Getting Started with Cloud Licensing Service

Version:Cloud Licensing Service features are only available for producers who purchase the Cloud Licensing Service module.

The purpose of this section Getting Started with Cloud Licensing Service is to provide an overview on the use of FlexNet Operations and FlexNet Cloud Licensing Service (a feature of FlexNet Operations). For FlexNet Operations users who use FlexNet Embedded licensing, the FlexNet Cloud Licensing Service allows the rapid deployment of cloud-hosted license servers.

This getting started section primarily describes concepts and tasks related to FlexNet Operations with FlexNet Cloud Licensing Service. For information about implementing a FlexNet Embedded client that communicates with license servers, see the appropriate FlexNet Embedded documentation. For example, the FlexNet Embedded Client C SDK User Guide or the FlexNet Embedded Client C XT SDK User Guide.

This getting started section is organized into the following sections.

Topic	Content
FlexNet Cloud Licensing Service Concepts	Provides general information about FlexNet Embedded license server terminology and tasks.
FlexNet Cloud Licensing Service Exercises	Provides a walkthrough of creating a cloud-hosted license server in FlexNet Operations.

To view a brief, informative video that walks you through the exercises in Getting Started with Cloud Licensing Service, click here. We recommend that you read this getting started section in full, to gain an understanding of the concepts it covers, before you view the video.

Additional Documentation

In addition to this manual, you can consult the Swagger documentation, which provides more detailed information.

Depending on your AWS instance, use one of the following URLs to access the online REST API reference documentation:

https://<siteID>-uat.compliance.flexnetoperations.eu/GlobalLicensingService/documentation

https://<siteID>-uat.compliance.flexnetoperations.com/GlobalLicensingService/documentation

where <siteID> is your organization’s site ID which is supplied by Revenera. For production environments, omit "‑uat". For more information on <siteID>, see About Your Site ID.