Registration and Activation

After a license is purchased, updates to product components and virus databases can be regularly downloaded from Doctor Web update servers. Moreover, standard technical support provided by Doctor Web and its partners becomes available.

License registration is required to prove that you are a legal user of Dr.Web for UNIX Mail Servers and to activate the functions of the anti-virus, including the regular updates of virus databases. It is recommended that you register the product and activate the license once the installation completes. A purchased license can be activated on the Doctor Web official website at https://products.drweb.com/register/v4.

During the activation, it is required to enter the serial number of the purchased license. The serial number is supplied with Dr.Web for UNIX Mail Servers or by email when purchasing or renewing the license online.

A demo period for your copy of Dr.Web for UNIX Mail Servers can be obtained on the Doctor Web official website at https://download.drweb.com/demoreq/biz/v2/. After you select the product and fill the registration form, you will receive an email with a serial number or key file for demo period activation.

Another demo period of Dr.Web for UNIX Mail Servers for the same computer can be obtained only after a certain time period.

You can use the license command of the Dr.Web Ctl (drweb-ctl) command-line tool, which allows to get a demo key file or a licensed key file for a serial number of a registered license automatically.

The key file is a special file stored on the local computer and corresponding to the purchased license or activated demo period for Dr.Web for UNIX Mail Servers. The key file regulates product usage rights according to the provided license or activated demo period.

During Dr.Web for UNIX Mail Servers operation, the key file must be located in the default <etc_dir> directory (/etc/opt/drweb.com for GNU/Linux) under the name drweb32.key.

The components of Dr.Web for UNIX Mail Servers regularly check whether the key file is available and valid. The key file is digitally signed to prevent its editing. So, the edited key file becomes invalid. It is not recommended to open your key file in text editors in order to avoid its accidental invalidation.

If no valid key file (license or demo) is found, or if the license is expired, operation of the anti-virus components is blocked until a valid key file is installed.

It is recommended that you keep the license key file until it expires. In this case, reinstalling Dr.Web for UNIX Mail Servers or migrating it to another server will not require to register the license serial number again, and you will be able to use the license key file obtained during the first registration.

In email messages, Dr.Web key files are usually transferred packed in .zip archives. An archive containing a key file for Dr.Web for UNIX Mail Servers activation is usually named agent.zip. If the message contains several archives, then it is necessary to use specifically the agent.zip archive. Before the key file installation, you must unpack the archive in any convenient way and extract the key file from it, saving it to any available directory (for example, to your home directory or to a USB flash drive).

If you have a key file corresponding to a valid license for the product (for example, you have obtained the key file from a vendor by email after registration or Dr.Web for UNIX Mail Servers is being migrated to another server), you can activate Dr.Web for UNIX Mail Servers by specifying a path to the key file. You can do that as follows:

•Copy the key file to the <etc_dir> directory and rename the file to drweb32.key.

•In the Dr.Web for UNIX Mail Servers configuration file specify the key file path as the KeyPath parameter value. In this case the key file name can be different from drweb32.key.

In this case, restarting Dr.Web for UNIX Mail Servers is not required. The key file will not be copied to the <etc_dir> directory and will remain at its original location.

For details on conventions for <opt_dir>, <etc_dir>, and <var_dir>, refer to Introduction.

If the key file is not copied to the <etc_dir> directory, the user becomes responsible for ensuring that the file is protected from corruption or deletion. This installation method is not recommended as the key file can be accidentally deleted (for example, if the directory, where the key file is located, is automatically cleaned up by the system). Remember that if a key file is lost, you can request a new one, but the number of such requests is limited.

If a key file is lost but the license is not expired, you must register again by providing the personal data you specified during the first registration. You can use a different email address. In this case, the license key file will be sent at the new address.

A license key file can be obtained using the license management command a limited number of times. If that amount has been exceeded, you can confirm the registration of your serial number at https://products.drweb.com/register/ to receive the key file. The key file is sent to the email that was specified during the first registration.