Vivado License#
A valid license for the Vivado software is necessary to generate the bitstream for the Xilinx UltraScale+ (XCZU9EG). Otherwise following error message will be generated in Vivado
![../../_images/vitis_license0.png](../../_images/vitis_license0.png)
Obtain a Vivado license#
There are three ways to get a valid license for Vivado:
Purchase the license from Xilinx
Obtain a 30-day trial license
Obtain trial license#
Open the Vivado license manager.
![../../_images/manage_license.png](../../_images/manage_license.png)
View License Status is empty.
![../../_images/license_manager_empty.png](../../_images/license_manager_empty.png)
Generate a 30-day trial license.
![../../_images/day_30_trail.png](../../_images/day_30_trail.png)
Vivado prompts successful license generation.
![../../_images/trial_license_generated.png](../../_images/trial_license_generated.png)
The license manager shows the license in View License Status after a refresh.
![../../_images/trial_license_activated.png](../../_images/trial_license_activated.png)
License information#
If you have access to licenses (e.g., students at TUM, THN), you can send the following information to your supervisor to receive a node-locked license.
Open “Manage Xilinx Licenses”
Make a screenshot of the “View Host Information” folder
![../../_images/vitis_license1.png](../../_images/vitis_license1.png)
Send the screenshot your supervisor / responsible person in your company / university and request a license
You will receive a license file which you can load here:
![../../_images/vitis_license2.png](../../_images/vitis_license2.png)
Node-locked license is successfully installed
![../../_images/vitis_license3.png](../../_images/vitis_license3.png)