AWS License Manager
- What it is
- Centrally track and enforce software license usage across AWS and on premises.
- Built for Bring Your Own License scenarios: Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, IBM.
- What it does
- Define license rules (per core, per socket, per instance, per user) and have AWS block or flag launches that would exceed them.
- Works with Dedicated Hosts for socket- and core-bound licensing.
- Tracks license consumption to avoid both over-provisioning and audit penalties.
- Not to be confused with
- AWS Marketplace — where you buy licensed software with the license included in the hourly price.
- AWS Config — tracks resource configuration, not license entitlement.