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page_title: Consul Enterprise License FAQ
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description: Frequently Asked Questions pertaining to Consul Enterprise Licensing.
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# Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
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This FAQ is for the license changes introduced in Consul Enterprise version v1.10.0+ent.
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Consul Enterprise automatically load Consul licenses when a Consul server agent starts using Consul Enterprise.
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## Q: Can I get a quick summary of the Consul changes?
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Starting with Consul Enterprise v1.10.0, the license enablement process is different.
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HashiCorp Enterprise servers will no longer start without a license. When the server instance initializes the license watcher, the server reads from either an environment variable or file.
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If the license is missing, invalid, or expired, the server will immediately exit.
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This check is part of the server boot-up process.
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In previous versions of HashiCorp enterprise products, one server could distribute a license to other servers via the Raft protocol.
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This will no longer work since each server must be able to find a valid license during the startup process.
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## Q: What resources are available?
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The list below is a great starting point for learning more about the license changes introduced in Consul Enterprise v1.10.0+ent.
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- [Consul Enterprise Upgrade Documentation](https://www.consul.io/docs/enterprise/upgrades)
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- [Consul License Documentation](http://localhost:3000/docs/enterprise/license)
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<!-- - [License configuration values documentation]() -->
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- [Install a HashiCorp Enterprise License Tutorial](https://learn.hashicorp.com/tutorials/nomad/hashicorp-enterprise-license?in=consul/enterprise)
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## Q: Do these changes impact all customers/licenses?
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The license changes introduced in v1.10.0 only affect Consul Enterprise.
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This impacts customers that have an enterprise binarie (EVAL / non-EVAL licenses) downloaded from releases.hashicorp.com.
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The license changes do not, at this time, impact customers with the baked-in licensed binaries (Pro/Premium). In a later release of Consul Enterprise, baked-in binaries will be deprecated.
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## Q: What is the product behavior change introduced by the licensing changes?
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Starting with Consul Enterprise 1.10.0+ent, a valid license is required on-disk (auto-loading) or as an environment variable for Consul Enterprise to successfully boot-up.
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The in-storage license feature will not be supported starting with Consul Enteprise 1.10.0+ent. All Consul Enterprise clusters using v1.10.0+ent must ensure that there is a valid license on-disk (auto-loaded) or as an environment variable.
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## Q: What is the impact on EVAL licenses due to this change?
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The 6-hour trial period for EVAL licenses will be deprecated as of Consul Enterprise 1.10.0.
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This means that any clusters deployed with Consul 1.10.0+ent binaries will need to have a valid license on the disk (auto-loaded) or as an environment variable.
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Failure in providing a valid license key will result in the Consul server agent not starting.
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