Deploy a licenses file

Focus of our License Rollout Feature

Securely activate features on embedded device
Reporting Engine for billing
Notifications

Single license entry in the overview screen

What is a license

A document that provides evidence that a user is allowed to use a certain resource
Representation
- Textfile, holding arbitrary information
Example license file

{
    "license_uuid": "b7eec1b8-7a83-4669-a8e3-c0798f769008",
    "device_name": "phyBOARD-iMX8MM-52add50278e3",
    "feature_name": "isoconnect-vrc__lifetime__generic",
    "license_type": "lifetime",
    "license_type_metadata": {
        "device_uid": "0xddafd3306dd48af7",
        "requested_by": "854b8bff-acbd-40b2-9dd4-1e62fc7e71fa",
        "created_at_timestamp": 1636560027
    },
    "license_metadata": {
        "custom_key": "1234-5678-91011",
        "anyfields": "anyvalues",
        "anyfields2": 1,
        "anyfields3": [
            1,
            2,
            "3"
        ]
    },
    "license_counter": 1,
    "validity": "valid"
}

example signature file

{"rawPayloadSize":836,"signature":"MEUCIEGuklZvj9jHeh2OlSA/FJtx0WSAlhgIFClC7y/FrAUsAiEAkBiU8UaGRYQNmak94MZkz5SwdmBrhxmAEitKHWJ9Fj4=","signatureAlgorithm":"SHA256withECDSA","payloadLocation":{"s3":{"bucketName":"filemanager-prod-cces-bucket","key":"uploads/17cdb5ba-3cbc-45f4-b9bd-5d7350caf57d","version":"Z1__me6g4GOadTSUXxYw6szJdOnnnZpp"}}}

Security Features

Individual per device
- Prohibit license copying
- Can be tracked down to the device of origin
Signature File
- Authenticity can be verified
- Integrity can be verified
- Avoid license forging
Monitoring
- Activation is logged with a monitoring trail
- Deployment notification
- Polling of status information

GUI Examples

Single license entry in the overview screen

License Types

Additional options

Possibility for trial licenses
License triggered could come from the embedded device
The verification of time-based and operating hours limited licenses needs special security precautions on the ECU/App