Overview: Administrator Experience on the Local License Server

The following table summarizes the basic tasks you perform as a license server administrator on the local license server. Each task description includes a link to further instructions in this online help.

Overview of the License Server Administrator Experience

Phase

Task

Description

1

Configure, install, start the license server

This phase involves installing and starting up the FlexNet Embedded local license server as a service. Before installing the license server, you have the option to configure settings that define the local environment in which the license server will run. (These settings can be edited any time after installation as well.)

See Configuring, Installing, and Starting the Local License Server in this section.

2

Edit local settings as needed

The settings defining the license server’s local environment at installation can be edited any time after installation as needed.

See Editing the Local Settings Post-Installation in this section. Also see the More About License Server Functionality section for instructions for configuration you might need to perform to enable certain functionality on the server.

3

Prepare to use the License Server Manager

The software producer might have provided the FlexNet License Server Manager as a tool with which to administer your license server. If so, before launching this tool, you must have installed Docker and started the FlexNet License Server Manager.

The License Server Manager is described in a separate manual, the FlexNet License Server Manager Guide. This manual is available on the Revenera Product Documentation site (https://docs.revenera.com).

4

Manage administration security

If administration security on the license server is enabled, you need to reset your password and optionally create other enterprise user accounts. See Managing Administrative Security on a Local License Server or CLS Instance for more information.

5

Activate licenses on the license server

A purchased set of product licenses needs to be activated on the license server before it can distribute the licenses to client devices running the licensed products. Any license rights pre-mapped to the license server in FlexNet Operations are automatically activated when the server starts up. However, in some cases, especially when the installed license server is “unknown” to FlexNet Operations, you need to manually activate licenses.

To manually activate licenses on the license server, use the instructions provided by the software producer; or do one of the following:

• If the FlexNet License Server Administrator command-line tool is installed with the license server, refer to Activating License Rights on the Server in the section Using the FlexNet License Server Administrator Command-line Tool.
• If the FlexNet License Server Manager is installed with the server, refer to “Offline Server Updates View” in the FlexNet License Server Manager Guide (available on the Revenera Product Documentation site, https://docs.revenera.com).

6

Administer the license server

The administrator tool that the producer provides with the license server enables you to manage and monitor the server and its operations. For example, you can activate new licenses on the server, monitor license distribution among client devices, manage license reservations, or view and edit current configuration settings that define the server’s environment and policies.

If you are using one of the FlexNet Embedded license server administration tools, you can refer to the appropriate chapter for more information:

• Using the FlexNet License Server Administrator Command-line Tool
• FlexNet License Server Manager Guide, available from the Revenera Product Documentation site (https://docs.revenera.com)

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Uninstall the license server

For various reasons, you might need to uninstall the local license server.

See Uninstalling the Local License Server in this section for instructions.