Floating license installation guide
This guide provides step-by-step instructions for configuring a network license server and
connecting client computers to it, so end users can run the GWB software.
I want to:
- Configure a license server from which users can check out seats
- Set up a user's computer to check out a seat
- Manage and maintain a license server
- Troubleshoot floating license issues
GWB licensing server
- Normal installation
- Please follow this procedure under common network configurations
- Advanced installation
- When the server setup requires a custom port or a specific hostname, or if a single server is intended to support several software packages, follow these steps instead
- Cloud installation
- You can install a cloud license server on Amazon Web Services (AWS) following these steps
End user installation
- Configuring a client
- How to install the GWB on an end user's computer and connect it to the license server, once the server is configured
- Status queries
- Use Lmtools to find out which users have checked out seats
- Off-network use
- Going in the field or away from your network? Borrow a license to use the GWB offline
Server management
- Updating the server
- Advance the license server to support the latest GWB release
- Migrating the server
- Migrate a currently active license server to a new host
- Add an activation code
- Update the GWB activation code on an actively running server
- Server communication
- How does a license server talk to a client computer? Here's a useful summary
Troubleshoot
- Resolve common issues with floating licenses
- Stuck? Follow these steps to troubleshoot your client-server configuration