert the current text format license to JSON file format
   
   Example license.json file:
   

   {
        "cmd.license":
   
                 {
   
                      "license_type": "EVALUATION_LICENSE",
                      "licensed_to": "QLIK CUSTOMER",
                      "licensed_by": "Attunity US",
                      "serial_no": "60035964",
                      "expiration_date": "2023-12-01",
                      "hosts": "xxx.xxxx",
                      "source_types": "oracle",
                      "target_types": "target",
                      "features": "yyyy",
                      "version": "2023.11",
                      "issue_date": "2023-10-31",
                      "checksum": "xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx"
                  }
   }

4. Place the JSON format license file (license.json created in step 1) in the Qlik Replicate data/imports folder.
   
   Example:
   
   /opt/attunity/replicate/data/imports/
   
   
5. Change ownership of the license.json file:
   
   

   chown attunity:attunity /opt/attunity/replicate/data/imports/license.json

6. Run the below commands from the installation bin folder:
   
   

   cd /opt/attunity/replicate/bin/
   

   
   

   source /opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep_login.sh
   

   
   

   ./repctl -d "/opt/attunity/replicate/data" importlicense license_file="/opt/attunity/replicate/data/imports/license.json"

7. Stop and restart the Qlik Replicate service 
   
   
8. Confirm the registered license or simply view any currently registered license, run the following command:
   
   

   ./repctl getlicense --help