Activation via the command line

To activate your Squish Test Center instance from the command line, open a command line or shell prompt and change directories to the top-level directory of Squish Test Center.

Online-activation via the command line

With the ACTIVATION_CODE you previously received by email, issue the following command in the prompt:

$ bin/testcenter activate ACTIVATION_CODE

Offline-activation via the command line

If the Squish Test Center instance you are trying to activate cannot connect to the Internet or to the Squish Test Center Activation Server, you have to first generate the Machine ID of your instance.

With the ACTIVATION_CODE you previously received by email, issue the following command in the prompt:

$ bin/testcenter machineid ACTIVATION_CODE

Send the Machine ID generated by this command to qatools.support@qt.io. In return, you will receive the LICENSE_KEY via email. To finish the activation process, issue the following command in the prompt:

$ bin/testcenter activate ACTIVATION_CODE LICENSE_KEY