Autoload an enterprise license

Vault Enterprise automatically looks for valid license information in the following locations:

To configure license loading:

1. Run vault version to confirm the build date of your Vault binary is before the expiry date of your license key. Vault will not start if the applied license is expired.
2. Access the run environment for your Vault cluster.
3. Set the license key on each node of your cluster.
4. Make sure all nodes within a cluster use the same license key. Vault logs warnings if nodes within a cluster use different license key. Different clusters can use different license keys.
5. Call the /sys/config/reload/license endpoint on each standby node for the cluster. Refreshing the license on standby nodes first reduces potential disruptions if you run into problems.
6. Call the /sys/config/reload/license endpoint on the leader node for the cluster.
7. Run vault license get on each node or review the unseal logs for each node to verify the new license applied correctly.