diff --git a/cmd/get/get.go b/cmd/get/get.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e16b237..00000000
--- a/cmd/get/get.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-package get
-
-import (
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-)
-
-var GetCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "get",
-	Short: "get is a pallete which contains get commands",
-	Long:  `get is a pallete which contains get commands`,
-	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-		err := cmd.Help()
-		return err
-	},
-}
-
-func init() {
-
-}
diff --git a/cmd/license/install.go b/cmd/license/install.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d1b5f674
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/license/install.go
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+package license
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strconv"
+
+	"github.com/accuknox/accuknox-cli/k8s"
+	"github.com/accuknox/accuknox-cli/utils"
+	pb "github.com/accuknox/auto-policy-discovery/src/protobuf/v1/license"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials/insecure"
+)
+
+var (
+	key  string
+	user string
+)
+
+var installCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "install",
+	Short: "Install License",
+	Long:  `Install license for discovery engine`,
+	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		client, err := k8s.ConnectK8sClient()
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("unable to create Kubernetes clients: %s\n", err.Error())
+			return err
+		}
+
+		gRPC := ""
+		targetSvc := "discovery-engine"
+
+		if val, ok := os.LookupEnv("DISCOVERY_SERVICE"); ok {
+			gRPC = val
+		} else {
+			pf, err := utils.InitiatePortForward(client, port, port, matchLabels, targetSvc)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			gRPC = "localhost:" + strconv.FormatInt(pf.LocalPort, 10)
+		}
+
+		conn, err := grpc.Dial(gRPC, grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials()))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		defer conn.Close()
+
+		licenseClient := pb.NewLicenseClient(conn)
+
+		req := &pb.LicenseInstallRequest{
+			Key:    key,
+			UserId: user,
+		}
+		_, err = licenseClient.InstallLicense(context.Background(), req)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		fmt.Printf("License installed successfully for discovery engine.\n")
+
+		return nil
+	},
+}
+
+func init() {
+	LicenseCmd.AddCommand(installCmd)
+
+	installCmd.Flags().StringVar(&key, "key", "", "license key for installing license (required)")
+	installCmd.Flags().StringVar(&user, "user", "", "user id for installing license")
+
+	err := installCmd.MarkFlagRequired("key")
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("key flag is required : %s\n", err)
+	}
+	err = installCmd.MarkFlagRequired("user")
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("user flag is required : %s\n", err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/license/license.go b/cmd/license/license.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8536688f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/license/license.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package license
+
+import (
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var matchLabels = map[string]string{"app": "discovery-engine"}
+var port int64 = 9089
+
+var LicenseCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "license",
+	Short: "license is a pallete which contains license commands",
+	Long:  `license is a pallete which contains license commands`,
+	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		err := cmd.Help()
+		return err
+	},
+}
+
+func init() {
+
+}
diff --git a/cmd/get/licenseStatus.go b/cmd/license/status.go
similarity index 87%
rename from cmd/get/licenseStatus.go
rename to cmd/license/status.go
index 836df21e..9376ab1e 100644
--- a/cmd/get/licenseStatus.go
+++ b/cmd/license/status.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package get
+package license
 
 import (
 	"context"
@@ -12,13 +12,11 @@ import (
 	pb "github.com/accuknox/auto-policy-discovery/src/protobuf/v1/license"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials/insecure"
 )
 
-var matchLabels = map[string]string{"app": "discovery-engine"}
-var port int64 = 9089
-
 var licenseStatusCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "license-status",
+	Use:   "status",
 	Short: "get license status",
 	Long:  `get license status`,
 
@@ -43,12 +41,13 @@ var licenseStatusCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			gRPC = "localhost:" + strconv.FormatInt(pf.LocalPort, 10)
 		}
 
-		conn, err := grpc.Dial(gRPC, grpc.WithInsecure())
+		conn, err := grpc.Dial(gRPC, grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials()))
 		if err != nil {
 			fmt.Printf("unable to dial to the target grpc: %s\n", err.Error())
 			return err
 		}
 		defer conn.Close()
+
 		licenseClient := pb.NewLicenseClient(conn)
 		req := &pb.LicenseStatusRequest{}
 		resp, err := licenseClient.GetLicenseStatus(context.Background(), req)
@@ -69,5 +68,5 @@ var licenseStatusCmd = &cobra.Command{
 }
 
 func init() {
-	GetCmd.AddCommand(licenseStatusCmd)
+	LicenseCmd.AddCommand(licenseStatusCmd)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/get/uuid.go b/cmd/license/uuid.go
similarity index 94%
rename from cmd/get/uuid.go
rename to cmd/license/uuid.go
index d819a4c8..00abbb26 100644
--- a/cmd/get/uuid.go
+++ b/cmd/license/uuid.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package get
+package license
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ var uuidCmd = &cobra.Command{
 }
 
 func init() {
-	GetCmd.AddCommand(uuidCmd)
+	LicenseCmd.AddCommand(uuidCmd)
 
 }
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 430c8fa4..229085ff 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
-	"github.com/accuknox/accuknox-cli/cmd/get"
+	"github.com/accuknox/accuknox-cli/cmd/license"
 	"github.com/accuknox/accuknox-cli/k8s"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ operation) of containers at the system level.
 
 // adding all the commands with sub commands
 func addSubCommandPalettes() {
-	rootCmd.AddCommand(get.GetCmd)
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(license.LicenseCmd)
 }
 
 func init() {