Licenses

AIStor requires an active and unexpired MinIO Commercial License.

The license is available in SUBNET.

1. Log in to https://subnet.min.io.

2. From the Deployments screen, select License Key.

3. Select the copy button to the right of license key string.

   or

   Select Download to save the minio.license to your local device.

   

4. Save the license value or file according to your security guidelines. For example, store the license value in a secure vault.

After renewing the AIStor license, download and replace the license information in your deployment.

1. Use the Accessing your license instructions to download the new license from SUBNET.

2. Update the license file on all AIStor nodes.

   Kubernetes (Helm)

   1. Determine the current Helm chart version.

      helm ls -n aistor
      

      Note the value in the CHART column of the output.

   2. Update the global.license value in aistor-object-store-operator-values.yaml.

   3. Upgrade the helm install.

      helm upgrade -n aistor operator aistor/operator --version HELMVERSION
      

      • Replace HELMVERSION with the Helm chart release you are using.

   Linux

   Replace minio.license in opt/minio/ with the new minio.license file downloaded from SUBNET.

   This must be done on each node in the AIStor deployment.

3. (Optional) Restart AIStor.

   The license automatically updates every 24 hours. As a result, manually restarting AIStor is not necessary.

   However, if you need to refresh the license immediately, restart AIStor by running:

   mc admin service restart ALIAS
   

   • Replace ALIAS with the alias for your deployment.
   Downtime

   Restarting AIStor may result in minimal downtime for your AIStor server.

It is important to keep an active license to maintain access to AIStor and the data stored in your deployment. The following tables summarize the effects of license expiration.