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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 system “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 system and the
TCP/IP port number of the license server manager (
lmgrd). Normally a license file has one
SERVER line. Three SERVER lines mean that you are using a three-server redundant license
server system. 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] [PRIMARY_IS_MASTER] [SERVER_TIMEOUT=seconds]
where:
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.