DevOps Loop licensing information

You can find information about the licensing options and additional product licensing requirements supported by HCL DevOps Loop.

DevOps Loop supports the following 3 tiers of license:

Essentials (Tier 1): Plan, Control and Code
Standard (Tier 2): Plan, Control, Code, Build, Test*, Deploy* and Harbor (if enabled).
Premium (Tier 3): Plan, Control, Code, Test*, Build, Deploy*, Measure, Release and Harbor (if enabled).

Each tier is defined by the number of capabilities that are included in the DevOps Loop platform.

*Test and Deploy capabilities include features that require additional licenses. See DevOps Loop and additional product licensing for more information.

Licenses are consumed when the admin assigns them, and only released when the admin explicitly revokes them or DevOps Loop is uninstalled. License tier re-assignments may take up to 15 minutes to reflect.

By default, non-admin users must be assigned a tier before logging in, while admin users automatically receive the highest available tier. This per-user tier assignment allows different access levels to be enforced for different users, providing flexibility in license management.

Configuration

When you purchase one of these tiers, you must map the licenses to My HCLSoftware (MHS). MHS is a cloud-based web application that helps to manage software entitlements and licenses. When you install DevOps Loop, you must specify the License server URL and ID, which are configured only through the Helm chart. For more information about managing licenses for your product, refer to the following resources:

License allocation

You must run the following command to retrieve information on the licensing allocation:

curl --cacert /path/to/your/certificate.crt https://FQDNhostname:LLSport/v1/licensepools/poolID

Sample output:

{
                    "id": "MyPoolID",
                    "features": {
                    "DevOpsAutomationEssentials": {
                    "total": 100,
                    "leased": 0,
                    "available": 100,
                    "name": "DevOps Automation Essentials User"
                    }
                    }
                    }

When you run the command to retrieve the current license allocations, depending on the tier that you have opted for, the following values are displayed:

DevOpsAutomationEssentials
DevOpsAutomationStandard
DevOpsAutomationPremium

The license feature names that are used by the License server are different from the product name.

DevOps Loop and additional product licensing

Most DevOps Loop capabilities are covered by the Loop user license associated with the user's assigned tier. The following table summarizes the licensing included with each capability and identifies additional licenses where applicable.

Table 1. DevOps Loop capability licensing
Capability	Loop tier	Additional license required
Plan	All Loop tiers	No additional license required.
Control	All Loop tiers	No additional license required.
Code	All Loop tiers	No additional license required.
Build	Standard or above	No additional license required.
Deploy	Standard or above	A separate Deploy Agent license is required to run deployments.
Test	Standard or above	Concurrent Virtual Services are required for API and integration tests. Virtual Users are required for performance tests that require high user loads.
Measure (Velocity)	Premium	No additional user-tier license is required.
Release	Premium	No additional license required.

For more information about Test licensing, see the applicable Test licensing documentation.

Deploy Agent licenses are separate from Loop user licenses and are acquired independently based on the requirements of the environment.

Loop user license: Provides users with access to the DevOps Loop capabilities included in their assigned tier.
Deploy Agent license: Allows an agent to run deployments in DevOps Deploy.

To run deployments on Deploy, work with your Account Manager to acquire the required number of Deploy Agent licenses for your environment.

For more information, see License types.

For more information about DevOps licensing options, see HCL DevOps. Under Flexible Solutions for Seamless DevOps Loop, the available add-ons include:

Concurrent Virtual services
Performance Testing Virtual users
Deployment agents

Usage

After the Admin user creates a user, when the user logs in to DevOps Loop, then one license of the highest available tier is consumed. The user can access the products that are included in the licensing tier that is purchased.

For Deploy, the Loop user license provides access to the Deploy capabilities included in the user's tier. A separate Deploy Agent license is required when an agent runs an actual deployment.

DevOps Loop provides a user interface to view and manage licensing. You can revoke or assign a user's license through the User Administration page. See License management and user administration and Revoking a license.

Troubleshooting

You can view the licensing logs for troubleshooting by running the following command:

kubectl logs <licensing_pod_name> -n <namespace>

Where, the namespace is defined by the Helm installation. You can find the licensing_pod_name by running the following command:

kubectl get pods -n <namespace>

The pod name that contains 'licensing' in the name is listed.