# Testing enterprise features in OSS without the license **URL:** \ **Category:** Search Guard\ **Created:** [September 11, 2019, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/testing-enterprise-features-in-oss-without-the-license/1648 "2019-09-11T15:28:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ploffay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.search-guard.com/ploffay/32/626_2.png) [@ploffay](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/ploffay)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/testing-enterprise-features-in-oss-without-the-license/1648/1 "2019-09-11T15:28:54Z")
Can somebody clarify licensing of enterprise features when only used in OSS project to test that integration works? We would like to run e2e test to verify token-based authentication with document-level security. We are planning to build ES image (pushed to public docker hub) with installed enterprise modules and use it in our CI to verify that the whole setup works. Initially we want to start with ES5 and later migrate to ES6. Do we need to buy a license for our use case? Could somebody provide feedback how we could proceed in this scenario? ---
**Author:** ![jkressin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.search-guard.com/jkressin/32/9_2.png) [@jkressin](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/jkressin)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/testing-enterprise-features-in-oss-without-the-license/1648/2 "2019-09-11T15:51:17Z")
No, you don’t need a license unless you move your installation to production. For a non-production system like a CI you can try out and use the enterprise features for as long as you like. ---
**Author:** ![ploffay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.search-guard.com/ploffay/32/626_2.png) [@ploffay](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/ploffay)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 7:40am UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/testing-enterprise-features-in-oss-without-the-license/1648/3 "2019-09-12T07:40:12Z")
Thanks for the response. Can we publish the ES image with enterprise modules to public dokerhub repository? ---
**Author:** ![jkressin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.search-guard.com/jkressin/32/9_2.png) [@jkressin](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/jkressin)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 8:28am UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/testing-enterprise-features-in-oss-without-the-license/1648/4 "2019-09-12T08:28:41Z")
Sure, you can. As long as the images are not used in production, there is no problem with that. ---
**Author:** ![ploffay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.search-guard.com/ploffay/32/626_2.png) [@ploffay](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/ploffay)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 8:50am UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/testing-enterprise-features-in-oss-without-the-license/1648/5 "2019-09-12T08:50:16Z")
We will not use them in prod, but they will be publicly avaiable. ---
**Author:** ![jkressin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.search-guard.com/jkressin/32/9_2.png) [@jkressin](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/jkressin)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/testing-enterprise-features-in-oss-without-the-license/1648/6 "2019-09-12T16:41:31Z")
Understood, that’s fine. We also have a couple of images out there that we use for testing and integration purposes, so it’s not an issue for us. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.search-guard.com/system/32/1870_2.png) [@system](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/testing-enterprise-features-in-oss-without-the-license/1648/7 "2019-10-03T16:41:34Z")
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