Activating Features

Skylight orchestrator uses feature activation keys to enable licensed functionality. Each key activates a separate feature set.

Activation keys are binary files that must be imported in the Skylight orchestrator web user interface in order to activate certain menu options. You can obtain the activation keys for your installation of Skylight orchestrator from Accedian Technical Support.

Features are activated in the Feature Activation page. This page is only visible to users with ROLE_ADMIN privileges. For more information about user privileges, see "Managing User Accounts".

Feature Activation page (Admin ▶ Feature Activation)

The following activation keys are available:

• Commissioning: Enables the Discovery Trigger (see "Discovering Elements") and Configuration Jobs (see "Managing Configuration Jobs").
• Inventory & Configuration Management: Enables firmware management and backup and restore functionality. Enables viewing of the Skylight orchestrator inventory of devices and managed objects.
• Metrics Collection: Enables the Skylight orchestrator functionality related to collecting performance monitoring data. This includes the ability to configure the metrics collection agents on devices, to collect performance monitoring statistics and to push the statistics to Skylight analytics or a 3rd-party system. See "Metrics Collection".
• Web Services API: Enables Skylight orchestrator's northbound web services REST API. See "Programming Interfaces" for more information.
• Service Performance: Enables the Skylight orchestrator functionality related to Service Activation Testing (SAT). This includes the ability to configure and launch Y.1564 and RFC 2544 tests from Skylight . See "Service Performance".
• SNMP API: Enables Skylight orchestrator's northbound SNMP interface, which is used to forward alarms from devices to third-party systems. See "Configuring Alarm Handling via SNMP".
• Session: Enables the Skylight orchestrator functionality for creating and managing performance sessions. The supported session types are: TWAMP, Ethernet OAM, Echo and 2xOneWay. See "Performance Sessions".
• Internal License Server: Enables the Skylight orchestrator functionality for creating and managing performance sessions without using a license server (SDLS).

In the Feature Activation page, administrators can:

• View the list of features that are currently active and available in Skylight orchestrator
• Activate features by importing keys
• Deactivate features by removing keys.

The following table explains the information that is displayed for each feature in the list.

Feature Activation Management - Information Displayed

To import a feature activation key

1. Obtain the appropriate key file from Accedian Technical Support.
2. Save the key file on the local file system (for example, on the desktop) and extract this file.
3. Access the Admin ▶ Feature Activation page.
4. Click the Choose File button.
5. Select the key file on your local file system from the file selector dialog.
6. Click the Import button.

Here are some important points to note about keys:

• Keys are in service as soon as they are imported. Users should either refresh their pages or log out and log in to the application to see the changes.
• A specific key can only be imported once. Importing it a second time will cause an error message.
• Keys are validated for format and content. Improperly formatted keys will result in an “ERROR_READING_FILE” message.
• Keys are in service as soon as they are imported. However, to see the changes, the user must either refresh the page or log out of the application (next step) and log back in (next procedure).
• An activation key with a name as "Skylight-orchestrator - Internal License server" will be used to inform Skylight orchestrator to not use a license server (SDLS) but still make its functions available as if there was a license server.
  • There will be no notification of expiration or violation of rights to use sessions. Once this key is imported, Skylight orchestrator will need to be restarted for this key to take effect.

To remove a feature activation key

1. Access the Admin ▶ Feature Activation page.
2. Select the key that you want to remove in the list.
3. Click the button (above the list) to remove the feature.
4. Click the Ok button to confirm.

An activation key with a name as "Skylight-orchestrator - Internal License server" is removed. Skylight orchestrator will need to be restarted for this to take effect.