Setup guide

2 Log in to support portal: https://edge.autodesk.com/LicenseAssignment.
3 Follow the links to set up your license server assets and select the software that you want to access
using a network license.
Your license codes are emailed to you.
License the workstation with a local or single remote license
server
Create license files
■ For a redundant network license server configuration, you must create the license files for the workstation
and license server manually. See Create a license file for a remote license server (page 88) and Configure
the workstation to use a set of redundant license servers (page 89).
■ To license the workstation with a local license or a single remote license server, use the license wizard:
1 Start the application. If no license file is found, the License Wizard opens.
2 Select “Yes, install the license code” and click Next.
3 In the License Installation dialog, do one of the following and click next:
■ If the license server is on the same machine as your Creative Finishing application, select Local
Network License.
■ If the license server is on another machine, select Remote Network License.
4 Open the license file you received from Autodesk in a text editor or display its contents in the shell.
5 In the Local Network License Installation dialog, select the license text and copy and paste the text
into the field. The text should resemble the following:
SERVER servername DLHOST03=2BB094B4722BDBECFA218BD3A6BB8F83
VENDOR discreet_l
USE_SERVER
PACKAGE smokeadvanced_x86_64_r discreet_l \
Ensure the servername (in the first row) is replaced with the actual name of the computer your
license server is on.
6 Click Install.
7 Start the license server (page 90).
The license wizard creates the following license files:
■ Workstation license: /usr/local/flexlm/licenses/DL_licenseNetwork.dat
■ For a local license server, it creates the license server license:
/usr/discreet/licserv/licenses/DL_license.dat.
■ For a remote license server, you must create the license file for the license server manually. See Create a
license file for a remote license server (page 88).
Create a license file for a remote license server
After you receive your license codes, edit the /usr/discreet/licserv/licenses/DL_license.dat license file
on the license server (or all three servers, if you are configuring redundant license servers), and enter the
license codes you received from Autodesk.
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