--- title: "Updates & Subscription" description: "The System › Updates & Subscription page: update access, in-series updates, series jumps, activation, and optional features." --- > Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.ixolate.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Updates & Subscription **System › Updates & Subscription** is the single place for update access and device activation on an Ixolate box. It replaces the stock firmware page. ## Update access key The update access key selects your update repository: ``` https://repo.ixolate.com/ ``` Enter it once. The box rewrites its update source on configuration reload. The key is checked locally and by the repository. A revoked key returns *404*, and the box enters no-subscription mode until a valid key is entered.
Ixolate box mirror: repo.ixolate.com/<key> repo.ixolate.com key gate + signed plugin repo Package service signature checked on the box 404 no key or revoked key HTTPS + key valid → proxied unknown → 404 Nothing is stored at the gate; the box verifies package signatures itself.
How the Update access key gates updates.
## Checking and installing updates **Check for updates** queries the repository and lists package and system updates for the **running series**. **Update** installs them; a reboot is requested when base system or kernel changed. Branding, theme, hidden menus and the repository pin are restored automatically after every update, on the next boot as well. The page also shows the current version, the plugin release and the effective mirror. ## Series jumps Moving to a new series (for example from one release series to the next) changes the operating-system ABI and is deliberately not exposed as a button. It is done together with support: 1. All in-series updates are installed and the box is rebooted. 2. Support runs the series jump through the update access path and reboots. 3. The plugin is updated once more after the reboot. ## No-subscription mode Without a key, or with a revoked one, the box keeps running with its current packages. Updates are refused, the mirror reads `no-subscription`, and the page says so. Optional features that shipped on the media can still be enabled because their catalogue is local. ## Activation The **Activation** tab shows the activation hardware ID, activation status, device ID, and target release. It accepts one `IXD1` activation key through **Install activation key**. Supported renewal, revocation, and update operations use `IXU1` keys. The activation hardware ID is derived from the appliance hardware identity and remains stable across reinstalls on the same device. An administrator approves the device in the control panel, then issues the activation key. The appliance verifies the key locally and records activation claims without exposing key material in logs or URLs. ## Logging Every action on this page is logged to the system log with the tag `ixolate-entitlement`, visible under **System › Log Files › General**. Source: https://docs.ixolate.com/get-started/updates-and-subscription/index.mdx