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Licensing

Some features are only accessible with a Premium license or the AI Governance Add-On. See our pricing page for more details. To try paid features, you can request a trial or contact sales.

Licenses screen shows license information and seat consumption

Adding your license key

There are two ways to add a license to a Coder deployment:

Coder UI

  1. With an Owner account, go to Admin settings > Deployment.

  2. Select Licenses from the sidebar, then Add a license:

    Add a license from the licenses screen

  3. On the Add a license screen, drag your .jwt license file into the Upload Your License section, or paste your license in the Paste Your License text box, then select Upload License:

    Add a license screen

Coder CLI

  1. Ensure you have the Coder CLI installed.

  2. Save your license key to disk and make note of the path.

  3. Open a terminal.

  4. Log in to your Coder deployment:

    coder login <access url>
    
  5. Run coder licenses add:

    • For a .jwt license file:

      coder licenses add -f <path to your license key>
      
    • For a text string:

      coder licenses add -l 1f5...765
      

FAQ

Find your deployment ID

You'll need your deployment ID to request a trial or license key.

From your Coder dashboard, select your user avatar, then select the Copy to clipboard icon at the bottom:

Copy the deployment ID from the bottom of the user avatar dropdown

How we calculate license seat consumption

Licenses are consumed based on the status of user accounts. Only users who have been active in the last 90 days consume license seats.

Consult the user status documentation for more information about active, dormant, and suspended user statuses.