Managing Licenses

User Center

When you create an account in the Infinity Portal and access the service, you get a free 30-day trial. After the 30-day trial period, you must purchase a software license to use the product. To purchase a license, you must create a Check Point User Center account.

Once you create a User Center account, contact your Check Point sales representative to purchase a license.

  1. Log in to the Check Point User Center.

  2. If you do not have a User Center account, go to My Check Point > My accounts and create a new User Center account.

  3. Go to My Check Point > Product Center.

  4. In the Product Center, go to the Evaluations tab.

  5. Select Other Evaluation Option and click Select a product.

    The Other Evaluation Options window opens.

  6. Select CP-HAR-EP-COMPLETE-EVAL or CP-HAR-EP-ADVANCED-EVAL from the drop-down list and click Select.

  7. Click Next

  8. In the Provide Evaluation Info section that opens, fill in these details:

    1. User Center Account

    2. Email Address

    3. Evaluation Product will be used by

    4. Purpose of Evaluation

  9. Click Get Evaluation.

    A confirmation notice is received that the product was successfully added to your User Center account.

    Click the link in the confirmation notice to view the license in the Product Center.

  10. In the Product Center, go to Selected Account and select the account to which the license was added.

  11. Select the license and click the License button above the list of the licenses.

  12. Under License Information, select the License for Cloud Management checkbox.

  13. If you have not subscribed to the VPN feature (Check Point Security Gateways are not used for client VPN), then click License.

  14. If you have subscribed to the VPN feature that uses Check Point Security Gateways for client VPN, then in the IP Address field for CPSB-SB-EP-VPN, replace 164.100.1.8 with the IP address of the Gateway Security Management System and then click License.

Amazon Web Services Marketplace

Use the Amazon Web Services credit to purchase the Harmony Endpoint license from Amazon Web Services Marketplace.

Activating the License

  1. In Harmony EndpointAdministrator Portal, go to Global Settings > Services and Contracts.

    At the upper-right of the screen, click Link a User Center Account.

    The Attach Accounts window opens.

  2. Enter your User Center credentials, select the Account and click Next.

  3. Select the license to apply and click Finish.

    Your license appears in the Service and Contracts page.

    Note- If you already have an associated account and wish to add another license, go to Global Settings > Service and Contracts. At the upper-right of the screen, click Manage Accounts and use the sync option to refresh the license.

  4. To see your license information, go to the Endpoint Settings > Licenses.

  5. To synchronize your license information, click Sync and then click CONFIRM.

License Violation

Harmony Endpoint notifies you about the license violations, such as expiry and exceeded permitted seats.

Depending on the level of violation, the system sends these notifications and takes these actions:

  • Email and top banner

  • Email, top banner and pop-up window

  • Top banner, pop-up window and disables policy configuration¹

  • Top banner, pop-up window, disables policy configuration¹ and disables new installations²

¹ All the configuration in the Policy menu is read-only except Export Package and Export/Import Policies. The Save button is disabled, however, previously saved changes can be installed.

² All the configuration in the Policy menu is read-only except Export Package and Export/Import Policies. The Save and Install buttons are disabled.