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Licensing
The WebLogic Platform software requires a valid license to run. When you install WebLogic Platform, the installation program installs a one-year evaluation license with access for up to 20 client connections. The evaluation license is a full license, enabling all of the component features of WebLogic Platform.
Non-Expiring License Types
| Developer License A developer license gives a customer access to WebLogic Server, WebLogic Integration, and WebLogic Portal development functionality, and supports 15 concurrent connections. A WebLogic Workshop Developer license is available with the WebLogic Platform Developer license as part of a limited-time promotion. This type of license is typically used in a development environment where a developer is preparing an application to run on top of WebLogic Platform; a production license is required for product deployment.
| Production License A production license allows unlimited connections and development for an unrestricted period of time, for a specific IP address.
| ISV License (WebLogic Server only) An ISV license is an extended version of a production license that allows ISVs to distribute the server software to many customers, while keeping control of the license by providing ISV-specific license enforcement. For details about ISVs, see the BEA WebLogic Server Partner's Guide.
License Packages for WebLogic Platform 7.0
You can install and license individual components of WebLogic Platform, or the complete platform. During installation, the installation program installs a single `license.bea` file in the BEA Home directory in which you install the software. If a `license.bea` file already exists, the installation program updates the license. This license file is checked at runtime to determine which features you can use. The licenses available for WebLogic Platform 7.0 are described in the following table.
License | Description | Available License Types
--- | --- | ---
WebLogic Platform | Enables full support for WebLogic Server Premium (including WebLogic Workshop), WebLogic Portal, and WebLogic Integration functionality. | Evaluation Developer* Production * Supports 15 concurrent connections. A WebLogic Workshop Developer license is available with the WebLogic Platform Developer license as part of a limited-time promotion.
WebLogic Server Premium Edition | Enables full support for WebLogic Server functionality including the core Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) features, and WebLogic Workshop. WebLogic Server Premium Edition provides premium clustering, caching, and messaging. | Evaluation Developer** Production **Available with the WebLogic Platform Developer license.
WebLogic Workshop | Provides a complete development framework for easily building web services applications that automatically leverage the power, reliability, and scalability of WebLogic Server. | Developer* *A WebLogic Platform Developer license is available with the WebLogic Workshop Developer license as part of a limited-time promotion.
WebLogic Portal | Enables full support for WebLogic Portal functionality, which provides a framework for building enterprise portals leveraging campaign, commerce, and personalization services. Includes WebLogic Server Premium. | Evaluation Developer** Production **Available with the WebLogic Platform Developer license.
WebLogic Integration | Enables full support for WebLogic Integration functionality, including business process management, business-to-business integration (B2B), application integration, and data integration. Includes WebLogic Server Premium. | Evaluation Developer** Production **Available with the WebLogic Platform Developer license.
WebLogic Integration - Business Partner | For deployment to B2B trading partners who need integration or business process capability. Enables limited support for WebLogic Integration functionality, including 15 business process template definitions, two J2EE CA adapters, and two trading partners. Please contact your account representative for more information. | Production
WebLogic Server Advantage Edition | Enables support for WebLogic Server functionality including the core Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) features, and WebLogic Workshop. | Production
WebLogic Server Workgroup Edition | Enables support for the same functionality enabled by the WebLogic Server Advantage Edition, but is limited to 20 concurrent users. | Production* *Limited to 20 concurrent users.
WebLogic Express Basic Edition | WebLogic Express offers many services and APIs available with WebLogic Server, including WebLogic JDBC features, JavaServer Pages (JSP), servlets, Remote Method Invocation (RMI), and Web server functionality. WebLogic Express differs from WebLogic Server in that WebLogic Express does not provide Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB), Java Message Services (JMS), J2EE CA, WebLogic Workshop, or the two-phase commit protocol for transactions. | Production
WebLogic Express Premium Edition | Enables basic WebLogic Express functionality as described above. Includes premium clustering support. | Production
128-bit Encryption | All WebLogic Platform licenses come with 56-bit encryption enabled by default. This license provides 128-bit encryption for SSL. | Developer Production
Installing and Upgrading Licenses
To add a non-expiring license or a license for additional functionality, you need to update the `license.bea` file in your BEA Home directory. Please refer to the following topics in Installing BEA WebLogic Platform for information about installing and updating licenses for WebLogic Platform 7.0: Installing and Updating WebLogic Platform License Files Installing the BEA EDI Connect for WebLogic Integration License