Subscription management portal

The TuxCare subscription management portal is designed to easily manage your licenses of TuxCare products and services by means of a user-friendly interface.

Introduction

The following are available in TuxCare portal:

  • Add, delete and edit licenses
  • Add, delete and edit servers
  • Choose payment methods and buy licenses
  • Track all the associated costs

Create new account

If you are a first time user, go to https://portal.tuxcare.com and fill in the simple registration form to create your account. You will find your login and password in your welcome email.

Log in

Go to https://portal.tuxcare.com and sign in with your credentials.

Dashboard

Dashboard helps quickly navigate to your Products. It has the following tabs:

Products

Click Dashboard. You will be redirected to the My Products page.

My Products page with license counts for KernelCare Enterprise, LibraryCare, DatabaseCare and ELS products

The following actions are available:

  • Manage licenses and billing cycle. Click the link to contact our Sales team to change license quantity and product quota, and to manage the billing cycle.
  • Manage activation keys. Shortcut to the Extended Support Services | Activation Keys page.

Servers

Click Dashboard → Servers to go to All Servers page. A list of all servers with installed products belonged to this account is available.

All Servers page with filters, search and a server list showing name, IP, registration date, group, installed products and actions

The table includes all servers that have been activated in all products within the account. The table contains the following columns:

  • Server name — server hostname
  • IP — server IP address
  • Registered — a date when a server was activated. A server sends this information to TuxCare portal
  • Group – server group (please refer to the TuxCare portal documentation to find more information about server group)
  • Installed products — shows a logo of a product activated on a server
  • Actions
    • To remove an item, click on Remove

Click the server name to show server details:

  • Installed products – the full name of the installed products
  • Last check-in — the last date when a server successfully responded to check-in

The following filters are available:

  • Product — click Product button and select one or more products
  • Registered date — click Registered date to display a calendar where you can pick a date or a period to filter by
  • Search — type a query. A search is performed in Server name and Activation key entities

Live Patching Services

Click Live Patching Services You will be redirected to the Server License Types page.

Live Patching Services Server License Types page with license counts for KernelCare Enterprise, LibraryCare, QEMUCare and DatabaseCare

Here you can see the number of server licenses and manage licenses and billing cycle by contacting TuxCare Sales team.

Extended Support Services

Click Extended Support Services You will be redirected to the Server License Types page.

Extended Support Services Server License Types page with license counts for each ELS product, with Manage servers and Manage activation keys links

Server License Types

Here you can see the the number of server licenses for each product.

Activation Keys

Click Extended Support Services → Activation Keys. You will be redirected to the Activation Keys page.

Activation Keys page with license type filters and a list of keys showing license type, note and servers used/limits

Activation Key is a string of numbers and letters used to activate a product.

The table includes all activation keys for all products within the account. The table contains the following columns:

  • Activation key – is a string of numbers and letters used to activate a product
  • License type — a type of server license that is used and determines a limit of server users
  • Note — any information you’ve added to this activation key
  • Servers (used/limits) – a number of servers that have already been activated with this key (used) and a total number of servers that can be registered with this particular key (limits)
  • Tick – tick an activation key or keys to perform a remove action (use Delete)

Note

The default activation key cannot be deleted.

The following filters are available:

  • Server limits — filter by server limit/unlimited
  • License type — filter by license type

Click an activation key to go to this Activation Key Details page.

Activation Keys by product

Click Extended Support Services → Activation Keys → Product. You will be redirected to the Product Activation Keys page.

ELS for Ubuntu Activation Keys page with the default activation key, the Generate new activation key button, server license count and key list

  • If there are no activation keys for the product, you can create one by clicking the Create activation key.
  • If there is the default activation key for the product, you can generate a new one by clicking the Generate new activation key. A new key will be created automatically and added to the table.
  • You can copy an activation key by clicking Copy.

The table includes all activation keys for the product. The table contains the following columns:

  • Activation key – is a string of numbers and letters used to activate a product
  • Note — any information you’ve added to this activation key
  • Servers (used/limits) – a number of servers that have already been activated with this key (used) and a total number of servers that can be registered with this particular key (limits)

To remove a key, select it and click Delete.

The following filters are available:

  • Server limits — filter by server limit/unlimited
  • Search

Click a key to go to the Activation Key Details page for this key.

Activation Key Details

Activation Key Details page with key information, Edit Key and Remove activation key buttons, and the Servers List

Here you can:

  • See the activation key complete information
  • Edit key. Click Edit key
  • Remove key. Click Remove activation key
  • Review Servers List

The table includes all servers registered with the key. The table contains the following columns:

  • Server name — server hostname
  • IP — server IP address
  • Registered — a date when a server was activated. A server sends this information to TuxCare portal
  • Last check-in — the last date when a server successfully responded to check-in

The following filters are available:

  • Server limits — filter by server limit/unlimited
  • Search field

Servers

Click Extended Support Services → Servers. You will be redirected to the Servers page.

Extended Lifecycle Support servers page with product filters and a server list showing name, IP, registration date, installed products and actions

The table includes all servers activated for all products within Extended Lifecycle Support. The table contains the following columns:

  • Server name — server hostname
  • IP — server IP address
  • Registered — a date when a server was activated. A server sends this information to TuxCare portal
  • Installed products — shows a logo of a product activated on a server
  • Actions
    • To remove an item, click on Remove

Click the server name to show server details:

  • Installed products – the full name of the installed products
  • Last check-in — the last date when a server successfully responded to check-in

The following filters are available:

  • Product — click Product button and select one or more products
  • Registered date — click Registered date to display a calendar where you can pick a date or a period to filter by
  • Search — type a query

Servers by product

Click Extended Support Services → Servers → Product. You will be redirected to the Product Servers page.

ELS for Ubuntu servers page with the Get Server List button and an expanded server row showing the product and last check-in date

The table includes all servers activated for the product within Extended Lifecycle Support. The table contains the following columns:

  • Server name — server hostname
  • IP — server IP address
  • Registered — a date when a server was activated. A server sends this information to TuxCare portal
  • Installed products — shows a logo of a product activated on a server
  • Actions
    • To remove an item, click on Remove

Click the server name to show server details:

  • Installed products – the full name of the installed products
  • Last check-in — the last date when a server successfully responded to check-in

The following filters are available:

  • Registered date — click Registered date to display a calendar where you can pick a date or a period to filter by
  • Search — type a query

You can download the servers list by clicking the Get servers list.

Billing

Balance and Top up

Click Billing, you will be redirected to the Balance and Top up page.

Billing page with the Top up your account form, current balance and current plan price table

Here you find the following:

  • your current plan and prices
  • your balance

You can top up your account by entering the amount and clicking Top up.

Payment methods

Click Billing → Payment methods, you will be redirected to the Payment methods page.

The following tabs are available:

  • Billing information
  • Payment methods
  • Autopayment

Billing information

Payment methods page with the Billing information tab open, showing the Email for billing field

Here, you can change your email for billing. Click Save to apply changes.

Payment methods

Payment methods page with the Payment method tab open, showing a saved card

Here, you can manage your payment method. Click Save to apply changes.

Autopayment

Payment methods page with the Autopayment tab open, showing the Autopayment type selector

Here, you can change your autopayment type:

  • Auto add funds
  • Auto repay
  • Do not add funds automatically

Click Save to apply changes.

Invoices

Invoices page listing invoices with ID, created date, type, pay period, total, balance, and view and download actions

The table contains the followings columns:

  • Invoice id – unique invoice number
  • Created — invoice issue date.
  • Type – type of payment: invoice or payment received
  • Pay period – the start date of the period for which the invoice was issued
  • Total — a total amount received/need to pay
  • Balance – the current balance
  • Actions — the following actions are available:
    • View invoice — click View invoice to view invoice in-details. It opens in a new popup.
    • Download invoice — click Download invoice to download an invoice.

Click Expand to view the invoice details.

Settings

To go to account details, click User icon → Settings in the top right corner. You will be redirected to the Account details page.

User menu open in the top right corner with Settings highlighted

Account details

The following tabs are available:

  • Personal information
  • Company information
  • Billing contact information

Personal information

Account details page with the Personal Information form

All fields marked * are required.

  • API secret key – use this key with TuxCare portal API
  • IM Upgrade URL – URL for upgrade Imunify products if it is not the default one

To change the password, click Change password.

To enable two-factor authentication, move the slider to On.

Click Save to apply changes.

Company information

Account details page with the Company Information form

Click Save to apply changes.

Billing contact information

Account details page with the Billing contact information form

Click Save to apply changes.

Account sublogins

You can create additional logins for your account in the form of the email address. The sub login can have any role with different permissions listed below. A master Server Administrator account has the full scope of permissions; this role can create account sub logins.

Account sub logins page with the Add sub login form: email, password and role

Click Save to apply changes.

Roles

Full Access/Admin

  • View products
  • View servers/licenses information
  • Reporting
  • Add/delete servers
  • Create activation keys
  • Order/delete licenses
  • View invoices
  • View billing information
  • Edit credit cards information
  • Edit account information
  • Edit billing information/top up for reseller
  • View prices
  • View account information
  • Change password

Billing

  • View products
  • View server's/licenses information
  • View invoices
  • View billing information
  • Edit credit cards information
  • Edit account information
  • Edit billing information/top up for reseller
  • View prices
  • View account information

Server and License Management

  • View products
  • View server's/licenses information
  • Reporting
  • Add/delete servers
  • Create activation keys
  • Order/delete licenses

Server Management Only

  • View products
  • View server's/licenses information
  • Reporting
  • Add/delete servers
  • Create activation keys

Read Only — Billing

  • View products
  • View server's/licenses information
  • Reporting
  • View invoices
  • View billing information

Read Only — Server Management

  • View products
  • View server's/licenses information
  • Reporting

Reports

It is possible to set reports receiving for an account to the desired email address.

Reports page with the Add Config button and a report configuration showing product, emails, frequency and active status

To add a new report configuration, click Add config.