Hostid Types

FlexNet Embedded supports the following standard hostid types. If no hostid is specified, the license server looks up the hostids in the native DLL component of the local license server, in the order in which they are listed in the following table:

License server hostid types

Hostid

Description

producer-defined

In addition to the standard hostid types (ethernet, flexid-9, flexid-10, and vm_uuid), the software producer can optionally specify a producer-defined hostid value to identify the server to the back office. This hostid is defined in producer_settings.xml.

ethernet

The unique identifier assigned to each network interface controller (NIC).

flexid9

The hostid of the Aladdin dongle attached to the server.

flexid10

The hostid of the Wibu-Systems dongle attached to the server.

VM-UUID

Available if virtual machine detection is enabled.