Licensing

‘One license One host’ is the basic principle of self-managed licensing. The license cannot be used on multiple hosts (or servers) at the same time. However, you can move your license to a new host. This is also applicable to virtual machines.

To buy BrowserStack Code Quality self-managed license kindly get in touch with us.

Install BrowserStack Code Quality

1. Visit BrowserStack Code Quality customer portal.
2. Enter the credentials to sign in to the BrowserStack Code Quality customer portal.
3. Click Releases on the left navigation pane of the dashboard.
4. Click on the latest release version and download it.
5. You can now install BrowserStack Code Quality on your self-managed host.

1. Once your finish installing BrowserStack Code Quality on your self-managed host machine you can access it http://localhost:3000.
2. Copy the host key displayed on above URL.
3. Now, sign in to BrowserStack Code Quality Customer Portal to obtain your activation key.
4. On Customer Portal Dashboard, paste the host key in the host key field.
5. Click GENERATE ACTIVATION KEY button to obtain your activation key.
6. Click Download button to obtain the self-managed activation key.
7. Now, go back to your self-managed BrowserStack Code Quality account Activation Required page.
8. Click Upload Activation Key button to upload the self-managed activation key.
9. Then, follow the Set up admin account page displayed on your screen to setup your admin account who will manage your self-managed license account.
10. Click Finish Setup.
11. Click Get Started button to kick start your BrowserStack Code Quality self-managed features.

Follow below steps to upgrade or renew your existing self-managed license.

Steps:

1. To upgrade or renew your license kindly contact us and we shall do the needful and get back to you.
2. Once you get an update from our team then Sign in to BrowserStack Code Quality Customer Portal.
3. Enter the credentials to Sign in to your account.
4. Click Download button to obtain the upgraded or renewed activation key.
5. Now, go back to your BrowserStack Code Quality self-managed machine and go to Admin > License
6. To upgrade or renew your self-managed license, upload your activation key using Upload Activation Key button.
7. After upgrading or renewing your self-managed license, you should see the updated license summary details.

Follow below steps to move (or transfer) your self-managed license from the current host machine to another host machine.

Steps:

1. Login to self-managed account and go to Admin > License from the left panel.
2. Under Admin > License if you scroll below should see Move License button.
3. Move BrowserStack Code Quality to a new host page is displayed.
4. Click the checkbox to confirm deactivation of BrowserStack Code Quality license on the current host machine. This will activate Proceed button.

1. Clicking Proceed button will start the deactivation process. Note that, once you confirm this you are not accessible to BrowserStack Code Quality self-managed account on the current host.
2. BrowserStack Code Quality license is deactivated from your current host.
3. Click Move License button and download de-activation key.
4. On next step, click Download Deactivation Key button. Important to note, you need to upload this downloaded de-activation key in the next steps on customer portal (as mentioned below).

1. Now, go to BrowserStack Code Quality Customer Portal and sign in.
2. On Account overview section, you should see Move License button – click that.
   Note that, to enable Move License button on your account section kindly contact us.

1. Move License page will be displayed. Click Upload Deactivation Key link.
2. Paste the new host key in the upload host key field.

1. Click Generate Activation key button.
2. You are now redirected to BrowserStack Code Quality Customer Portal Dashboard.
3. Click Download to obtain the new activation key.