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Appendix B - License File Format
License File Syntax
106 FLEXnet Licensing End User Guide
License File Syntax
Sample License File
This is an example of a license file for a single vendor with two features.
SERVER my_server 17007ea8 1700
VENDOR sampled
FEATURE f1 sampled 1.000 01-jan-2005 10 SIGN=9BFAC0316462
FEATURE f2 sampled 1.000 01-jan-2005 10 SIGN=1B9A308CC0F7
The license file above allows the license server “my_server” with the hostid “17007ea8” to
serve ten floating licenses for each feature, “f1” and “f2,” to any user on the network.
SERVER Lines
The SERVER line specifies the host name and hostid of the license server and the TCP/IP port
number of the license manager daemon (
lmgrd). Normally a license file has one SERVER line.
Three SERVER lines mean that you are using a three-server redundant license server. The
absence of a SERVER line means that every FEATURE and INCREMENT line in the license
file is uncounted.
The hostids from the SERVER lines are computed into the license key or signature on every
FEATURE and INCREMENT line. For this reason, make sure you keep SERVER lines
together with any FEATURE/INCREMENT lines as they were sent from the vendor.
The format of the SERVER line is:
SERVER host hostid [port]
where:
Example:
SERVER my_server 17007ea8 21987
Field Description
host The system host name or IP address. String returned by the UNIX
hostname or uname -n command. On NT/2000/XP, ipconfig /all;
on Windows 95/98/ME,
winipcfg /all return the host name.
hostid Usually the string returned by the
lmhostid command. This is changed
only by your software supplier.
port TCP/IP port number to use. A valid number is any unused port number
between 0 and 64000. On UNIX, choose a port >1024, since those <1024
are privileged port numbers. If no TCP/IP port number is specified, one of
the default ports in the range of 27000 and 27009 is used.