License / Update

This application do the management of updates, licenses, and deployment

Customer Side

Objective: Provide detailed information about each update
Features:
- Access version-specific changelogs
  - Allow direct links for see update (with license key verification ?)
- View video teasers showcasing new features
- Find links to documentation and wikis about new updates
- Download updates and software for licensed product
  - Secure authentication process for each download
- Option to download old version

Objective: Information about license status
Features:
- FAQ support with explain how to install license manualy(or link to wiki)
- Dashboard with every license owned
  - Product
  - License Type
  - Usage
  - Number of client
  - Creation time
  - Days left
  - Usage
- Notify users of expired licenses at each login

This part need be reproduced to V6 AND V7 for historical reason

Objective: Ensure application is up-to-date
Features:
- Checkbox for auto-download update (enable by default)
- Checkbox for auto-install update (enable by default)
  - Need update every collector before update him-self
- Check button for verify version
  - Need verify update for collector
- Download button for checking update and download
- Download button turned in “Install' button when update in pending
- Regular checks for updates automated
- Manage offline updates directly within a upload button

Objective: Ensure application is licensed
Features:
- Check button for verify license online
  - Slave : ask license to master (Cockpit or V6)
  - Master : This will open a modal (2 button on bottom)
    - Asking ApiKey (Input field)
      - Button “Login”
        
        Choose Company linked to the account (for load license)
      - Button “DataDog trial”
        
        Send email → Email with link(panel link register) + trial key
        
        Auto Register app
- Daily checks for license valid (if network)
- Manage offline license with a textbox
- Detect 'On usage'
  - Require internet for this license
  - Alert and stop when no more license credit
  - Update each usage to panel

Objective: Notify customers directly in-app
Features:
- Receive automatic notifications when new updates
  - Auto-install update : Notify when installation will start, then when installed
  - Auto-download update : Notify when installation will be ready to install
  - Manual update : Notify new version found
- Push alerts about license expiration (30/15/5/3/1 day)

Objective: Manage updates
Features:
- Upload update to the server (Creating new update)
  - Checkbox for notification email
  - Dropbox for select Email template
  - List with “global” by default, can remove/add mail to send
- Define duration for remove outdated versions automatically
- Edit and update documentation for each release
- Implement rollback options for version corrections

Objective: Manage License
Features:
- View, monitor, and manage customer licenses
- Track the history of each client's license
  - Record of trial uses and upgraded licenses
  - Monitoring the number of total users and instances of limit reach
  - Keep track of license types, and their expiration and creation date
- Facilitate quick adjustments to licenses
  - Create and extend trial licenses with a single click
  - Add modules and license packs as needed
  - Tailor licenses for specific customer requirements, including modules, duration, total users, and license type
- Implement an API for license creation
  - Allow software resellers to distribute trials or license packs efficiently
    - DataDog
      - Send email to new subscribe → Email with link(panel link register) + trial key
- Set up reminders for the license renewal process to internal mail
- Alert for trials nearing expiration
- Alert for licenses approaching expiration
- Alert for user limits being reached
- Create FAQs for common licensing