Usage & Features

Account

Magic-link sign-in, license dashboard, device slots, and copying your CHAIN key.

On this page

Account is the web dashboard for Chain Hub Pro license holders. Sign in with a one-time email link — no password. Use it to copy your CHAIN-… key and manage device registrations.

Account does not install the Pro pack. After you copy your key, still run activate and install-pack locally. See Chain Hub Pro.

Sign in

  1. Open Account → Sign in.
  2. Enter the email address tied to your purchase or beta approval.
  3. Open the link we send from licenses@chainhub.one (expires in 15 minutes).
  4. You land on Account → Dashboard with your license details.

Email not arriving? Check Junk or Spam — iCloud and Gmail often filter first-time senders. Open the link in the same browser you use for chainhub.one so the session stays on the same origin.

If Account is not configured on your environment (for example a local docs build), activate with your key in the hub or CLI instead:

chain pro activate CHAIN-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
chain pro status

Dashboard

After sign-in you can:

  • Copy your license key — paste into Settings → Pro in chain hub or run chain pro activate
  • See tier and status — active, expired, or revoked
  • Manage devices — view registered machines and free slots; remove a device to register a new one

Revoking a device here does not uninstall pack files on disk — it only frees an online registration slot. Run chain pro activate again on the new machine after removal.

Legacy offline-only licenses may not show the full key in Account. Contact support or your maintainer for a reissue.

Same-origin sessions

Production builds set PUBLIC_LICENSE_API_URL=/api/license so Account calls the license API on the same host as chainhub.one. Cross-origin license URLs (for example https://license.chainhub.one alone) can drop cookies after magic-link redirect.

Staging sites behind Basic Auth: save credentials for the staging host in your browser when opening mail links. The account UI uses a separate session header and does not replace browser Basic Auth.

Without Account

You can use Pro entirely from the local hub:

  1. Receive CHAIN-… in a welcome email or from your maintainer
  2. Settings → Pro → paste key → activate
  3. Install Chain Hub Pro pack on the Dashboard

Account is optional convenience for key copy and device management — not a requirement for Brain or pack install once you have the key.