Invalid Servicestack license

Question

I get this runtime exception when trying to use my new license.

This license is invalid. Please see servicestack.net or contact team@servicestack.net for more details. The id for this license is '[MyLicenseNumber]'

Am I doing anything wrong? I have tried both ways (app.config/code) of registering the license. The application is a console app using the Servicestack.Redis nuget package.

Of course the license is a Servicestack.Redis license and of course the team@servicestack.net have been contacted without reply.

Could we have some code? – PlasmaPower Mar 19 '14 at 16:24 — PlasmaPower, Mar 19 '14 at 16:24

Scott · Answer 1 · 2014-03-19T16:50:45.650

If you have followed the examples provided Subscription section of the ServiceStack.net website and it is not working then you will need to wait for your reply from team@servicestack.net, as there must be an issue with the code itself.

Things to note if you are using a console app:

You would need to include an app.config not a web.config to configure it from settings file.
To configure from code, you need to run ServiceStack.Licensing.RegisterLicense before initialising the AppHost i.e. before appHost.Init();

Web.config / App.config:

<appSettings>
    <add key="servicestack:license" value="XXXX-TG9yZW0gaXBzdW0gZG9sb3Igc2l0IGFtZXQsIGNvbnNlY3RldHVyIGFkaXBpc2NpbmcgZWxpdC4gUHJvaW4gY29udmFsbGlzIHRyaXN0aXF1ZSBlcm9zIG5lYyBsYWNpbmlhLiBJbnRlZ2VyIHNlZCBqdXN0byBldSBhbnRlIHRpbmNpZHVudCBjb25zZWN0ZXR1ci4gU3VzcGVuZGlzc2UgZ3JhdmlkYSBk" />
</appSettings>

In code self hosted console application:

public static void Main()
{
    ServiceStack.Licensing.RegisterLicense(@"XXXX-TG9yZW0gaXBzdW0gZG9sb3Igc2l0IGFtZXQsIGNvbnNlY3RldHVyIGFkaXBpc2NpbmcgZWxpdC4gUHJvaW4gY29udmFsbGlzIHRyaXN0aXF1ZSBlcm9zIG5lYyBsYWNpbmlhLiBJbnRlZ2VyIHNlZCBqdXN0byBldSBhbnRlIHRpbmNpZHVudCBjb25zZWN0ZXR1ci4gU3VzcGVuZGlzc2UgZ3JhdmlkYSBk");
    var appHost = new AppHost();
    appHost.Init();
    ...
}

In code ASP.NET application:

protected void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    ServiceStack.Licensing.RegisterLicense(@"XXXX-TG9yZW0gaXBzdW0gZG9sb3Igc2l0IGFtZXQsIGNvbnNlY3RldHVyIGFkaXBpc2NpbmcgZWxpdC4gUHJvaW4gY29udmFsbGlzIHRyaXN0aXF1ZSBlcm9zIG5lYyBsYWNpbmlhLiBJbnRlZ2VyIHNlZCBqdXN0byBldSBhbnRlIHRpbmNpZHVudCBjb25zZWN0ZXR1ci4gU3VzcGVuZGlzc2UgZ3JhdmlkYSBk");
}

The license code in the examples are fictitious, replace with your own real code

Also note that if you base64 decode the license key after the prefix of XXXX- you should see the components of the key. If your key does not have data similar to this on decoding, the value may be damaged.

{
    Ref: XXXX,
    Name: Your Name,
    Type: Business,
    Hash: ZGhmc2tqaGZkamtuamt0aDNpdGtqZmtmaGtzamZuazQzaGtmam5za2pzZGhjaWtqbjQzdWhqa3Jl,
    Expiry: 2015-01-01
}

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 20 '14 at 10:31

Resolved by Updating the servicestack nuget packages.

I'm not sure why that solved my issue because the new version was not a major update (4.0.5 -> 4.0.15). Perhaps it was due to a version mismatch. One of my library projects used version 4.0.12.

I got a reply from team@servicestack.net which confirmed correctness of my usage of the code and the code itself.

Invalid Servicestack license

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