Before Opening
- Before Opening a Clustering Ticket
 - Before Opening a Document Library Ticket
 - Before Opening a LAR/Staging Ticket
 - Before Opening a Liferay API Ticket
 - Before Opening a Liferay Performance Ticket
 - Before Opening a Liferay Sync Ticket
 - Before Opening an Accessibility Ticket
 - Before Opening an Activation Key Ticket
 - Before Opening an Authentication Ticket
 - Before Opening an Upgrade Ticket
 - Before Opening a Portal Deployment Ticket
 - Before Opening a Search/Indexing ticket
 - Before Opening a Security Ticket
 - Before Opening a Shutdown/Inoperable System Ticket
 - Before opening a ticket related to VPN on Liferay PaaS
 - Before Opening a User Interface (UI) Ticket
 - Before Opening a Web Content Management Ticket
 
Before Opening an Activation Key Ticket
This article provides a short checklist of questions to ask and steps to take before opening an activation key ticket in Help Center. By taking a moment to go through this checklist before opening a Help Center request, you ensure the fastest possible resolution for your issue.
Resolution
- Please review the Activation Troubleshooting Guide
 - If the troubleshooting guide does not help you resolve your issue, please record screenshots of the error or issue that you are encountering to include with a ticket.
 - Attach the Liferay logs generated from startup, and LCS log file where applicable: 
                
You can find these log files in
[Liferay Home]/logs(Liferay Home is usually the parent folder of the application server’s folder). There are 2 types of log files in this folder:Liferay log files: The files
liferay.[date].logandliferay.[date].xmlare the logs for your Liferay DXP installation. Note that LOG and XML files for the same date contain the same information–the only difference is the file format.LCS log files: The
lcs-portlet-[date].logfiles are the LCS client app’s logs. Note that if there’s only a single LCS log file, it may appear without a date aslcs-portlet.log.
 - Please post the host name, IP address, and/or MAC address of your production level servers 
                
- You can do this by sharing a screenshot of the License Manager, located at [ex. localhost:8080]/c/portal/license.
 - Local developer workstations do not require this information.
 
 - If you are using Liferay Connected Services, please review the LCS Troubleshooting steps relevant for your Liferay DXP version:
 - For temporary keys, please also include a description of your use-case and purpose for the request, so that your Account Executive can review the request and approve it.