# How to get licence expiration date **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** license, docker\ **Created:** [September 8, 2023, 4:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-licence-expiration-date/342565 "2023-09-08T04:41:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pratik\_jain163](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pratik_jain163/32/93354_2.png) [@pratik\_jain163](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pratik_jain163)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 4:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-licence-expiration-date/342565/1 "2023-09-08T04:41:33Z")
This category relates to the [Enterprise Search](https://www.elastic.co/enterprise-search) set of products - App Search, Site Search and Workplace Search. If your question relates to core Elasticsearch functionality, please head over to the #Elasticsearch category for assistance. _PS - Please delete this text before posting your topic_ I am running \_license?pretty api in order to see the license, but in return i am not getting an expiration date. how we can see , i checked on 8.6.1 ES version. ---
**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 5:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-licence-expiration-date/342565/2 "2023-09-08T05:22:43Z")
> **[Get license API | Elasticsearch Guide \[8.11\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/get-license.html)** You should get the output you see on that page As a reminder > Authorization > You must have monitor cluster privileges to use this API. For more information, see Security privileges. ---
**Author:** ![pratik\_jain163](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pratik_jain163/32/93354_2.png) [@pratik\_jain163](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pratik_jain163)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2023, 9:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-licence-expiration-date/342565/3 "2023-09-09T09:13:13Z")
yes i know about this API but this API output is not showing expiration date. ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2023, 10:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-licence-expiration-date/342565/4 "2023-09-09T10:12:43Z")
What do you see? ---
**Author:** ![pratik\_jain163](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pratik_jain163/32/93354_2.png) [@pratik\_jain163](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pratik_jain163)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 9:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-licence-expiration-date/342565/5 "2023-09-11T09:48:58Z")
i see below only and when we applied licence then only we see expiration date. let say if we don't apply lic then how we can see expiration date. ```auto "issue_date" : "2023-07-05T11:51:29.264Z", "issue_date_in_millis" : 1688557889264, ``` ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 10:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-licence-expiration-date/342565/6 "2023-09-11T10:05:53Z")
Could you please share the full output? ---
**Author:** ![pratik\_jain163](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pratik_jain163/32/93354_2.png) [@pratik\_jain163](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pratik_jain163)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 5:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-licence-expiration-date/342565/7 "2023-09-25T05:35:59Z")
once we applied the lic we are able to see the expiration date. but we see one problem since we are using Elasticsearch as pod whenever pod restart we again need to apply license. Is there any way we can apply permanently? ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 7:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-licence-expiration-date/342565/8 "2023-09-25T07:10:54Z")
I hope you're not removing all the data when restarting a pod. If you keep the data around, that should not be a problem. But again, could you please share the full output? ---
**Author:** ![pratik\_jain163](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pratik_jain163/32/93354_2.png) [@pratik\_jain163](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pratik_jain163)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2023, 5:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-licence-expiration-date/342565/9 "2023-09-30T05:48:58Z")
Since we are using Operator and for apply lic is diff way . now we create a secret and put lic over there. On POD restarting, LIC is there. ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2023, 9:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-licence-expiration-date/342565/10 "2023-09-30T09:10:03Z")
I'm not sure I understood what you wrote. May be someone else will and could help. ---
**Author:** ![pratik\_jain163](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pratik_jain163/32/93354_2.png) [@pratik\_jain163](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pratik_jain163)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2023, 4:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-licence-expiration-date/342565/11 "2023-10-01T04:52:26Z")
i follow this process in order to apply Lic on ES as container `https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud-on-k8s/2.5/k8s-licensing.html` so we can close this thread. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 4:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-licence-expiration-date/342565/12 "2023-10-29T04:52:54Z")
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