# C.45 IoncubeLicenseTask The `IoncubeLicenseTask` executes the [ionCube](http://www.ioncube.com) make\_license program. For more information on the meaning of the various options please consult the ionCube [user guide](http://www.ioncube.com/USER-GUIDE.pdf). Table C.54:聽Attributes NameTypeDescriptionDefaultRequired`ioncubepath``String`Path to the ionCube binaries/usr/local/ioncubeNo`licensepath``String`Path to the license file that will be generatednoneNo`passphrase``String`The passphrase to use when generating the license filenoneNo`allowedserver``String`Restricts the license to particular servers and/or domains. Consult the IonCude documentation for more information.noneNo`expirein``String`Sets a period in seconds (s), minutes (m), hours (h) or days (d) after which the license expires. Accepts: 500s or 55m or 24h or 7d.noneNo`expireon``String`Sets a YYYY-MM-DD date to expire the license.noneNo C.45.1 Example ``` <ioncubelicense ioncubepath="/usr/local/ioncube" licensepath="mylicense.txt" passphrase="mypassphrase" allowedserver="00:06:4F:01:8F:2C" expireon="2010-09-01" expirein="7d"> <comment>A license file made with the ionCube encoder.</comment> </ioncubelicense> ``` C.45.2 Supported Nested Tags - `comment` Custom text that is added to the start of each encoded file.