---
title: "How to Manage Licenses for Nutanix"
description: "Find out how to activate or deactivate your licenses in the BYOL offer."
url: https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/hosted-private-cloud/nutanix-on-ovhcloud/manage-licenses-nutanix
lang: en
---
> For AI agents: the complete documentation index is available at https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/llms.txt, the full documentation bundle is available at https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/llms-full.txt.

# How to Manage Licenses for Nutanix

**Find out how to activate or deactivate your licenses in the BYOL offer.**

**Warning:**

**NOTE:** Within the Nutanix on OVHcloud portfolio, OVHcloud offers the BYOL (Bring Your Own License) solution, which means that you, as an OVHcloud customer, must provide the Nutanix Cloud Platform licenses on your cluster.\
\
When the Nutanix cluster is ordered within the BYOL offer, the cluster is delivered with a 90-day trial license. As a customer, you must register your Nutanix Cloud Platform licenses on your cluster during this period.\
\
If you want to redeploy a cluster with the BYOL offer, you must first uninstall the licenses on the cluster before launching a redeployment. This guide explains how to add or remove licenses.

## Requirements

- Access to the [OVHcloud Control Panel](https://manager.us.ovhcloud.com/#/hub)
- You must have your Nutanix login details on [Nutanix Official Site](https://www.nutanix.com/).
- You must have valid licenses with your Nutanix NIC handle.

## Instructions

There are three types of licenses:

- **Prism Element**
- **Prism Central**
- **Add-ons**

You can install all licenses from **Prism Central**.

### Installation of licenses

#### Retrieving your configuration summary

We will retrieve the **Cluster Summary File (CSF)**, which contains the cluster configuration summary.

In **Prism Central**, click the `gear` icon to go to the settings.

 

Click `Licensing` on the left.

 

Click `Update Licenses` on the left.

 

Click `Download` to retrieve the file containing your cluster’s information.

 

Click on `Show all downloads` in the top right.

 

The **CSF** file is in your downloads folder.

####

#### Logging in to the Nutanix portal

In **Prism Central**, go to the licenses page and click the `Licenses page` link.

 

The web browser launches and offers you to connect to the Nutanix portal.

Enter your credentials and click `Log In`.

####

#### Create the license for your cluster

In the **Nutanix** Control Panel, click `Manage Licenses`.

 

Open the **CSF** file generated by **Prism Central** that starts with `ntnx_csf...`.

 

Scroll through the window to add your cluster licenses.

 

In the **NCM Ultimate** section, click `Select Licenses`.

 

Now save on your computer the **License Summary File (LSF)**, which contains the license.

Select your `cluster` and click `Save`.

 

Click `Next`.

 

Click `Confirm`.

 

Click `Save` to save the license file to your computer.

 

In the license management section of **Prism Central**, click `Upload` to install the license file.

 

Select the generated file and click `Open`.

 

Click `Apply License` to complete installation on your cluster.

 

### Uninstalling licenses

It is sometimes necessary to uninstall licenses to reinstall them on another cluster. If the cluster that contains the licenses is still available you must release your licenses from **Prism Central**.

In **Prism Central** click on the `gear` in the top right corner to access the parameters.

 

Select `Licensing` to the left and click `Update Licenses`.

 

Click `Download`.

 

Click `Save` to save the **CSF** file containing the summary of your cluster configuration with the installed licenses.

 

Click `Licenses page` to connect to your **Nutanix** license portal.

 

In the **Nutanix** license portal, click `Manage Licenses`.

 

Click `Upload File`.

 

Click `Open`.

 

Use the scroll bar to reach the bottom of the window.

 

Click `Unselect License` in the **NCM section**.

 

Click `Unlicense`.

 

A confirmation message will appear, click `Next`.

 

Click `Confirm`.

 

Click `Save` to save the **LSF** file containing the updated license to your computer.

 

Return to **Prism Central** license management.

Click `Upload`.

 

Click `Open` after selecting the generated file from the **Nutanix** portal.

 

Click `Apply License`.

 

The license has been deleted.

 

## Go further

Browse all the [Nutanix guides](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/hosted-private-cloud/nutanix-on-ovhcloud/landing-page-nutanix-on-ovhcloud.md).

Browse the rest of the [OVHcloud US documentation](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/index.md) for guides on our other products and services.

Learn more about [Nutanix on OVHcloud](https://us.ovhcloud.com/hosted-private-cloud/nutanix/) on the OVHcloud US website.