Activate

Turn your code into a licence key

Every Secure Desk licence is signed for one deployment, so we issue the key once you can tell us that deployment's Device/Node ID.

Where to find your Node ID

Sign in to your Secure Desk portal and open Settings → License — the Device/Node ID is shown there with a Copy button. It is generated on first start and is unique to that install, so activating a second deployment uses another seat on the same code.

The License section of Secure Desk's Settings screen, showing the Node ID with a Copy button, a 'Starter — unlicensed' badge reading 'No license — Starter (free) edition', the current limits of 1 technician, 1 concurrent session and 0 of 3 access devices, and a box to paste the license key with an Apply license button. — Settings → License. Copy the Node ID from here, then paste the key you get back into the box below it.

An unlicensed install shows Starter — unlicensed here and keeps working: 1 technician, 1 concurrent session, 3 devices.

What to do with the key

Paste it into the licence field on that same screen and click Activate. Your plan's technician, session and device limits unlock immediately — no restart. The relay verifies the signature offline against a key baked into the build, so this works on a host with no outbound internet access.

Haven't installed it yet?

Download Secure Desk and follow the install guide first — the Node ID does not exist until the portal has started once.

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Lost your code?

Your codes are listed in your account, or you can use the activation page directly. Need help? support@secure-desk.io.

Re-submitting the same code and Node ID is safe — it returns the existing key and does not consume another seat, so a double-click cannot cost you one.