Technical Tip: FortiCarrier license activation and deactivation

Description

This article describes agent based FSSO FortiCarrier license activation and deactivation.

Scope

FortiGate.

FortiCarrier license provides 2 keys.
One for FortiCarrier activation and another for deactivation.

Example:
Carrier license v5: 4D2O-BOC7-TV7P-6PXN-WUPQ-TO4T-F4.
Carrier unlicensed v5: PKIZ-4KXY-HO3H-IPE2-WEOQ-YR5A-EI.

Solution

In v5.6 and v6.0.x, when applying the FortiCarrier license, the FortiCarrier configuration is reset to the factory default settings.
With FortiOS 6.2.0 and later, the basic system, interface, and routing settings are retained to avoid a full factory reset.
When a FortiCarrier license is loaded to FortiOS, a message is displayed informs which settings are retained and not returned to factory default settings.

Note:

Normal factory reset by 'execute factoryreset' will not deactivate the FortiCarrier license.

Command:

Fgt (global) # execute forticarrier-license 
<activation-code> Format:0000-0000-0000-0000-0001 or <license-key> Format:0000-0000-0000-0000-0000-0000-00 

The same command is used for both register and unregister. The activation-code/license key is different.

Example:

Fgt (global) # execute forticarrier-license 4D2O-BOC7-TV7P-6PXN-WUPQ-TO4T-F4 - To register

Fgt (global) # execute forticarrier-license PKIZ-4KXY-HO3H-IPE2-WEOQ-YR5A-EI - To unregister

The license key can be found on the support portal. select 'show license key' to see the register key and unregister key.

V5.6:
Activating and deactivating the FortiCarrier license on v5.6.7.

 

 

Related article:

Technical Note: FortiOS FortiCarrier - FortiGate procedure to activate Carrier features with a Carrier license