Licensing

Most of the software on the installation media is automatically enabled for a 15-day evaluation period. To obtain a permanent license, or to extend the evaluation period, visit the Check Point User Center.

If you are new to Check Point, we recommend that you visit the Check Point User Center.

For further licensing assistance, contact Account Services. Or call: US +1 972-444-6600, option 5.

Software Licensing

If you have not yet migrated to Software Blade licenses, use the migration options from Check Point’s website. Migration to Software Blades is free of charge to purchasers of the Software Subscription service (Enterprise Base Support).

Licenses are required for management servers and Security Gateways.

Check Point software is activated using a certificate key. The certificate key is used to generate a license key for products that you want to evaluate or purchase. To purchase Check Point products, contact your reseller.

To get a license key from the Check Point User Center:

1. Add the required Check Point products/evaluations to your User Center account: select Accounts & Products > Add Products.
2. Generate a license key for your products/evaluations: select Accounts & Products > Products.

   Select your products and click Activate License. The selected product evaluations are assigned license keys.

3. Complete installation and configuration:
   1. Read and accept the End Users License Agreement.
   2. Import the product license key. Using the Check Point Configuration Tool or SmartUpdate to import the license. SmartUpdate lets you centrally upgrade and manage Check Point software and licenses. The certificate keys associate the product license with the Security Management server:
      • The new license remains valid even if the IP address of the Security Gateway changes.
      • Only one IP address is needed for all licenses.
      • A license can be detached from one Security Gateway and assigned to another.

Licensing Multi-Domain Security Management

• Multi-Domain Security Management licenses are associated with the IP address of the licensed entity.
• To add a Management domain, you must add a Domain license to Multi-Domain Security Management.
• To add a Management Software Blade to a Multi-Domain Server, you must add the required blade licenses to Multi-Domain Security Management.
• Multi-Domain Security Management licenses can be imported using the Check Point command-line licensing tool or the SmartDomain Manager.