Automate MSP license renewal

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Automate MSP license renewal

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Hi,
We need to automate the MSP license update on the servers we manage.

Typically, when updating, we have always manually connected to the clients’ Auditor servers to upload the updated .lic file.
Since there are numerous servers, we were wondering if it would be possible to automate this task using a script, cmd, or PowerShell, potentially launched from our RMM.
This way, we would be able to manage the update more efficiently, without having to manually connect to numerous servers nearing their expiration dates.

How do you currently solve the challenges you have by not having this feature?

Currently, we have to manually update the license via the GUI by manually connecting to the dozens of servers we manage

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Hi Luca,

Thank you for taking the time to share this detailed feedback — we really appreciate it, and we completely understand the challenge of managing license renewals across dozens of servers manually.

We have good news: this capability is actually already available in Netwrix Auditor via the built-in WebAPI. You can automate license uploads using a simple PowerShell script that can be triggered directly from your RMM:


 $licenseContent = Get-Content "C:\path\to\license.lic" -Raw
 $url = "https://<auditor-server>:9699/netwrix/api/v1/configuration/licenses"

add-type @"
using System.Net;
using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
public class TrustAll : ICertificatePolicy {
   public bool CheckValidationResult(ServicePoint sp, X509Certificate cert, WebRequest req, int problem) { return true; }
  }
  "@
  [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::CertificatePolicy = New-Object TrustAll

  try {
      $response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $url -Method Post -Body $licenseContent -ContentType "text/plain" -UseDefaultCredentials
      Write-Host "OK: $response"
  } catch {
      Write-Host "Exception: $($_.Exception.Message)"
      if ($_.Exception.Response) {
          $status = $_.Exception.Response.StatusCode.value__
          $stream = $_.Exception.Response.GetResponseStream()
          $body   = [System.IO.StreamReader]::new($stream).ReadToEnd()
          Write-Host "HTTP $status : $body"
      }
  }

A few things to keep in mind:

  • The script uses Windows authentication (-UseDefaultCredentials), so it should run under an account with Netwrix Auditor administrator rights on the target server
  • Simply replace with the hostname or IP of each managed instance
  • You can easily wrap this in a loop to iterate over all your managed servers and apply the same .lic file across all of them in one go

We hope this helps streamline your renewal process significantly. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or run into any issues — we’re happy to help!

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