Collibra Data Intelligence Platform license file

To be able to use Collibra Data Intelligence Platform, you need a valid license file, named collibra.license, that is uploaded in Collibra Console.

Note For Collibra Data Intelligence Platform customer the license file will be applied by our team and there is no need to upload.

Your organization’s license file defines:

• The Collibra products and applications that your organization can use.
• The expiration date of the user licenses.
• The maximum number of users.

This license file also contains a signature string, to avoid tampering.

Example license

The following is an example of a Collibra license file:

customer = Collibra
writerCount = 10
contributorCount = 0
readerCount = 50
apiUserCount = 0
maxAssets = 2147483647
maxWorkflows = 2147483647
product-connect = true
product-catalog = true
product-glossary = true
product-reference-data = true
product-helpdesk = true
product-policy = true
product-stewardship = true
product-data-dictionary = false
product-onthego-mobile = true
product-onthego-windows = true
expirationDate = 2100-12-31
guestAccess = true
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Maximum number of users per license type

The license file contains the maximum number of user licenses.

Note The apiUserCount parameter in the license file is no longer taken into account in Collibra.

Applications

Collibra consists of the following applications and external products.

Applications:

• Catalog (product-catalog)
• Business Glossary (product-glossary)
• Reference Data (product-reference-data)
• Data Helpdesk (product-helpdesk)
• Policy Manager (product-policy)
• Stewardship (product-stewardship)
• Data Dictionary (product-data-dictionary)

External products:

• Collibra Connect (product-connect)
• Collibra Everywhere for iOS (product-onthego-mobile)
• Collibra Everywhere for Windows (product-onthego-windows)

License violations

You can encounter the following license violations:

• Invalid or no license file: You have no license file or have tampered with it.
• Expired: Your license has passed the expiration date that was defined in the license file. When you are with 30 days of the expiration date of your license, every user with the Sysadmin role gets a notification message at the top of every page.

  Note If you are on a multi-year ramped deal then you might still see the license expiration banner and email before the end of your contract, however this will not affect your use of the system and you aren't required to take any action.

In case of license violations, all Collibra users get an error message at the top of every page. You can only remove the error by taking one or more of the following actions:

• Upload a new, suited license file.
• Disable users.
• Delete users.

If there is no license file, an invalid license, or an expired license, Collibra blocks all upgrades.