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- Is tied to your subscription (not to individual instances).
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- Validates your subscription and sends usage reports to F5’s licensing endpoint (`product.connect.nginx.com`) in connected environments, or through [NGINX Instance Manager]({{< ref "nim/disconnected/report-usage-disconnected-deployment.md" >}}) in disconnected environments.
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{{< call-out "note" "If you have multiple subscriptions" >}}
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If you have multiple subscriptions, you’ll also have multiple JWT licenses. You can assign each NGINX Plus instance to any license. NGINX combines usage reporting across all licensed instances.
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{{< call-out "Note" "Note" >}}Combining licenses with NGINX Instance Manager requires version **2.20 or later**.{{</ call-out >}}
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Combining licenses with NGINX Instance Manager requires version **2.20 or later**.
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{{</ call-out >}}
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## Important changes
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NGINX Plus requires a valid license and regular usage reporting to run normally.
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The conditions below, and the workflow diagram that follows, explain what happens if those requirements aren’t met.
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NGINX Plus requires a valid license and regular usage reporting to run.
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The sections below explain the requirements and what happens if they aren’t met.
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For a visual overview, see the [NGINX Plus licensing workflows]({{< ref "/solutions/about-subscription-licenses/nginx-plus-licensing-workflows.md" >}}).
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### Starting NGINX Plus
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Requires:
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Starting NGINX Plus requires:
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- A valid JWT license.
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- A license that has not been expired for more than 90 days.
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- A valid JWT license. If the license is missing or invalid, NGINX Plus won’t start.
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- A license that is less than 90 days past expiration. If it’s expired longer, NGINX Plus won’t start.
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If either condition is not met, NGINX Plus will not start.
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### Continuing to process traffic
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### Processing traffic
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Requires:
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Processing traffic requires:
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- A successful initial usage report. If the first report fails, NGINX Plus stops processing traffic until the report succeeds. See [Postpone reporting enforcement](#postpone-reporting-enforcement) for how to add a grace period.
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- At least one usage report every 180 days. If the grace period ends without a report, NGINX Plus stops processing traffic until reporting is restored.
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- A successful initial usage report. If the report fails, NGINX Plus stops processing traffic until the report succeeds.
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To add a grace period, see [Postpone reporting enforcement](#postpone-reporting-enforcement).
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- At least one usage report every 180 days. If the grace period ends without a report, NGINX Plus stops processing traffic until reporting resumes.
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