The trial and free mode

• The trial starts the first time you open Glauco on a computer.
• It lasts 14 days, with every feature and every cluster.
• You need no key, no account and no card.
• You may use the trial at work.

A banner shows the days left, for example Your Glauco trial ends in 9 days. You also see it in Settings > License > Status.

When the trial ends, Glauco goes to free mode. Nothing is deleted. The banner says Free mode: one cluster, read-only. and the reason, for example Your trial has ended.

In free mode you can:

• browse one cluster: every resource, YAML, events and logs;
• use the dashboard, nodes, Helm releases and cluster health;
• run a dry run in Apply YAML;
• copy kubectl commands.

In free mode you cannot:

• switch to another cluster, or read from one;
• edit, apply, delete, scale or restart;
• cordon, uncordon or drain a node;
• open a terminal or start a port-forward;
• roll back or uninstall a Helm release.

When you try one of these, the Get a license sheet opens. It says what needs a license, for example Switching clusters needs a Personal or Team license. Click Enter key or Buy.

The free cluster is the context you were on when free mode started. Glauco opens on that cluster from then on. Settings > License shows it under Free cluster.

Terminals and port-forwards that run when free mode starts are closed.

• Glauco shows

  Your trial has ended.

  Buy a license and activate it.

• Glauco shows

  Connect to the internet so Glauco can check your license.

  Glauco checks your license once a day. It keeps working offline for up to 30 days after the last check. Go online, then open Settings > License and click Check now.

• Glauco shows

  Your license is no longer active.

  The subscription ended, or the license was revoked. Check your license at glauco.app/account.