Activate the License for the VM-Series Firewall (Standalone Version)
Activate a Software NGFW license for VM-Series Firewall.
If you have not elected to use the bootstrapping
workflow using a subscription bundle, you must deploy the VM-Series
firewall and complete initial configuration before you can activate
the license on your VM-Series firewall.
to a computer
that has access to the internet and log in to the support portal.
Click
My VM-Series Auth-Codes
link and select
the applicable auth code from the list and click the
Register
VM
link.
On the
Register Virtual Machine
tab
upload the authorization file. Select the PAN-OS version and the
hypervisor on which you have deployed the firewall, to complete
the registration process. The serial number of your VM-Series firewall will
be attached to your account records.
Navigate to
Assets
My Devices
and search for the
VM-Series device just registered and click the
PA-VM
link.
This will download the VM-Series license key to the client machine.
Copy the license key to the machine that can access
the web interface of the VM-Series firewall and navigate to
Device
Licenses
.
License keys must be installed through the web interface.
The firewall does not support license key installation through SCP
or FTP.
Click
Manually Upload License
link
and enter the license key. When the capacity license is activated
on the firewall, a reboot occurs.