Trial Evaluation

The trial evaluation on Virtual CipherTrust Manager instances includes the following licenses:

• Virtual CipherTrust Manager

• Cloud Key Manager

• KMIP Clients

• Data Discovery and Classification

• CipherTrust Transparent Encryption

• CipherTrust Live Data Transformation

• CipherTrust Transparent Encryption for Kubernetes

• Application Data Protection

• ProtectV

• ProtectFile

All licenses expire 90 days after you first start the trial evaluation. The original 90 day expiry applies if you start, stop, and re-start the trial. You can apply a full purchased license any time before, during, or after the trial period.

After you apply a purchased Virtual CipherTrust Manager license, you cannot enable or disable the trial evaluation through the web console, only through CLI or API.

Start the Trial Evaluation

In the web console:

1. Login as admin, or another user in the admin, System Admins, or License Admins group.

2. Navigate to Admin Settings > Licensing.

3. Click the + Start CipherTrust Platform Evaluation button in the top corner.

   The features list now shows all trial licenses as Active and shows an Expiration Date 90 days into the future.

In ksctl CLI:

As admin, or another user in the admin, System Admins, or License Admins group, run the following command:

ksctl licensing trials activate --id "CipherTrust Manager Full Trial"

Stop the Trial Evaluation

In the web console:

1. Login as admin, or another user in the admin, System Admins, or License Admins group.

2. Navigate to Admin Settings > Licensing.

3. Click the + Stop CipherTrust Platform Evaluation button in the top corner.

4. Confirm that you wish to stop the evaluation, and lose access to licensed features.

   The trial licenses are now removed from the features list.

In ksctl CLI:

As admin, or another user in the admin, System Admins, or License Admins group, run the following command:

ksctl licensing trials deactivate --id "CipherTrust Manager Full Trial"