# Operating appliance without commercial license **URL:** \ **Category:** Pydio Cells\ **Created:** [January 12, 2022, 10:20am UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/operating-appliance-without-commercial-license/4265 "2022-01-12T10:20:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![brainchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@brainchild](https://forum.pydio.com/u/brainchild)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 10:20am UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/operating-appliance-without-commercial-license/4265/1 "2022-01-12T10:20:05Z")
I downloaded the OVF image for “Cells Enterprise”. I am targeting a non-commercial deployment, but no analogous image was available from the list of non-Enterprise installation images. The configuration wizard prompts for a commercial license key early in the process. Is any method available for reverting the deployment to a non-commercial one, and configuring without a key? ---
**Author:** ![zayn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a87d85/32.png) [@zayn](https://forum.pydio.com/u/zayn)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 11:10am UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/operating-appliance-without-commercial-license/4265/2 "2022-01-12T11:10:54Z")
Hello @brainchild as your noticed our images are set with cells-enterprise, if you wish to use the image without cells-enterprise, you will have to replace the binary with `cells` home in the ovf, make sure to stop the service and then replace the binary also you need to use the same version of `cells` verify with `cells version`. ---
**Author:** ![brainchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@brainchild](https://forum.pydio.com/u/brainchild)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 11:51am UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/operating-appliance-without-commercial-license/4265/3 "2022-01-12T11:51:28Z")
Is it possible to enter the system, such as through a shell prompt, after it boots from the initial image, without first completing the setup wizard from a web browser? > [@zayn](#): > > same version of `cells` verify with `cells version` I don’t understand this comment. Versions of which two components must match? ---
**Author:** ![zayn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a87d85/32.png) [@zayn](https://forum.pydio.com/u/zayn)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 11:58am UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/operating-appliance-without-commercial-license/4265/4 "2022-01-12T11:58:06Z")
You would have to SSH inside the appliance when it is running and do the steps manually. It would have you use the command line to replace the binary with a Home version instead of Enterprise. - remote cli (ssh) - stop cells service (systemctl stop cells) - figure where the cells binary is located (I think you can use a command such as `which cells`) otherwise look inside the service file to see where the binary is located (/etc/systemd/system/cells.service) - remove the old cells binary - wget/curl a cells home binary, you can find the latest version here([Index of /pub/cells/release/3.0.3/linux-amd64](https://download.pydio.com/pub/cells/release/3.0.3/linux-amd64/)) - make sure that your cells home binary has the same name as the old binary and it also is in the same location (for the scripts to run correctly) - restart the service (systemctl restart cells) - it should be working. ---
**Author:** ![brainchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@brainchild](https://forum.pydio.com/u/brainchild)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 12:11pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/operating-appliance-without-commercial-license/4265/5 "2022-01-12T12:11:05Z")
> [@zayn](#): > > remote cli (ssh) What are the credentials? > [@zayn](#): > > it should be working. Will the setup wizard run without prompting for a key? ---
**Author:** ![zayn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a87d85/32.png) [@zayn](https://forum.pydio.com/u/zayn)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 12:13pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/operating-appliance-without-commercial-license/4265/6 "2022-01-12T12:13:51Z")
> [@brainchild](#): > > What are the credentials? I think you can find them inside a readme or txt file inside the OVF archive when extracted. > [@brainchild](#): > > Will the setup wizard run without prompting for a key? If you replace the binary with the home version, it will not prompt you for a key. ---
**Author:** ![brainchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@brainchild](https://forum.pydio.com/u/brainchild)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/operating-appliance-without-commercial-license/4265/7 "2022-01-12T14:00:45Z")
I pulled the executable from the link you provided. I placed it in `/opt/pydio/bin/cells`, overwriting the previous entry, and assigning the same user/group/permissions: `pydio`, `pydio`, 755. I had stopped the service `cells` before, and started again after, but the installer in the web page still prompted for the license key. I rebooted the system, and now the web portal hangs with a message “Server is starting”. The logs for service `cells` are as follows: ```auto Started Pydio Cells. 2022-01-12T13:53:31.120Z ERROR pydio.grpc.policy Could not prepare start {"error": "unsupported driver type: "} 2022-01-12T13:53:31.181Z INFO pydio.grpc.update Started 2022-01-12T13:53:31.181Z INFO pydio.gateway.data Started 2022-01-12T13:53:31.182Z INFO pydio.grpc.data.sync Started 2022-01-12T13:53:31.182Z INFO pydio.grpc.data.sync Starting umbrella service pydio.grpc.data.sync. with sources {"sources": []} 2022-01-12T13:53:31.182Z INFO pydio.grpc.statics Started 2022-01-12T13:53:31.182Z ERROR pydio.grpc.token Could not prepare start {"error": "unsupported driver type: "} 2022-01-12T13:53:31.183Z INFO pydio.grpc.registry Started 2022-01-12T13:53:31.183Z ERROR pydio.grpc.acl Could not prepare start {"error": "unsupported driver type: "} 2022-01-12T13:53:31.183Z ERROR pydio.grpc.config Could not prepare start {"error": "unsupported driver type: "} 2022-01-12T13:53:31.183Z ERROR pydio.grpc.oauth Could not prepare start {"error": "unsupported driver type: "} 2022-01-12T13:53:31.184Z INFO pydio.grpc.broker Started 2022-01-12T13:53:31.235Z INFO pydio.grpc.data.objects Started 2022-01-12T13:53:31.236Z INFO pydio.grpc.data.objects Starting umbrella service pydio.grpc.data.objects. with sources {"sources": []} 2022-01-12T13:53:31.236Z ERROR pydio.grpc.user-key Could not prepare start {"error": "unsupported driver type: "} 2022-01-12T13:53:31.243Z INFO pydio.gateway.proxy Started 2022-01-12T13:53:31.244Z INFO pydio.gateway.rest Started 2022-01-12T13:53:31.426Z INFO pydio.grpc.log Started 2022-01-12T13:53:31.427Z INFO pydio.grpc.docstore Started 2022-01-12T13:53:31.428Z INFO Activating privacy features... done. 2022-01-12T13:53:31.428Z INFO https://0.0.0.0 2022-01-12T13:53:31.428Z INFO http://0.0.0.0 2022-01-12T13:53:31.428Z ERROR pydio.grpc.chat Could not prepare start {"error": "unsupported driver type: "} 2022-01-12T13:53:31.428Z ERROR pydio.grpc.meta Could not prepare start {"error": "unsupported driver type: "} 2022-01-12T13:53:31.428Z ERROR pydio.grpc.user-meta Could not prepare start {"error": "unsupported driver type: "} 2022-01-12T13:53:32.326Z INFO pydio.grpc.jobs Started 2022-01-12T13:53:32.372Z INFO pydio.grpc.tasks Started 2022-01-12T13:53:32.388Z INFO pydio.grpc.timer Registering Job {"job": "flush-mailer-queue"} 2022-01-12T13:53:32.388Z INFO pydio.grpc.timer Registering Job {"job": "internal-prune-jobs"} 2022-01-12T13:53:32.389Z INFO pydio.grpc.timer Started 2022-01-12T13:53:32.668Z INFO pydio.grpc.mailer Starting mailer with queue 'boltdb' 2022-01-12T13:53:32.669Z INFO pydio.grpc.mailer Starting mailer with sender 'disabled' 2022-01-12T13:53:32.669Z INFO pydio.grpc.mailer Started 2022-01-12T13:55:16.830Z INFO pydio.grpc.tasks Run Job flush-mailer-queue on timer event Iso8601Schedule:"R/2012-06-04T19:25:16.828696-07:00/PT5M" 2022-01-12T13:58:16.830Z INFO pydio.grpc.tasks Run Job internal-prune-jobs on timer event Iso8601Schedule:"R/2012-06-04T19:25:16.828696-07:03/PT10M" ``` ---
**Author:** ![zayn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a87d85/32.png) [@zayn](https://forum.pydio.com/u/zayn)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/operating-appliance-without-commercial-license/4265/8 "2022-01-13T16:35:13Z")
Hello @brainchild, It seems that there are more scripts involved, therefore it might be a bit more complicated to work with. If you still wish to use the image appliance, you will have to look for more clues on what is happening internally, otherwise can you use another solution like docker ? If you still want to make the appliance work: Few hints, there are 2 scripts that are running when starting the ovf, there is `install-cells.service` which is running the first time and once the installation is done it shuts off and `cells.service` takes the lead. ---
**Author:** ![brainchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@brainchild](https://forum.pydio.com/u/brainchild)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/operating-appliance-without-commercial-license/4265/9 "2022-01-13T17:04:10Z")
I haven’t succeeded in cleanly launching the `install-cells` service. On various attempts, I have seen different errors. The appliance has some confusing features. For example, `/usr/local/bin/install-cells` makes calls to `jq`, but the executable is not in the path. ---
**Author:** ![bsinou](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/forum.pydio.com/bsinou/32/476_2.png) [@bsinou](https://forum.pydio.com/u/bsinou)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 11:22am UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/operating-appliance-without-commercial-license/4265/10 "2022-02-07T11:22:23Z")
Just a quick following on this one: - jq is installed via yum early in the process of generating the CentOS 7 image we use to build the appliance - the appliance rely on a custom `install-cells` systemd service that is launched by default until it completes successfully and configures the `cells` service that is then used to manage the server. So as explained by @zayn the best option you have should be to - spin a new VM - ssh into it - change the binary in /opt/pydio/bin - reboot the VM From there you have good chances that the install script works with no further tweak. You will find useful info if something goes wrong the journalctl log file: `journalctl -fu install-cells --since "10 minutes ago"` I have not tried it as it is thought for enterprise only. But I am quite confident it should work… ---
**Author:** ![brainchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@brainchild](https://forum.pydio.com/u/brainchild)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/operating-appliance-without-commercial-license/4265/11 "2022-02-07T17:57:36Z")
I’m not sure what you’re suggesting that is different from what I had done. ---
**Author:** ![bsinou](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/forum.pydio.com/bsinou/32/476_2.png) [@bsinou](https://forum.pydio.com/u/bsinou)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 10:07am UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/operating-appliance-without-commercial-license/4265/12 "2022-02-08T10:07:42Z")
yes, in such case it would help to have more info on: > [@brainchild](#): > > I haven’t succeeded in cleanly launching the `install-cells` service. On various attempts, I have seen different errors. Or it will be hard to help. And one more time, this image is meant for enterprise customers, so I can try helping you tweak it, but not much more… ---
**Author:** ![brainchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@brainchild](https://forum.pydio.com/u/brainchild)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 7:53pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/operating-appliance-without-commercial-license/4265/13 "2022-02-08T19:53:20Z")
I understand. If you would be willing to review it, I would try to create a more objective and deterministic explanation of events. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/uploads/pydio/original/2X/6/61f19fa52ec15fd4250db51aea351adba0e831fd.png) [@system](https://forum.pydio.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 10:30am UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/operating-appliance-without-commercial-license/4265/14 "2023-05-16T10:30:07Z")
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