Jamf Connect licenses are available for download from Jamf Account.

You can choose between two deployment methods:

  • Download and upload license file to the Jamf Connect Configuration app—

    Download a .jamfconnectlicense file from Jamf Account, and then upload it to a configuration in the Jamf Connect Configuration app. For more information, see Creating a Configuration Profile using Jamf Connect Configuration. This embeds the license directly in the exported configuration profile.

  • (Recommended) Copy and paste an encoded license string into a configuration profile—

    Copy a Base64 encoded license string to your clipboard from Jamf Account, and then paste it into the License File (LicenseFile) setting of a Jamf Connect configuration profile. For more information, see Creating Jamf Connect Configuration Profiles Using Jamf Pro. This method is recommended for administrators that use Jamf Pro's Application & Custom Settings payload to create a configuration profile.

Keep the following in mind when licensing Jamf Connect.

  • Jamf Connect runs in trial mode without a license, which expires 30 days after the installed version's release date.

  • The license only needs to be included in a single Jamf Connect configuration profile and preference domain.

Best Practice:

Configuration profile for the license key

Best practice workflows cover common scenarios; however, the following recommendations may not apply in your environment.

Jamf recommends creating a configuration profile with just the license key. This allows you to manage your product license and Jamf Connect settings separately.

Disclaimer:

We may collect hashed data about license usage. This data is used to monitor the number of licenses in use with Jamf Connect in your organization and does not include any Personal Information

Requirements

You must have a Jamf Connect subscription associated with your Jamf ID to download a license.

  1. In the Jamf Account portal, navigate to the Jamf Connect page.
  2. Depending on whether you use Jamf Connect Configuration or Jamf Pro to create configuration profiles for Jamf Connect, do one of the following:

    • Click Download License File to download the .jamfconnectlicense file, and then click Choose License... in the Jamf Connect Configuration app to embed it in a configuration.

    • Click Copy license content to Clipboard to copy a Base64 encoded string to your clipboard, and then paste the string into a Jamf Connect configuration profile via Jamf Pro's Application & Custom Settings payload.

The license file is embedded in a Jamf Connect configuration profile and ready for deployment to target computers. If the configuration is uploaded in PLIST format, it should look similar to the following:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>LicenseFile</key> <string>PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiBlbmNvZGluZz0iVVRGLTgiPz4KPCFET0NUWVBFIHBsaXN0IFBVQkxJQyAiLS8vQXBwbGUvL0RURCBQTElTVCAxLjAvL0VOIiAiaHR0cDovL3d3dy5hcHBsZS5jb20vRFREcy9Qcm9wZXJ0eUxpc3QtMS4wLmR0ZCI+CjxwbGlzdCB2ZXJzaW9uPSIxLjAiPgogIDxkaWN0PgogICAgPGtleT5EYXRlSXNzdWVkPC9rZXk+CiAgICA8c3RyaW5nPjIwMjQtMDMtMTUgMTM6NTQ6MTEgKzAwMDA8L3N0cmluZz4KICAgIDxrZXk+RWRpdGlvbjwva2V5PgogICAgPHN0cmluZz5TdGFuZGFyZDwvc3RyaW5nPgogICAgPGtleT5FbWFpbDwva2V5PgogICAgPHN0cmluZz5zdWNjZXNzQGphbWYuY29tPC9zdHJpbmc+CiAgICA8a2V5PkV4cGlyYXRpb25EYXRlPC9rZXk+CiAgICA8c3RyaW5nPjIwMjUtMDMtMTQgMTM6NTM6MDAgKzAwMDA8L3N0cmluZz4KICAgIDxrZXk+TGljZW5ztleTwva2V5PgogICAgPHN0cmluZz5jNWE5YTM0YS0zNDRiLTQxYzktYjM1ZS03ZDkxMWU4N2VjZjA8L3N0cmluZz4KICAgIDxrZXk+TWFqb3JWZXJzaW9uPC9rZXk+CiAgICA8aW50ZWdlcj4yPC9pbnRlZ2VyPgogICAgPGtleT5OYW1lPC9rZXk+CiAgICA8c3RyaW5nPkphbWY8L3N0cmluZz4KICAgIDxrZXk+TnVtYmVyT2ZDbGllbnRzPC9rZXk+CiAgICA8aW50ZWdlcj4xMDwvaW50ZWdlcj4KICAgIDxrZXk+UHJvZHVjdDwva2V5PgogICAgPHN0cmluZz5KYW1mIENvbm5lY3Q8L3N0cmluZz4KICAgIDxrZXk+U2lnbmF0dXJlPC9rZXk+CiAgICA8ZGF0YT4KCQlzWjdOUlN2VmdhTlo5b01uME5lVlBQdjN5RTRoR2hiaWM5OG9JRVE4SWxNYWk4d0ZKRnBla1dEUU9wdDdPTk5mVGUzMwoJCW5RNVJiOUpXVlN2SWMxaUNtMnJNRjN6ZzNhK1RheWhhcHNvRFdMOTdZQi9CbnJCV1U4SHJRTnBrUVJMcHdjbjIveS9HCgkJSGFFNjR1WVREbFNiUFNTajNkREhBbnhMMmM4VU1iVnl5cVU9CgkJPC9kYXRhPgogIDwvZGljdD4KPC9wbGlzdD4K</string> </dict> </plist>

If you used Jamf Connect Configuration to create the configuration profile, you must save and upload the configuration profile to Jamf Pro or another MDM solution for deployment. For more information, see the Deploying Custom Configuration Profiles Using Jamf Pro article.

For assistance, log in to Jamf Account with your Jamf ID and click Get Help in the top-right corner of the page to contact your Account team.