# What is the step to re-install a watcher license

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-step-to-re-install-a-watcher-license/29957>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting\
**Created:** [September 25, 2015, 3:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-step-to-re-install-a-watcher-license/29957 "2015-09-25T03:19:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![niraj\_kumar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/niraj_kumar/32/4130_2.png) [@niraj\_kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/niraj_kumar)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 3:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-step-to-re-install-a-watcher-license/29957/1 "2015-09-25T03:19:43Z")

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What is the step to re-install a watcher license?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 3:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-step-to-re-install-a-watcher-license/29957/2 "2015-09-25T03:41:17Z")

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Just upload the license, it'll replace whatever is there.

`curl -XPUT 'http://<host>:<port>/_licenses' -d @license.json`

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**Author:** ![niraj\_kumar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/niraj_kumar/32/4130_2.png) [@niraj\_kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/niraj_kumar)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 4:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-step-to-re-install-a-watcher-license/29957/3 "2015-09-25T04:15:20Z")

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Thanks for the reply @warkolm. Can you also suggest me the process to get a extended development license? And any document where i can see the pricing for the same.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 4:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-step-to-re-install-a-watcher-license/29957/4 "2015-09-25T04:22:13Z")

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You need to contact sales@elastic.co for both of those 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-step-to-re-install-a-watcher-license/29957/5 "2017-07-06T13:48:28Z")

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