Install a license for a distributed deployment

To install a license for a distributed deployment of Splunk Enterprise:

1. Choose an instance to function as the license manager, if you have not already done so. See Configure a license manager.
2. On the license manager, navigate to Settings > Licensing.
3. Click Add license.
4. Do one of the following:
   1. Click Choose file and browse for your license file and select it, or
   2. Click copy & paste the license XML directly... and paste the text of your license file into the provided field.
5. Click Install.
6. If this is the first Enterprise license that you are installing on the license manager, you must restart Splunk Enterprise.