# CreateLicense
<a name="API_CreateLicense"></a>

Creates a license.

## Request Syntax
<a name="API_CreateLicense_RequestSyntax"></a>

```
{
   "Beneficiary": "string",
   "ClientToken": "string",
   "ConsumptionConfiguration": { 
      "BorrowConfiguration": { 
         "AllowEarlyCheckIn": boolean,
         "MaxTimeToLiveInMinutes": number
      },
      "ProvisionalConfiguration": { 
         "MaxTimeToLiveInMinutes": number
      },
      "RenewType": "string"
   },
   "Entitlements": [ 
      { 
         "AllowCheckIn": boolean,
         "MaxCount": number,
         "Name": "string",
         "Overage": boolean,
         "Unit": "string",
         "Value": "string"
      }
   ],
   "HomeRegion": "string",
   "Issuer": { 
      "Name": "string",
      "SignKey": "string"
   },
   "LicenseMetadata": [ 
      { 
         "Name": "string",
         "Value": "string"
      }
   ],
   "LicenseName": "string",
   "ProductName": "string",
   "ProductSKU": "string",
   "Tags": [ 
      { 
         "Key": "string",
         "Value": "string"
      }
   ],
   "Validity": { 
      "Begin": "string",
      "End": "string"
   }
}
```

## Request Parameters
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For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see [Common Parameters](CommonParameters.md).

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [Beneficiary](#API_CreateLicense_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="licensemanager-CreateLicense-request-Beneficiary"></a>
License beneficiary.  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

 ** [ClientToken](#API_CreateLicense_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="licensemanager-CreateLicense-request-ClientToken"></a>
Unique, case-sensitive identifier that you provide to ensure the idempotency of the request.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Maximum length of 2048.  
Pattern: `\S+`   
Required: Yes

 ** [ConsumptionConfiguration](#API_CreateLicense_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="licensemanager-CreateLicense-request-ConsumptionConfiguration"></a>
Configuration for consumption of the license. Choose a provisional configuration for workloads running with continuous connectivity. Choose a borrow configuration for workloads with offline usage.  
Type: [ConsumptionConfiguration](API_ConsumptionConfiguration.md) object  
Required: Yes

 ** [Entitlements](#API_CreateLicense_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="licensemanager-CreateLicense-request-Entitlements"></a>
License entitlements.  
Type: Array of [Entitlement](API_Entitlement.md) objects  
Required: Yes

 ** [HomeRegion](#API_CreateLicense_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="licensemanager-CreateLicense-request-HomeRegion"></a>
Home Region for the license.  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

 ** [Issuer](#API_CreateLicense_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="licensemanager-CreateLicense-request-Issuer"></a>
License issuer.  
Type: [Issuer](API_Issuer.md) object  
Required: Yes

 ** [LicenseMetadata](#API_CreateLicense_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="licensemanager-CreateLicense-request-LicenseMetadata"></a>
Information about the license.  
Type: Array of [Metadata](API_Metadata.md) objects  
Required: No

 ** [LicenseName](#API_CreateLicense_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="licensemanager-CreateLicense-request-LicenseName"></a>
License name.  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

 ** [ProductName](#API_CreateLicense_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="licensemanager-CreateLicense-request-ProductName"></a>
Product name.  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

 ** [ProductSKU](#API_CreateLicense_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="licensemanager-CreateLicense-request-ProductSKU"></a>
Product SKU.  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

 ** [Tags](#API_CreateLicense_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="licensemanager-CreateLicense-request-Tags"></a>
Tags to add to the license. For more information about tagging support in License Manager, see the [TagResource](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/license-manager/latest/APIReference/API_TagResource.html) operation.  
Type: Array of [Tag](API_Tag.md) objects  
Required: No

 ** [Validity](#API_CreateLicense_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="licensemanager-CreateLicense-request-Validity"></a>
Date and time range during which the license is valid, in ISO8601-UTC format.  
Type: [DatetimeRange](API_DatetimeRange.md) object  
Required: Yes

## Response Syntax
<a name="API_CreateLicense_ResponseSyntax"></a>

```
{
   "LicenseArn": "string",
   "Status": "string",
   "Version": "string"
}
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

 ** [LicenseArn](#API_CreateLicense_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="licensemanager-CreateLicense-response-LicenseArn"></a>
Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the license.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Maximum length of 2048.  
Pattern: `^arn:aws[a-zA-Z-]*:[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9_/.-]{0,62}:[A-Za-z0-9_/.-]{0,63}:[A-Za-z0-9_/.-]{0,63}:[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9:_/+=,@.-]{0,1023}$` 

 ** [Status](#API_CreateLicense_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="licensemanager-CreateLicense-response-Status"></a>
License status.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `AVAILABLE | PENDING_AVAILABLE | DEACTIVATED | SUSPENDED | EXPIRED | PENDING_DELETE | DELETED` 

 ** [Version](#API_CreateLicense_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="licensemanager-CreateLicense-response-Version"></a>
License version.  
Type: String

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** AccessDeniedException **   
Access to resource denied.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** AuthorizationException **   
The AWS user account does not have permission to perform the action. Check the IAM policy associated with this account.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InvalidParameterValueException **   
One or more parameter values are not valid.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** RateLimitExceededException **   
Too many requests have been submitted. Try again after a brief wait.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** RedirectException **   
This is not the correct Region for the resource. Try again.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ServerInternalException **   
The server experienced an internal error. Try again.  
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** ValidationException **   
The provided input is not valid. Try your request again.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/license-manager-2018-08-01/CreateLicense) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/license-manager-2018-08-01/CreateLicense) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/license-manager-2018-08-01/CreateLicense) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/license-manager-2018-08-01/CreateLicense) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/license-manager-2018-08-01/CreateLicense) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/license-manager-2018-08-01/CreateLicense) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/license-manager-2018-08-01/CreateLicense) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/license-manager-2018-08-01/CreateLicense) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/license-manager-2018-08-01/CreateLicense) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/license-manager-2018-08-01/CreateLicense)