Trial licensing workflow
During auto-provisioning of the NetScaler VPX instance using OpenStack orchestration, the NetScaler Application Delivery Management (ADM) uses OpenStack Compute to launch a NetScaler VPX instance. The newly provisioned NetScaler VPX instance contacts the Citrix licensing portal during the set up, and uses the license access code to automatically download and install the license files.
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Trial Licenses
Technical support staff use trial licenses when they install NetScaler ADM and NetScaler VPX devices in field. A trial or evaluation license for NetScaler VPX is valid for 90 days. If there is a need to evaluate more than one NetScaler or extend the testing after 90 days, a new evaluation license needs to be requested. Instead of automatic installation of trial license files, NetScaler ADM provides you an alternate solution. You can manually download the license files and install them on NetScaler VPX to complete the installation of the instance.
If the NetScaler VPX is unable to connect to the internet, configure the NetScaler ADM to act as a proxy server for the Citrix Licensing Portal and install the license files.
NetScaler VPX instances that have a trial license can communicate with NetScaler ADM on HTTP only. To configure HTTP communication in NetScaler ADM, navigate to System \> System Administration, and click Change System Settings. Select http from the drop-down list to set the communication method, and click OK.
