License Service

Learn how to retrieve license usage data from your cluster and create a licensing snapshot.

If you are using the License Service operator as part of an IBM Cloud Pak®, see the documentation for that IBM Cloud Pak® to learn more about how to install and use the operator service. For more information about IBM Cloud Paks, see IBM Cloud Paks that use IBM Cloud Pak foundational services.

What's new in the License Service version 4.x

License Service version 4.2.6 updates (July 2024)

• Essential security updates.

License Service version 4.2.5 updates (June 2024)

• Customizing limits and requests of License Service resources: You can customize limits and requirements of License Service resources by editing the License Service custom resource.

• Adding annotations to License Service resources: You can add custom annotations to the ibm-licensing-operator resources automatically with the spec.annotations parameters. For more information, see Managing License Service metadata.

License Service version 4.2.4 updates (May 2024)

• Essential security updates.

License Service version 4.2.3 updates

• Essential security updates.

License Service version 4.2.2 updates

• Essential security updates.

License Service version 4.2.1 updates

• Launch scripts for offline installation: License Service is updated to support the launch scripts for offline installation.
• New Cloud Pak name in the Licensing reports: License Service is updated to display the new Cloud Pak name in the licensing reports when you upgrade to IBM Cloud Pak foundational services v4.2 or later.

License Service version 4.2.0 updates

• Essential security updates.

License Service version 4.2.x updates

• Essential security updates.

License Service version 4.1.x updates

• Low memory consumption for large clusters: License Service is updated to reduce the memory consumption for large clusters to prevent the Out Of Memory (OOM) issues.

• Essential security updates.

License Service version 4.0.x updates

• License namespace: There is no default ibm-common-services namespace. License Service is installed in the namespace that you specify during the installation of foundational services.