Installing WebLogic Platform License

Your WebLogic Server will not initiate without a valid BEA license. If you received the current download from the BEA site (http://bea.com), your installation will deploy a one-year evaluation license. This license is contained in the file license.bea, located under your BEA home directory. A partial listing of this file is shown in Listing 2.2.

Listing 2.2. Partial Listing of WebLogic Platform 8 License

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<bea-licenses>
  <license-group format="1.0" product="WebLogic Platform" release="8.1">
    <license
      component="2PC"
      cpus="1"
      expiration="2004-04-02"
      ip="any"
      licensee="BEA Evaluation Customer"
      type="EVAL"
      units="5"
      signature="M+Qz+p2hFIbCIbFqKjM3rBSVZEw=0MC0CFAs3CO6iYAhh+t5YOt8ND2ZaEXHlAhUAkf19nn
/Dw4+wXmrsTqnmqlLMbbk="
    />
    <license
      component="AI"
      cpus="1"
      expiration="2004-04-02"
      ip="any"
      licensee="BEA Evaluation Customer"
      type="EVAL"
      units="5"
      signature="1NxSManISFSMo5Npm+fmFIrUUU8=0MC0CFQDIgzPDqiTTG5Gd29w3P6Nq64NIEwIURKEfPUCo
2MIcsWEs2fhtZ33OuAs="
    />...

Long-term licenses with unlimited client connections must be purchased from BEA. These unlimited licenses are usually delivered via email. The evaluation license gives you access for at most 5 client and 15 database connections, which is sufficient for evaluation and most development purposes. WebLogic Server licenses older than 7 series (6 series and earlier) do not work with a WebLogic 8 series distribution.