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layout: docs
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page_title: Vault Enterprise licensing
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description: >-
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Find documentation related to Vault Enterprise licensing
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---
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> [!IMPORTANT]
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> **Documentation Update:** Product documentation, which were located in this repository under `/website`, are now located in [`hashicorp/web-unified-docs`](https://github.com/hashicorp/web-unified-docs), colocated with all other product documentation. Contributions to this content should be done in the `web-unified-docs` repo, and not this one. Changes made to `/website` content in this repo will not be reflected on the developer.hashicorp.com website.
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# Vault Enterprise licensing
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@include 'alerts/enterprise-only.mdx'
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Vault 1.8 introduced licenses and EULA enhancements that gate enterprise
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features in Vault. You must have a Vault Enterprise binary (evaluation or
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non-evaluation) downloaded from
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[releases.hashicorp.com](https://releases.hashicorp.com/vault/) to use an
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enterprise key. Vault Enterprise licenses do not apply to
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[HCP Vault Dedicated](/hcp/docs/vault/what-is-hcp-vault) deployments.
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## Evaluation licenses
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Evaluation licenses have a 1-day grace period until the license expires. Once
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the evaluation license expires, Vault seals and cannot unseal until you apply
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a valid license.
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## How licensing works
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To receive a Vault Enterprise license, you must agree to an end-user license
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agreement (EULA). Once you apply the license, the Vault Enterprise binary
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verifies your license with a EULA check during upgrades and any time a node
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starts, restarts, unseals with the following results:
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License type | License state | Vault build date | Vault startup
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------------ | ------------- | ------------------ | -------------
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Any | Valid | N/A | Succeeds
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Any | Expired | Before expiry data | Succeeds
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Any | Expired | After expiry data | Fails
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Evaluation | Terminated | N/A | Fails
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Standard | Terminated | Before expiry data | Succeeds
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Standard | Terminated | After expiry data | Fails
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<Tip title="Applying security upgrades with an expired license">
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You cannot properly upgrade Vault with a terminated or expired license. If you
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have an emergency and need to perform an immediate upgrade to apply critical
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security patches, reach out to your Vault support contact for a **temporary**
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evaluation license. The temporary license allows you to complete the upgrade and
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apply security patches even if your license has expired.
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</Tip>
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## Additional resources
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<Tabs>
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<Tab heading="Guides">
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- [Automatically load a Vault enterprise license](/vault/docs/enterprise/license/autoloading) -
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Configure Vault to automatically load your enterprise license.
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- [Automated license utilization reporting](/vault/docs/enterprise/license/autoloading) -
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Learn about the data HashiCorp collects automatically to meter Enterprise
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license utilization and how to enable or disable automated reporting
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- [Manual license utilization reporting](/vault/docs/enterprise/license/manual-reporting) -
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Learn how to manually export, review, and send license utilization data to
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HashiCorp through the Vault CLI or HCP web portal.
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- [Anonymous product usage reporting](/vault/docs/enterprise/license/product-usage-reporting) -
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Learn about the anonymized data HashiCorp collects automatically for product
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usage reporting and how to enable or disable data collection.
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</Tab>
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<Tab heading="Tutorials">
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- [Install a HashiCorp Enterprise License](/vault/tutorials/enterprise/hashicorp-enterprise-license) -
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guided walkthrough for loading a Vault license.
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</Tab>
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</Tabs>
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