# Enterprise Trial –– Get Started

Congratulations on starting your CockroachDB Enterprise Trial! With it, you'll not only get access to CockroachDB's core capabilities like high availability and `SERIALIZABLE` isolation, but also our Enterprise-only features like distributed `BACKUP` & `RESTORE`, geo-partitioning, and cluster visualization.

## Install CockroachDB

If you haven't already, you'll need to locally install, remotely deploy, or orchestrate CockroachDB.

## Enable Enterprise features

As the CockroachDB `root` user, open the built-in SQL shell in insecure or secure mode, as per your CockroachDB setup. In the following example, we assume that CockroachDB is running in insecure mode.

    $ cockroach sql --insecure

Note:

If you've secured your deployment, you'll need to include the flags for your certificates instead of the `--insecure` flag.

Now, use the `SET CLUSTER SETTING` command to set the name of your organization and the license key:

    >  SET CLUSTER SETTING cluster.organization = 'Acme Company'; SET CLUSTER SETTING enterprise.license = 'xxxxxxxxxxxx';

Then verify your organization in response to the following query:

    >  SHOW CLUSTER SETTING cluster.organization;

## Use Enterprise features

Your cluster now has access to all of CockroachDB's enterprise features for the length of the trial:

- `BACKUP` & `RESTORE`, which leverage your entirely cluster to create and consume consistent backups.
- Geo-partitioning to control the physical location of your data with row-level granularity.
- Node Maps, which provides enhanced visuals of your cluster's nodes.
- Use role-based access management (RBAC) for simplified user management.

## Getting help

If you or your team need any help during your trial, our engineers are available on CockroachDB Community Slack, our forum, or GitHub.

## See also

- Enterprise Licensing
- `SET CLUSTER SETTING`
- `SHOW CLUSTER SETTING`