Subscription is a Web UI application for license status and activation key management. It does not define proxy policy rows; it controls whether the appliance considers the subscription valid and whether update feeds and signature modules can run.
This is the on-appliance side of licensing only — it manages the key you already have. To
register an account or get a new activation key, see Support
for where that key comes from on key.safesquid.com.
What you can do here
- View current subscription and license information — the authoritative view is the License
Details panel on the Support page (top nav,
next to Configure), not under Reports.
- Upload an activation key file when renewing or registering the appliance.
How subscription affects the proxy
- On each request, SafeSquid sets or clears
SUBSCRIPTION_EXPIRED on the connection from subscription validity checks.
- When expired, Application Signatures processing is skipped for that connection and security logging records filter
subscription.
- Background subscription accounting talks to the vendor service, refreshes entitlement, and drives scheduled update hooks (signatures, categorisation feeds, trusted CA updates, and similar).
- Activation key upload is accepted only when the current subscription state allows upload; uploaded files are handled by the security subsystem.
An expired subscription is not the same as Access restrictions DENY — users may still connect while signature-dependent labelling and some update paths stop. Check Reports and Native SECURITY logs when behaviour changes after expiry.
Examples
1 — Renew after expiry
- Open Subscription → upload activation key downloaded from
key.safesquid.com (see
Register and get your key if you don’t have one yet).
- Wait for subscription refresh (or restart if your procedure requires it).
- Confirm the Support page’s License Details
panel shows valid dates and application signature updates resume.
Result: SUBSCRIPTION_EXPIRED clears on new connections; application signature tags apply again.How to verify
- Support → License Details for subscription status.
- Native SECURITY logs for
subscription: expired on test requests.
- Application signature stats after a successful update cycle.
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