How to Get and Apply a Time-based Activation Key for AnyConnect on ASA 5505
If you want to use the AnyConnect VPN feature on your Cisco ASA 5505 device, you need to have a valid activation key that enables this functionality. An activation key is a 160-bit value that encodes the serial number and the enabled features of your device. You can get a time-based activation key from Cisco Licensing team that allows you to use AnyConnect for a specific period of time. In this article, we will show you how to get and apply a time-based activation key for AnyConnect on ASA 5505.
Asa 5505 Activation Key Generator
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Step 1: Get your Product Activation Key (PAK)
The first step is to get your Product Activation Key (PAK) for your device. You can contact Cisco Licensing team and provide them with the serial number of your ASA 5505. You can find the serial number by issuing the command show version on your device. For example:
ciscoasa# show version
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Version 9.12 (2)
Firepower Extensible Operating System Version 2.6 (1.141)
Device Manager Version 7.12 (2)
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Licensed features for this platform:
Maximum VLANs : 50 perpetual
Inside Hosts : Unlimited perpetual
Failover : Active/Active perpetual
Encryption-DES : Enabled perpetual
Encryption-3DES-AES : Enabled perpetual
Security Contexts : 2 perpetual
Carrier : Disabled perpetual
AnyConnect Premium Peers : 2 perpetual
AnyConnect Essentials : Disabled perpetual
Other VPN Peers : 100 perpetual
Total VPN Peers : 100 perpetual
AnyConnect for Mobile : Disabled perpetual
AnyConnect for Cisco VPN Phone : Disabled perpetual
Advanced Endpoint Assessment : Enabled perpetual
Shared License : Disabled perpetual
Total TLS Proxy Sessions : 320 perpetual
Botnet Traffic Filter : Disabled perpetual
Cluster : Disabled perpetual
Serial Number: 9A5KG6HTQSB
Running Permanent Activation Key: 0xa339d567 0xa8df641f 0x9193bd58 0xc6344cb4 0x031bfbaa
The serial number in this example is 9A5KG6HTQSB. You need to provide this number to Cisco Licensing team and request a time-based activation key for AnyConnect on ASA 5505.
Step 2: Receive your time-based activation key
Once you have requested your time-based activation key, you will receive an email from Cisco Licensing team with the activation key and the instructions on how to apply it. The activation key will look something like this:
activation-key 0x5376dfc2 0x99806c06 0x9d8c5acf 0xc0a4da97 0x8512c481
This activation key will enable AnyConnect for a specific time period, such as one month or one year. You can check the expiration date of the activation key by issuing the command show activation-key detail on your device.
Step 3: Apply your time-based activation key
The final step is to apply your time-based activation key on your ASA 5505 device. You need to copy the activation key and enter it in the configuration mode of your device. For example:
ASA (config)# activation-key 0x5376dfc2 0x99806c06 0x9d8c5acf 0xc0a4da97 0x8512c481
Validating activation key. This may take a few minutes.
WARNING: AnyConnect Essentials license active. Basic VPN support is in effect.
For specific details, please refer to Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client Administrator Guide.
Both the Running and Flash permanent activation key was updated with the requested key and will become active after the next reload.
Once the license is applied, you need to save the configuration by issuing the command write memory. This completes the process to temporarily apply the license feature on your ASA 5505 device.
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