# Activate your QLM Portal license If you have purchased the QLM Portal and if you are hosting your own License Server, you must activate your QLM Portal license as described below. If Soraco is hosting your License Server, you do not need to activate your license. #### To activate your license (skip this step if Soraco is hosting your server) * Launch the Quick License Manager Console * Click on the Manage Keys tab * Click Sites and select your site from the drop-down box. * Click on the License Keys tab * In the QLM Portal License key field, enter your QLM Portal Activation Key * Click Activate. * If you have purchased additional QLM Portal User Licenses, enter your QLM Portal User License in the **QLM Portal - User Licenses** panel and click Activate #### To create user accounts (users that can log in to the portal) * Launch the Quick License Manager Console * Click on the Manage Keys tab * Click on User Accounts * Click on Add and create a new user account. * Associate the user to a User Group if required. Users associated to the built-in group \[None] are considered Administrator users with full privileges. #### To create a User Group * Launch the Quick License Manager Console * Click on the Manage Keys tab * Click on User Groups * Click on Add and create a new User Group. * Associate a user account to the group from the User Accounts page. #### To connect to the portal Enter the URL below in your browser's address bar and then log in with the user account you created earlier.\ \ --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.soraco.co/docs/qlm-portal/activate-your-qlm-portal-license.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.