Trouble trying to activate community license

Hello, I am trying to reup our ElastiFlow community license, however when I enter the new license the info the error in the log shows…

2025-08-12T13:12:56.244Z info flowcoll.license[default] envconf/logger.go:49 EF_ACCOUNT_ID=***************************

2025-08-12T13:12:56.245Z info flowcoll.license[default] envconf/logger.go:49 EF_FLOW_LICENSE_KEY=****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

2025-08-12T13:12:56.245Z info flowcoll.license[default] envconf/logger.go:49 EF_FLOW_LICENSED_CORES=0

2025-08-12T13:12:56.245Z info flowcoll.license[default] envconf/logger.go:49 EF_FLOW_LICENSED_UNITS=1

2025-08-12T13:12:56.245Z info flowcoll.license[default] envconf/logger.go:49 EF_LICENSE_ACCEPTED=true

2025-08-12T13:12:56.246Z fatal flowcoll flowcoll/main.go:58 exiting because of a license error {“code”: “license/error”, “reason”: “license key contains invalid Claims”}

main.main

   /tmp/collectors/cmd/flowcoll/main.go:58

runtime.main

  /usr/local/go/src/runtime/proc.go:250

My license portion of the flowcoil.yml looks like…

EF_ACCOUNT_ID: “***********************”

#EF_FLOW_LICENSED_CORES: 0

#EF_FLOW_LICENSED_UNITS: 2

EF_FLOW_LICENSE_KEY: “**********************************************”

EF_LICENSE_ACCEPTED: “true”

flowcoil.service shows

Flowcoil service shows

flowcoll.service - ElastiFlow Unified Collector

 Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/flowcoll.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)

Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/flowcoll.service.d

         └─flowcoll.conf

 Active: **failed** (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2025-08-19 13:56:10 UTC; 5s ago

   Docs: [https://docs.elastiflow.com](https://docs.elastiflow.com "https://docs.elastiflow.com")

Process: 151949 ExecStart=/usr/share/elastiflow/bin/flowcoll --config /etc/elastiflow/flowcoll.yml **(code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)**

Main PID: 151949 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

I thought it might have been a version thing, so I went ahead and updated to the latest version and I am still getting the same issue.

Thanks for whatever help or hints you may be able to provide!

If you want to direct message me your account id and license key I can test locally.

Regards,

Dexter

I don’t think I send DMs at the moment? I just joined today. Hate to sound like a newb, but I don’t see on your profile where I can DM you.

You should be able to click my profile name and click ‘Message’ ?

Yea, I dont have that option.

Just a note for the community … after checking the output from:

journalctl -n 200 -u flowcoll.service

… we noticed a GLIBC error related to the operating system. The Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS release is not supported. It is end-of-life and you can’t upgrade GLIBC without upgrading the operating system. Upgrading the OS resolved the issue.

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