F5 BIG-IP license explainer
Paste your /config/bigip.license, full file or a fragment, and get a plain-language reading: management flavor, licensing dates with the K7727 upgrade verdict, Registration Key and platform, active and optional modules, constraints, and feature tokens. Runs entirely in your browser.
AğParsed entirely in your browser. Nothing is uploaded, and key or signature values are never displayed.
The decode runs entirely in your browser. Paste /config/bigip.license contents, the full file or any fragment, and it explains the license in plain language: whether it is managed by BIG-IQ or licensed directly, the licensing dates with the K7727 upgrade-eligibility verdict (computed over the same vendored table the F5 service check date tool uses), the Registration Key and platform, active and optional modules with their per-module keys, Exclusive_version, Deny_version and Exclusive_Platform constraints, and every feature token. It is decode-only: nothing is validated against a live system, nothing is transmitted, and key or signature values are never displayed, only their presence and length. The line grammar is grounded in two real, sanitized lab license files (BIG-IQ-managed and direct) and in the F5 articles below.
- F5 K000160443Field-by-field meaning of the license fields and the /config/bigip.license location
- F5 K7727The Service Check Date definition and the License Check Date table behind the upgrade verdict
- F5 K3782The registration key shape and the license field set
- F5 K7752The 27-character base registration key and the add-on key model
- F5 K42091606Exclusive_version fields define the permitted VE software range
- F5 K02011230Z100-family platform IDs belong to BIG-IP VE
- F5 K15643Version Plus semantics behind the Exclusive_version ceiling
This tool is built from public vendor documentation and may not be fully accurate or current. For production use, always verify against the vendor's official documentation.