How to Import License

Table of contents

• Import from email
• Import from the personal account
• Activate license
  • Install license during initial server configuration
  • Install license using environment variable
  • Install license using CLI

Important: Licensing for CloudBeaver AWS is managed entirely through the AWS Marketplace.

To start using commercial versions of CloudBeaver you can:

• buy a subscription
• request a Trial license for 2 weeks
• request an Academic license if you are a student or a teacher

You will receive a license text by email, and it will also be available in your personal account on our website. The license text contains your License ID (for example, DB-841MRZHY-ZH54), start date, and the license owner's name and company.

Import from email

1. Copy-paste the license key

   

   Note: You need to copy-paste the full license text (not just the license ID). The license text starts with “–” and ends with “==” characters.

2. Insert the copied license key

Import from the personal account

1. Sign in

2. Open the Licenses tab, where you can find all your licenses

   

3. Click the license ID link. Here you can find your license status, type, maintenance period, and end support date

   

4. At the bottom of the page you can find the license key required to start using CloudBeaver. There are two options how to copy your license key from the personal account:

   • press the COPY TO CLIPBOARD button, then press OK. The license text will be copied to the clipboard

     

   • press the DOWNLOAD LICENSE button, then press OK. The .txt file with your license key will be downloaded to your download folder. The file name is License ID, e. g. DB-841MRZHY-ZH54.

     

5. Insert the copied license key

Activate license

Install license during initial server configuration

The license is added during initial server configuration.

To install the license:

1. Open the license dialog.

2. Choose one of the import options:

   • Copy and paste the full license text (not just the ID). It starts with – and ends with ==.
   • Use the file upload button to import the license from disk.

3. Click Import to apply the license.

Install license using environment variable

You can install the license without using the UI.

Warning: When you install the license using this method, it can't be changed from the UI. Any changes made in the UI will be ignored and overwritten by the mounted file after restart.

Set the DBEAVER_LICENSE_CUSTOM_PATH environment variable to the full path of the license file (including the file name). The license file must be available inside the container (for example, mounted with a volume).

For more information on setting environment variables, see CloudBeaver configuration variables.

Install license using CLI

You can also install the license from the command line using the built-in CLI tool (cbvr.sh).

Tip: use this method when the UI isn’t available, for example, in automated setups, AWS instances, or headless servers.

Run the following command inside the service container:

docker compose exec <service_name> ./cbvr.sh import-license \
  -input-file /opt/cloudbeaver/<your_custom_directory>/CB-471MUZET-ZKLX.txt

This command installs the license file into the current workspace. The path must point to a file that exists inside the container.

Note: the cbvr.sh import-license command doesn’t require an API token and can be run before the server is fully initialized.