I have a little money left in my budget for this year, my current license expires next budget year. If I purchase another 3 years now, does the time start when I buy it or when I activate it? I'm thinking buy it now and activate in another 11 months.
Also, I'm buying new hardware, can I transfer my current license to the new device? If no, then I'll run the new hardware in my lab to burn test it until the license is about to expire or my current hardware fails.
Buying a Protectli box, I just can't get the OPNsense hardware for a decent price here, and it's difficult to even get a reseller to respond to me. Protectli is also on a government contract which speeds the process of ordering. This is in the USA.
May I suggest sending these questions via email to sales@? 🙂
It shouldn't be a problem to set the 3 year period to extend the current period instead of resetting it. Just forward this as Patrick mentioned.
Licenses are not bound to hardware, but make sure not to use it on multiple active devices.
Cheers,
Franco
I forgot all about this post, been so busy lately I can't keep up on the things that are important. Just sent an email.
my Only disappointment with Opnsense is when buying a new appliance the business license starts from the day of your purchase:
I did not realize this on my 2nd appliance and will be losing 3-4 months of the latest license.
when I setup the new appliance, I used my previous business licensing thinking I could then use the full new license when it expired. when it did expire and I put in the new key it showed I had 9 months remaining..
I then read the email from the appliance purchase and it said it started day of purchase. live and learn
Quote from: DEC740airp414user on June 20, 2026, 01:36:10 PMmy Only disappointment with Opnsense is when buying a new appliance the business license starts from the day of your purchase:
I did not realize this on my 2nd appliance and will be losing 3-4 months of the latest license.
when I setup the new appliance, I used my previous business licensing thinking I could then use the full new license when it expired. when it did expire and I put in the new key it showed I had 9 months remaining..
I then read the email from the appliance purchase and it said it started day of purchase. live and learn
I would email sales explaining this, they are usually very helpful. Maybe they can offer a discount on a renewal for this lost period or something similar, it's worth a try.
Checking out on shop.opnsense.com, one can add a coupon code. I would ask sales to provide one for the remaining runtime of the current license.