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Free License Expiration Splunk

royimad
Builder

I'm using splunk free license cause i don't need more then 500 MB per day, but it show that next month this free license will expire , how to avoid that from happen ?

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martin_mueller
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

It looks to me as if that's the expiry of the Enterprise Download Trial license after 60 days. You can convert that to a perpetual free license at any time.

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renems
Communicator

Free license cannot expire. Check "all licensing details" at debug information in licensing.
At the forwarder you will see a date in the far future. (2030+). That is because the forwarder is in the free license. The trial license however expires in 60 days.

martin_mueller
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

It looks to me as if that's the expiry of the Enterprise Download Trial license after 60 days. You can convert that to a perpetual free license at any time.

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