How do I activate my node-locked license?
Applies to EXOSTIV Dashboard, Exostiv Core Inserter, and Exostiv Blade Client and Exostiv Probe Client software. The windows screens can differ slightly.
! This article applies to NODE-LOCKED licenses only!. If your have a floating license, please check the following article instead: ‘How do I install the license server for floating licenses’
The ‘Manage license’ window prompts at first software startup. To open it manually, click on ‘Help > Manage license’.


The easiest way to activate your license is to go through online activation:
Click on ‘Online activation’
Enter the license key that you received when you purchased your license and click on ‘Activate’.


Offline activation
From the ‘Manage license’ window, click on ‘Offline Activation’.
Follow the instructions of the window that opens.

You’ll need to generate an ‘Activation request file’ and send it to Exostiv Labs to receive the corresponding ‘activation response’ file.