Site/License Information

This view shows the configuration for a specific site in more detail. The settings are split between two tabs; the Site Information tab and the License Information tab.

Site Information Tab

On this tab you can view and modify settings for a specific site configuration.

Site Section

• Site ID – a word or short text that identifies the site.
• Site URL – the URL that is used to construct links when no HTTP context is available, e.g. in subscription mail.
• Start page – the page to which the visitor is sent if only a host name is specified, e.g. when the visitor navigates to http://world.episerver.com.

Host Name Section

The settings in the Host Name section enables you to define which host names are associated with this site and specify default languages to be used when a visitor uses a specific host name. Each host name binding in the list consists of two fields:

• Host name – the name of the host.
• Culture – the default language to be used when a visitor accesses the website using the host name.

One of the site configurations must be bound to the * host name. That site will be used as a fallback when an exact match for the host name used by the visitor cannot be found. This setting is less important in the single site scenario as you are only allowed to have one site configuration. However, in the multi-site (enterprise) scenario you must be very careful to make sure that all host bindings that are active in IIS are mirrored in the corresponding site configuration in EPiServer CMS.

License Information Tab

The License Information tab lists details about the current license as well as some license management features.

Automatic License Management Section

In the Automatic License Management section you can set different options for what action the system should take when it detects that a license is about to expire (less than five days left). The different options are:

• Send an e-mail – An email is sent to the specified e-mail address saying that the license file is about to expire.
• Auto update – The system will make a call to the EPiServer license service (hosted at EPiServer), passing in the current license information such as license number, IP address and MAC address. The license service will use the provided information and the stored information to generate a new license file which will replace the existing file.
• Do nothing – The system will take no action.

Download License Section

In the Download License section there are some features that involve communications with the EPiServer license service. These features are:

• Activate license – When an activation key has been received from the EPiServer license system (e.g. by an e-mail) this feature can be used to download the license file. So in this case you type in the received activation key and click Download License. EPiServer CMS will then make a call to the license service with the activation key and - given that is a valid activation key - receive the license file and update the system to use the received file.
• Update license – This feature can be used for example when a site is moved to another server (and hence has a new IP/Mac address). In this case EPiServer CMS will send the current license file together with information about current IP and MAC address. The license service will update the information in the license system and generate an updated license.
• Demo license – EPiServer CMS will in this case send the current IP/Mac address to the license service, which will generate a demo license for the site.

Upload License Section

The Upload License section lets the user upload a license file from disk and update the site to use it.

Restore License Section

Clicking the Restore License button brings you to the Restore Licenses page.