# Maker Edition License Activation **URL:** \ **Category:** Maker\ **Created:** [August 31, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/maker-edition-license-activation/38228 "2020-08-31T23:20:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eric.peery](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/eric.peery/32/11897_2.png) [@eric.peery](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/eric.peery)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/maker-edition-license-activation/38228/1 "2020-08-31T23:20:02Z")
I’m getting an error " Unable to Activate License" and “Unable to send HTTP POST request” when I try to activate a Maker Edition license. I’m currently at a loss as to how to troubleshoot the problem. Maker Edition is running on a Linux Ubuntu 20.04 server. ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 12:30am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/maker-edition-license-activation/38228/2 "2020-09-01T00:30:09Z")
Can your maker installation reach the internet? That’s a requirement for Ignition Maker. ---
**Author:** ![eric.peery](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/eric.peery/32/11897_2.png) [@eric.peery](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/eric.peery)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/maker-edition-license-activation/38228/3 "2020-09-21T22:09:34Z")
Embarrassingly, after I was able to dig into this issue more; my problem was that my wife had “paused” the internet connection to my Ignition server. Thank you Comcast for making network management dangerously simple.