ARTIFACTORY: How to Reclaim Unused Licenses in Case of Overassignment

Introduction

In specific scenarios, you may discover that your High Availability (HA) cluster has been allocated more licenses than required, as indicated by the License Report. For instance, if you assigned six licenses through Mission Control to a three-node HA cluster, you may question how to reclaim three surplus licenses via Mission Control. As of now, the Mission Control UI lacks a feature to retrieve excessive licenses.

This article offers step-by-step guidance on how to identify and remove unused licenses using either the JFrog Artifactory UI or the REST API.


Steps

1. Identify Unused License Keys:

    To view the current status of license keys in your HA cluster, follow these steps:

Access the following URL: HA License Information

Review the information displayed to identify any unused license keys

2. Remove Unused License Keys:

    You can reclaim unused licenses by either using the JFrog Artifactory UI or executing the REST API. Choose the method that best suits your workflow.

Option 1: Using the JFrog Artifactory UI

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Log in to the JFrog Artifactory UI
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Navigate to the License Page displaying license information

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Identify the unused license keys
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Utilize the UI controls to remove the unnecessary license keys


Option 2: Using the REST API

Access the following URL: Delete HA Cluster License

Follow the provided documentation to execute the REST API and remove unused license keys

Conclusion

By following the steps outlined in this article, you can efficiently identify and reclaim unused license keys within your HA cluster.