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Before configuring your license server, ensure that:
You have installed the Network License Manager, which contains the
following files: lmgrd, adskflex, and lmutil. For Mac OS X, this installer
also includes important scripts that help you set up your license server.
(See
Install the Network License Manager (Mac OS X) on page 99.)
You have received the network license file from Autodesk that contains
the product licenses; for example, productlicense.lic. (See
Obtain a
License Through autodesk.com
on page 100.)
To configure automatic start-up of your license server
1 Locate your network license file and rename it adsk_server.lic.
2 Copy adsk_server.lic to the following directory: /var/flexlm/
NOTE Create this directory if it does not already exist.
3 Reboot your computer.
4 Use the Console to verify that lmgrd and adskflex start up successfully.
Configure a License Server (Linux)
You configure a license server so that you can manage your Autodesk product
licenses.
To configure automatic start-up of your license server
Before configuring your license server for Linux, ensure that the following
steps have been completed:
You have installed the Autodesk Network License Manager which contains
the following files: lmgrd, adskflex, and lmutil.
You have received the network license file from Autodesk that contains
the product licenses; for example, productlicense.lic.
1 Extract the FLEXnet IPv4 server files into the following directory:
/home/<user id>/flexlm11.7.
NOTE Replace <user id> with your user id, not a root user id.
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