The "The registration of CloudLinux OS server is not allowed with specified edition" error

Issue

During the license activation process, there is the following error:

# clnreg_ks –force Server does not have active license yet. Trying to get one using IP licensing flow. rhn-plugin: Error communicating with server. The message was: com.cloudlinux.clos.domain.exceptions.xmlrpc.ClnXmlRpcException: The registration of CloudLinux OS server is not allowed with specified edition.

Please note that there are multiple CloudLinux OS editions:

- Shared (https://docs.cloudlinux.com/)

- Solo (https://docs.solo.cloudlinux.com/)

- Admin (https://docs.cloudlinux.com/cloudlinux-os-admin/)

Your current edition is solo, please, use the corresponding key."

Environment

• CloudLinux OS Shared
• CloudLinux OS Solo
• CloudLinux Admin

Solution

Make sure that you're using the correct license type for your CloudLinux edition.

You can check the license type in your CLN account. 

It's impossible to register the specific CloudLinux edition with another license type.

Cause

Incorrect license type.