Activation Forms

Activation Forms allow your clients to download an activation file on machine that has internet access, so that they can activate machines that are air-gapped.

Idea

Normally, when you have internet access, you can call the key verification method, which returns a license object/file (signed JSON file). Once you have the license object, you can verify if the customer has the necessary features and if the license has not expired.

If this is not possible, this license file needs to be delivered in a different way to the end user. There are at least three ways it can be done:

1. You can download the license file through the dashboard.
2. You can call Key.Activate on your end, serialise the license object, and send it to your customer. You can also offer your own web interface where customers can obtain the license file.
3. Ask the customer to visit an activation form that you have created to activate their license on their own.

The activation form can be created on this page. You only need select the product and activation format that should be used. You can read more about which activation file format to use in this article.

For more information, please check out the offline license verification tutorial.