Commit 7d5712ca by Mitch Seaman Committed by GitHub

<Enterprise Docs> Add instructions to upload license via UI (#28067)

* Add UI license upload option, reformat Enterprise license activation section

Added the option to upload a license file through the Server Admin UI, and did a little reformatting to make license activation look more like a process.

* Headers not bold, hyphens not asterisks
parent a9ef0f84
......@@ -71,36 +71,50 @@ With a Grafana Enterprise license, you get access to premium plugins, including:
To purchase or obtain a trial license contact the Grafana Labs [Sales Team](https://grafana.com/contact?about=support&topic=Grafana%20Enterprise).
### License file management
## Activate an Enterprise license
To download your Grafana Enterprise license log in to your [Grafana Cloud Account](https://grafana.com) and go to your **Org Profile**. In the side menu there is a section for Grafana Enterprise licenses. At the bottom of the license details page there is **Download Token** link that will download the *license.jwt* file containing your license.
Follow these steps to activate your Grafana Enterprise license:
Place the *license.jwt* file in Grafana's data folder. This is usually located at `/var/lib/grafana` on Linux systems.
### 1. Download your license file
You can also configure a custom location for the license file via the ini setting:
To download your Grafana Enterprise license, log in to your [Grafana Cloud Account](https://grafana.com) and go to your **Org Profile**. In the side menu there is a section for Grafana Enterprise licenses. At the bottom of the license details page there is **Download Token** link that will download the *license.jwt* file containing your license.
```bash
[enterprise]
license_path = /company/secrets/license.jwt
```
### 2. Add your license file to a Grafana instance
This setting can also be set with an environment variable, which is useful if you're running Grafana with Docker and have a custom volume where you have placed the license file. In this case, set the environment variable `GF_ENTERPRISE_LICENSE_PATH` to point to the location of your license file.
There are two different ways to add the license file to a Grafana instance:
### Root URL
- Option 1: Upload the license file through the Grafana Server Administrator page
Update the [`root_url`](../administration/configuration/#root-url) in your configuration. It should be the URL that users type in their browsers to access the frontend, not the node hostname(s).
Sign in as a Server Administrator. Navigate to **Server Admin > Upgrade** within Grafana, click on **Upload license token file**, select your license file, and upload it.
This is important, because as part of the validation checks at startup, Grafana compares the license URL to the [`root_url`](../administration/configuration/#root-url) in your configuration.
- Option 2: Place the *license.jwt* file in Grafana's data folder.
This is usually located at `/var/lib/grafana` on Linux systems.
In your configuration file:
You can also configure a custom location for the license file via the ini setting:
```
[server]
root_url = https://grafana.blah.com/
```
```bash
[enterprise]
license_path = /company/secrets/license.jwt
```
Or with an environment variable:
This setting can also be set with an environment variable, which is useful if you're running Grafana with Docker and have a custom volume where you have placed the license file. In this case, set the environment variable `GF_ENTERPRISE_LICENSE_PATH` to point to the location of your license file.
```
GF_SERVER_ROOT_URL=https://grafana.blah.com/
```
### 3. Ensure that the license file's root url matches the root_url configuration option
Update the [`root_url`](../administration/configuration/#root-url) in your configuration. It should be the URL that users type in their browsers to access the frontend, not the node hostname(s).
This is important, because as part of the validation checks at startup, Grafana compares the license URL to the [`root_url`](../administration/configuration/#root-url) in your configuration.
In your configuration file:
```
[server]
root_url = https://grafana.blah.com/
```
Or with an environment variable:
```
GF_SERVER_ROOT_URL=https://grafana.blah.com/
```
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