Getting Started with BIG-IP Next: Licensing Instances in Central Manager
This article assumes that the license was not applied during the initial instance setup.
Download the JSON Web Token from MyF5
I don't have a paid license, so I'm going to use my trial license available at MyF5. Your mileage may vary here. Go to my products & plans, trials, and then in the my trials listing (assuming you've requested/received one) click BIG-IP Next.
Click downloads and licenses (note, however, the helpful list of resources down in guides and references).
You can just copy your JSON web token, but I chose to download.
Install the Token
Login to Central Manager and click manage instances.
Click on your new unlicensed instance.
In the left-hand menu at the bottom, click License.
Click activate license.
We already downloaded our token, so after reviewing the information, click next. Note that I made sure that my Central Manager has access to the licensing server and the steps covered in this article assume the same. If you've managed classic BIG-IP licenses, copying and pasting dossiers to get licenses should be a well-understood process.
On this screen, paste your token into the box, give it a name, and click activate.
After a brief interrogation of the licensing server, you should now have a healthy, licensed, BIG-IP Next Instance!
