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CodeMeter License Central 5.1: Cloud-Agnostic, Scalable, and Future-Ready
Customer expectations are rising, markets remain volatile, supply chains are becoming more complex, and regulations are tightening. Today, anyone licensing and delivering software needs more than just a powerful product, they require digital sovereignty, high availability, dynamic scalability, and the ability to adapt quick- ly to change. This is exactly where our approach comes in.
LICENSING
CodeMeter License Central is Wibu-Systems’ central backoffice component for CodeMeter licensing. It enables independent software vendors( ISVs) and intelligent device manufacturers( IDMs) to define and distribute licenses, create product packages, and manage sales options – either manually or automatically through integrations with CRM or ERP systems.
With versions 5.0( Q2 2025) and 5.1( Q4 2025), we are modernizing the operation of CodeMeter License Central through containerization and the use of Kubernetes. This enables us to deliver a cloud-based solution that is vendor-independent and deployable in any public cloud, allowing you to stay flexible across multiple cloud regions and even your own data centers. Built on market-proven technology, it ensures reliability through automatic failover and minimizes downtime during updates. The new Wibu Registry provides verified images and ensures transparency in quality and maintenance.
While your competitors get lost in infrastructure details, you can stay focused on revenue, innovation, and your customers’ needs.
The following sections highlight the technological innovations and their concrete benefits, as well as the upcoming changes to the licensing model.
Scalability and High Availability with Kubernetes
To provide maximum availability, scalability, and resilience, Wibu-Systems has adopted Kubernetes as the orchestration layer for CodeMeter License Central. Kubernetes is the recognized standard across major cloud providers: AWS( with its global infrastructure), Microsoft Azure( the enterprise cloud), Google Cloud( a leader in data and AI), and Alibaba Cloud( the regional powerhouse in Asia). This ensures that Code- Meter License Central can be deployed independently of any single provider, offering freedom of choice and guaranteed continuity in a shifting global environment.
The foundation for this step was laid with CodeMeter License Central 5.0, which introduced containerization in spring 2025. Building on this, version 5.1 completes the transition with full Kubernetes orchestration. Customers now benefit from a platform that is not only portable across infrastructures, but also dynamically scalable and resilient by design.
Hosting Operation Until now, CodeMeter License Central has been operated in two data centers in Germany. From version 5.1 onward, operation moves to AWS Germany or equivalent cloud environments, orchestrated by Kubernetes. This allows us to flexibly select the most suitable hosting provider for any region – ensuring compliance, resilience, and local performance advantages, particularly in fast-growing markets like Asia.
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