eXo Platform offers Commercial editions as a 30-day trial. Thus, you will see a trial banner at the page footer.
During the trial period, the message of the trial banner is "You have XX days left in your evaluation" where XX is the number of days left for your trial.
After the trial period, the trial banner turns into red with the "Your evaluation period has expired XX days ago" text where XX is the number of days as from the expired trial.
Unlocking your trial with an unlock key
You can send a request to the eXo Platform sales representatives for a key to unlock your evaluation.
Click Unlock Evaluation screen.
on the trial banner to open theFollow 3 steps in this screen to get an unlock key.
In Step 1, clicking the subscription plan link opens a new page that contains the subscription plan for you to refer. According to your needs and your choice, you have to contact the eXo Platform sales representatives via the Contact Us and purchase a subscription.
In Step 2, clicking
opens a new page. Here you need to fill the fields to get an unlock key. The red asterisk (*) indicates a mandatory field.The Product Code field is preset with the value which is editable. You can use the generated Product Code or replace it by a new one provided by your account manager.
Continue clicking
to send your request to the eXo Platform Sales team.When you receive the key from the eXo Platform sales representatives, you can come back to this form to finish your subscription. At Step 3, enter the unlock key, then click
.This function validates your entered unlock key against the product code. If the key is invalid, it displays a message like "Sorry this evaluation key is not valid". If the key is valid, it redirects you to the page you were before you click Buy a Subscription.
Unlocking your trial with a license file
Alternatively, you can contact an eXo account manager to receive a license file and install it in $HOME/.eXo/Platform
.
$HOME
is your current home directory and the file name is license.xml
.
After adding this file, your version is unlocked and the trial banner is removed. If you start eXo Platform for the first time, the Terms and Conditions Agreement screen is not displayed.