Activating a new product license with CalderaDock

Learn how to automatically register, activate, and attach a new product license with CalderaDock (a feature available from V2.0.)

Continue reading the fully detailed article or watch the quick overview video, which takes a CalderaRIP license as an example:

Retrieving the license information

Once a Caldera product license has been purchased, the license information will be provided. Two options are then possible:

• The license information can be sent via a "Welcome E-mail" directly to the end-user,
• Or it can be sent to the partner handling the installation.

License registration is now automatic since CalderaDock V2.0, so you just need to create your WorkSpace account and follow the steps below.

Activating the license with CalderaDock

CalderaDock is the perfect toolbox. Since Version 2.0, this app has the ability to generate the unique hardware identifier (known as a fingerprint file) automatically during license registration/activation.

1. Get the latest version of CalderaDock from the main dashboard of WorkSpace.
   • Install it (need help with this? Click here).
   • Open it.
2. If you haven't signed in yet, please sign in to your Caldera account:
   
   
   
3. In the Home tab, click on the button to "Register a license":
   
   

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   You can also find a  button to add a new license in the Licenses tab:
   

4. In the first step of the interface, you need to enter the license information:
   Software license Hardware license

   After your order is confirmed, or after you request a demo license, you should have received an e-mail with an access number (6 digits) and an activation code (20 digits).

   After your order is confirmed, you will receive an e-mail with an access number (6 digits) and the dongle code (10 digits). You will also receive a physical Media Pack with the dongle inside.

    

   After doing so, click on Fetch:

   

5. Once the license is found, a CalderaRIP one in this example, you will be able to review all the features included and click on Next.

   

6. In the second step of the interface, if applicable, you will be able to assign the drivers included with the license. Note that this assignment can also be made at another time. Check out this article for more details.

   

7. Finally, in the third step, you will be able to activate the license on the physical machine you are using.
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   Just click on the Activate my license button:

   

   If you haven't connected the dongle yet, you will be requested to do so. After the dongle is detected, click on the Activate my license button:

   

   

    

8. Wait a few moments for the activation to complete. Once finished, you can either:
   • Click the "Manage my Applications" button, to go to the Applications tab and install a product.
   • Or click the "Manage my Licenses" button, to go to the Licenses tab and attach the license to an existing product.

   

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   At this point, the newly registered license is already added to your Caldera account and your CalderaDock application.

Attaching the license

1. Locate the license in the "Available licenses" list and click on the "Attach" button:

   

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   The license status might say "Pending for attachment", which will disappear the first time the Caldera software is launched.

2. Your Caldera software is now activated and ready to be launched.