From ca472a99877af18f5236bf4eb1ff4cb2c1062b69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hannah Cooper Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 22:13:08 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] GITBOOK-38: What is a node update #2 --- faqs/licensing/what-is-a-node-for-licensing-purposes.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/faqs/licensing/what-is-a-node-for-licensing-purposes.md b/faqs/licensing/what-is-a-node-for-licensing-purposes.md index 789f66fe..4cdd6e4c 100644 --- a/faqs/licensing/what-is-a-node-for-licensing-purposes.md +++ b/faqs/licensing/what-is-a-node-for-licensing-purposes.md @@ -93,5 +93,7 @@ But what if you're running multiple environments? Let's combine what we have abo
-You'll note the Portainer Server is only running in one place - the management server. The rest of the cluster is running the Portainer Agent. With three Docker Swarm nodes and three nodes in the Kubernetes cluster that's 6 nodes, plus the management node makes 7, for a 7 node license.\ +You'll note the Portainer Server is only running in one place - the management server. The rest of the cluster is running the Portainer Agent. With three Docker Swarm nodes and three nodes in the Kubernetes cluster that's 6 nodes, plus the management node makes 7, for a 7 node license. If the management server in this example was acting purely as a management server, not running any other container workloads and not itself being managed by Portainer, then a node license would not be consumed, taking the total count to 6 nodes. + +\ Hopefully that has made the node licensing model easier to understand. If you're still confused, feel free to [Contact our Sales team](https://www.portainer.io/contact-sales) who can help put a quote together for your specific needs.