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Vendors can use these licensing features to enforce entitlements such as license expiration dates, and to track and report on software usage for the prupose of surfacing insights to both internal teams and customers.
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The following diagram shows an overview of licensing with the Replicated Platform:
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The following diagram provides an overview of licensing with the Replicated Platform:
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[View a larger version of this image](/images/licensing-overview.png)
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As shown in the diagram above, the Replicated license and update server retrieves customer details and license entitlements from the customer records that are managed by vendors in the Vendor Portal.
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As shown in the diagram above, the Replicated license and update server manages and distributes customer license information. The license server retrieves this license information from customer records managed by vendors in the Vendor Portal.
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The license server is identified with a CNAME record where it can be accessed from end customer environments. When running alongside an application in a customer environment, the Replicated SDK retrieves up-to-date customer license information from the license server during runtime. The in-cluster SDK API `/license/` endpoints can be used to retrieve customer license details, allowing vendors to programmatically enforce and report on license agreements.
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During installation or upgrade, the license server provides the customer's license ID, which is used to authenticate with the Replicated Proxy Registry. In this way, the customer's license is used to securely grant proxy access to images in the vendor's external registry.
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Additionally, during installation or upgrade, the Replicated Proxy Registry uses the customer's license ID to grant proxy access to images in the vendor's external registry.
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The license server is identified with a CNAME record where it can be accessed from end customer environments. When running alongside an application in a customer environment, the Replicated SDK retrieves up-to-date customer license information from the license server during runtime. The in-cluster SDK API `/license/` endpoints can be used to get customer license information on-demand, allowing vendors to programmatically enforce and report on license agreements.
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Vendors can also integrate internal Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tools such as Salesforce with the Replicated Platform so that any changes to a customer's entitlements are automatically reflected in the customer records in the Vendor Portal.
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Vendors can also integrate internal Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tools such as Salesforce with the Replicated Platform so that any changes to a customer's entitlements are automatically reflected in the Vendor Portal. This ensures that updates to license agreements are reflected in the customer environment in real time.
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