Client-Side Online Activation
In this exercise, you perform a client-side online activation of the PhotoPrint-client product license.
Prerequisites
Log in to the FlexNet Operations Producer Portal to:
| • | Create a transaction key called TS-DemoTransKey: |
| a. | Click Administer > Transaction Keys |
| b. | Click Add a Transaction Key |
| c. | Under Create a Transaction Key, enter these attributes: |
| • | Name: Type TS-DemoTransKey |
| • | Description: Type Demo trans key for trusted storage licensing exercises |
| • | Publisher ID: Select 256-demo |
| • | Transaction Key Seeds: Type eight sets of eight hexadecimal digits each: |
00000000 aaaaaaaa 11111111 bbbbbbbb
22222222 cccccccc 33333333 dddddddd
| • | Binding Type: Select Default Fingerprint |
| • | Do you want to use Anchoring? Select Yes |
| d. | Click Save |
If necessary, refer to the section Getting Started with Entitlement Management to:
| • | Deploy the Retail Activation license model (Deploying a License Technology and Model) |
| • | Copy product PhotoPrint and save it as PhotoPrint-client (Creating a Product) |
| a. | Click Products > Products |
| b. | Search for and select the PhotoPrint check box, then click Copy |
| c. | Under Create a Product, in the Product Name field, type PhotoPrint-client and click Save |
| • | Link PhotoPrint-client to the Retail Activation license model and select Transaction Key TS-DemoTransKey from the Default menu (Linking a License Model to a Product). Remove (unlink) the Nodelocked Uncounted license model and save PhotoPrint-client. |
| • | Deploy the PhotoPrint-client product (Deploying a Product) |
| • | Create and configure an entitlement called ENT-PhotoPrint-client (Creating and Configuring an Entitlement): |
| ○ | for end customer Lisa Barry of BarryPhoto |
| ○ | with a product PhotoPrint-client line item for a quantity of 1 copy and a license that starts at the first activation date and has a duration of 1 year |
| • | Save and deploy the ENT-PhotoPrint-client entitlement (Deploying an Entitlement) |
| • | If this is not your first time through the trusted storage license exercises, perform the steps in Resetting Trusted Storage to remove any client-side and server-side trusted storage files that might exist from previous exercises. |
To activate a license using appcomptranutil
| 1. | In the FlexNet Operations Producer Portal, click Entitlements > List Entitlements. The List Entitlements page appears. |
| 2. | On the Activatable Line Items list, search for entitlement ID ENT-PhotoPrint-client and review the line item details. Note that available quantity and total quantity are 1 for product PhotoPrint-client. Expiration is in 1 year. |
| 3. | At a command prompt in the <platform_dir>, enter the following, where <hostname:port> is localhost:8888 and <act_ID> is the FlexNet Operations PhotoPrint-client activation ID: |
Important:Exercises are based on the assumption that FlexNet Operations and the activation utilities are running on the same system. If not, replace localhost:8888 in the appcomptranutil command with the appropriate host and port values.
appcomptranutil -t http://<hostname:port>/flexnet/services/ActivationService -a <act_ID>
Output is similar to
Server http://localhost:8888/flexnet/services/ActivationService, comms type SOAP
Status: 4, Creating request
Status: 5, Request created
Status: 6, Context created
Status: 7, Connected to remote server
Status: 8, Request Sent
Status: 9, Polling for response
Status: 10, Waiting for response
Status: 9, Polling for response
Status: 11, Done
Response processed successfully. Actions were:
ConfigurationTrustedId “13”
Create fulfillment “FID_d7a83787_46d6_43b1_a65b_ad85e135aa60”
| 4. | At a command prompt in the <platform_dir>, to view the new license rights in client-side trusted storage, enter |
appactutil -view
Output is similar to
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Trust Flags: FULLY TRUSTED
Fulfillment Type: PUBLISHER ACTIVATION
Status: ENABLED
Fulfillment ID: FID_d7a83787_46d6_43b1_a65b_ad85e135aa60
Entitlement ID: ff6a-cf25-7c72-4b15-9d49-945e-4b2f-519f
Product ID: NAME=PhotoPrint-client;VERSION=12.0
Suite ID: NONE
Expiration date: 29-Nov-2016
Feature line(s):
INCREMENT PrintToPDF demo 12.3 29-nov-2016 1 ISSUER="My Corporation" \
ISSUED=29-nov-2015 START=28-nov-2015 SIGN="003F 469C FAA0 F579 \
2035 9632 BDAB B500 67F2 72CE 68BA FF86 4FC8 4123 FF47"
INCREMENT Print demo 12.3 29-nov-2016 1 ISSUER="My Corporation" \
ISSUED=29-nov-2015 START=28-nov-2015 SIGN="0072 6DC3 2310 9577 \
9B9D 781E 36BC 0900 0E73 A2B7 C4A3 99FF BCA0 F23F 1D94"
INCREMENT PrintHighQualityColor demo 12.3 29-nov-2016 1 ISSUER="My \
Corporation" ISSUED=29-nov-2015 START=28-nov-2015 SIGN="0080 \
7DCA A76B 32CD 539C D4D2 F8C5 E900 8A05 0830 DEC5 8686 FB52 \
2E64 B961"
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Review the license rights output, noting the information on these lines: Trust Flags, Fulfillment Type, Status, Product ID, Expiration date, and Feature line(s).
| 5. | In FlexNet Operations, click Licenses > Licenses. The Support Licenses And Maintenance page appears. |
| 6. | On the list, search for product PhotoPrint-client and review the license details. Note that count is 1 because 1 PhotoPrint-client license is activated. Note the fulfillment date and expiration. |
FlexNet Operations 2020 R1 SP1 User GuideMarch 2020 |