Licensing

OneSpan products are licensed per client component record in the data store. The licensing uses a license key that is verified when OneSpan Authentication Server starts. This license key is tied to the network location (IP address) where OneSpan Authentication Server is installed, and stored in the OneSpan Authentication Server server component record.

If the license key is missing, invalid, or expired, administrative logons are still allowed for configuration and management purposes, but all other services, such as authentication, will be unavailable. A license key is required for all of the following:

  • SOAP
  • RADIUS
  • Authentication
  • Signature validation

As of OneSpan Authentication Server 3.23, SOAP is by default enabled in all licenses. If your license was created prior to product version 3.23, you can contact OneSpan Support and request a free license upgrade.

Licensing for multiple instances of OneSpan Authentication Server

You can run multiple OneSpan Authentication Server instances on the same Linux host (see Running multiple OneSpan Authentication Server instances on a single Linux host machine). Each server instance will require its own valid license tied to the IP address of its corresponding instance.

Re-licensing

You need to obtain and load new license keys for your server components in the following cases:

  • You need to change or have changed the OneSpan Authentication Server IP address.
  • You need to change from an evaluation license to a commercial license.
  • You need to upgrade a commercial license to add new license options.
  • You want to upgrade to a higher major version of OneSpan Authentication Server.

Whenever you change or update the server license key, you need to reconfigure OneSpan Authentication Server replication!