License Keys Section

The License Keys section of the the Portal allows to create or register the license keys that enable Zixi products like Zixi Broadcaster and ZEC, or Zixi-enabled products like AWS MediaConnect, to operate in a Zixi media topology. There are a limited number of license key types that you can create yourself - depending on how your account is set up - but you can also register keys created and given to you by someone at Zixi.

Let's go through the options in the UI.

At the very top you will see a button to Register Keys (one or more), which opens this dialog:

Here you can enter license keys given to you, followed by a label that will help you to identify them. You may not need to perform this step, as in many cases your contact at Zixi who creates the keys will go ahead and register them to your account.

Moving down the page, you next come to the buttons that allow you to generate certain types of keys yourself. When you click one, the key will be generated immediately, and displayed to you in a notifcation that provides other information, such as the expiration date:

After keys are registered by you or someone at Zixi, they will appear in a table on the page:

Note the Update Labels button above the table that allows you change the label to better remember what the key is used for.

Don't forget to click Save Changes after editing labels.

You can click the copy icon to the right of a license string to copy it to your clipboard and paste it into an activation dialog. Note the the license string is also a clickable link that will details about the license - essentially the same screen you see after creating a new license, but with more information if the license has been used:

Note that you can click on or hover over any Host ID in the list to get information about the activated system:

The Active tab shows you a similar table, but only showing systems active with the past 7 days.

The Features tab shows which features are activated for the key:

Finally, the Traffic tab shows you data in and out of the systems using this license, with several options at the top for viewing the data in different ways: