User guide

Appendix B - License File Format
License File Syntax
110 FLEXnet Licensing End User Guide
VENDOR Lines
The VENDOR line specifies the daemon name and path. lmgrd uses this line to start the vendor
daemon, and the vendor daemon reads it to find its options file. The format of the VENDOR
line is shown below.
VENDOR vendor [vendor_daemon_path]\
[[OPTIONS=]options_file_path] [[PORT=]port]
where:
Field Description
vendor Name of the vendor daemon used to serve some feature(s) in the
file. This name cannot be changed by the administrator.
vendor_daemon_
path
Optional path to the executable for this daemon. Generally the
license administrator is free to install the daemon in any
directory. (It is recommended, however, that it be installed in a
local directory on the license server machine.)
If omitted,
lmgrd looks for the vendor daemon binary in
• the current directory
• the path specified in
lmgrd’s $PATH environment variable
• in the directory where
lmgrd is located
If vendor_daemon_path is blank, then any options or
TCP/IP port number specifications require the
OPTIONS= and
PORT= strings.
options_file_
path
Full path to the end-user options file for this daemon. FLEXnet
Licensing does not require an options file.
If omitted, the vendor daemon, by default, looks for a file called
vendor.opt (where vendor is the vendor daemon name)
located in the same directory as the license file.
port Vendor daemon TCP/IP port number.
The default, if
port is not specified, is chosen by the operating
system at run-time. Sites with Internet firewalls need to specify
the TCP/IP port number the daemon uses. If a TCP/IP port
number is specified on the VENDOR line, there may be a delay
restarting the vendor daemon.