Deploying a license key to client devices

Kaspersky Security Center Cloud Console allows you to distribute a license key to client devices automatically or through the Application activation task. You can use the task to distribute keys to a specific device group. During distribution of a license key via the task, the licensing limit on the number of devices is not taken into account. Use the automatic key distribution to cease distribution of a license key automatically when the licensing limit is reached.

If you enable automatic distribution of a license key, do not create an Application activation task to distribute that key to client devices. Otherwise, the load on the Administration Server will increase due to frequent synchronization.

Before deployment, add the license key to the Administration Server repository.

To distribute a license key to client devices through the Application activation task:

1. In the main menu, go to Assets (Devices) → Tasks.
2. Click Add.

   The New task wizard starts. Proceed through the wizard by using the Next button.

3. In the Application drop-down list, select the application for which you want to add a license key.
4. In the Task type list, select the Application activation task.
5. In the Task name field, specify the name of the new task.
6. Select the devices to which the task will be assigned.
7. At the Selecting a license key step of the wizard, click the Add key link to add the license key.
8. On the key adding pane, add the license key by using one of the following options:

   You need to add the license key only if you did not add it to the Administration Server repository prior to creating the Application activation task.

   • Select the Enter activation code option to enter an activation code, and then do the following:
     1. Specify the activation code, and then click the Send button.

        Information about the license key appears in the key adding pane.

     2. Click the Save button.

        If you want to distribute the license key to managed devices automatically, enable the Automatically distribute license key to managed devices option.

        The key adding pane closes.

   • Select the Add key file option to add a key file, and then do the following:
     1. Click the Select key file button.
     2. In the window that opens, select a key file, and then click the Open button.

        Information about the license key appears in the license key adding pane.

     3. Click the Save button.

        If you want to distribute the license key to managed devices automatically, enable the Automatically distribute license key to managed devices option.

        The key adding pane closes.

9. Select the license key in the table of keys.
10. At the License information step of the wizard, clear the default Use as a reserve key check box if you want to replace the current active license key.

    For example, this is needed when the organization changes, and another organization's key is required on the device; or if the key was reissued, and a new license expires earlier than the current license. To avoid errors, you have to clear the Use as a reserve key check box.

    If you want to find out more information about the issues that may occur when adding a license key to Kaspersky Security Center and the ways to resolve them, refer to the Kaspersky Security Center Knowledge Base.

11. At the Finish task creation step of the wizard, enable the Open task details when creation is complete option to modify the default task settings.

    If you do not enable this option, the task will be created with the default settings. You can modify the default settings later.

12. Click the Finish button.

    The wizard creates the task. If you enabled the Open task details when creation is complete option, the task properties window automatically opens. In this window, you can specify the general task settings and, if required, change the settings specified during task creation.

    You can also open the task properties window by clicking the name of the created task in the list of tasks.

    The task is created, configured, and displayed in the list of tasks.

13. To run the task, select it in the task list, and then click the Start button.

    You can also set a task start schedule on the Schedule tab of the task properties window.

    For a detailed description of scheduled start settings, refer to the general task settings.

After the task is completed, the license key is deployed to the selected devices.