The TP-Link Omada controller provides centralized management of gateways, switches, and access points from our Software Defined Networking (SDN) platform.

Licenses are required to manage devices with the Omada Cloud-Based Controller. This guide will introduce how to obtain and assign licenses to your devices.

1. Assign and Manage Licenses for the  Cloud-Based Controller

For management and configurations on the Cloud-Based Controller, each device should be bound with an activated license. Before binding licenses to devices, you need to purchase licenses and assign them to your controller.

1.1 Purchase Licenses

Use this link to purchase your licenses https://omada.tplinkcloud.com/#subscriptions

1.2 How to Assign Licenses to the Cloud-Based Controller

1. Visit https://omada.tplinkcloud.com and log in with your TP-Link ID.

Note:
If you don’t have a TP-Link ID, sign up for free and activate one.

2. Go to License > Omada Cloud-Based Controller. Click Assign Licenses to Controller at the upper right corner.

3. Check your remaining licenses, select the controller, and specify the number of licenses to assign.

4. Click Confirm. The licenses will be assigned to the controller.

1.3 How to Revoke Licenses from the Cloud-Based Controller

After license assignment, you can revoke licenses if the controller no longer needs them.

1. Visit https://omada.tplinkcloud.com and log in with your TP-Link ID.

2. Go to License > Omada Cloud-Based Controller. Click Revoke Licenses at the upper right corner.

3. Select the controller and specify the quantity of licenses to revoke.

4. Click Confirm. The licenses will be revoked and can be assigned to another controller if needed.

2. How to Assign and Manage Licenses for MSP Customers

If you have enabled MSP (Managed Service Provider) mode, follow the steps below to assign licenses to your customers:

2. 1 How to Assign Licenses to Customers

1. Launch your controller.

2. In MSP View, go to License > License Assignment. Click Assign Licenses at the upper right corner.

3. Check your remaining licenses, select the customer, and specify the number of licenses to assign.

4. Click Confirm. The licenses will be assigned to the customer.

2. 2 How to Revoke Licenses from Customers

After license assignment, you can revoke licenses if the customer no longer needs them.

1. Launch your controller.

2. In MSP View, go to License > License Assignment. Click Revoke Licenses at the upper right corner.

3. Select the customer and specify the quantity of licenses to revoke.

4. Click Confirm. The licenses will be revoked and can be assign to another customer if needed.

3. How to Assign and Manage Licenses for Devices

Notes:

• One license can be bound with only one device at a time.
• If a device with a license bound is removed from the controller, the license will be unbound automatically and can be bound to another device if needed.

For the Controller in Global View

1. Launch your controller.

2. Go to the License page. Enable Auto-Active and enable Auto-Renewal for sites.

For the Controller in MSP View

1. Launch your controller.

2. Go to the License page. Enable Auto-Active and enable Auto-Renewal for customers.

3. 2 Manual Binding/Unbinding

If you don’t want the controller to automatically assign device licenses, you can manually bind and unbind device licenses.

1. Launch your controller.

2. Go to the Devices page.

3. Bind or unbind device licenses according to your needs.

• To bind a device license:

Locate a non-activated device and click Activate. In the License Status section, choose an appropriate license to bind. You can bind a new license or a used license (such as the one last bound). If you have many used licenses, you can search by license key or MAC.

• To unbind a device license:

Click an activated device to open the Properties window. In the License Status section, click
Unbind. The license will be unbound and can be bound to another device if needed.

Note: When the reassignment status hits 0, the license will be unable to be bound to other devices except the current device.