License Activation Service (LAS)
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- Kind
- Activation mechanism
- Term
- Activation blob valid 30 days; refreshed daily by cloud-connected Console
- Aliases
- LAS; License Activation Service
- Definition
- LAS is a cloud-based licensing mechanism, not a licence type. It replaces file-based licensing (manually managed entitlements), which reached end of life on April 15, 2026.
- Commercial rules
- Requires a Citrix Cloud account whose Org ID holds valid purchased entitlements and the instance added as a managed instance in NetScaler Console. Pooled vCPU, CICO and perpetual licences are not supported.
- Applies to
- Flexed (UHMC/CPL), Pooled bandwidth and Fixed-term bandwidth licences on LAS-compatible NetScaler, SVM and Console versions.
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