Floating License?

Submitted by nurikabe on #1

We're looking to potentially deploy a number of servers to embedded devices. If so, ideally we would be able to automate this via our build process.

Some questions:

1. Is there a floating license option?
2. Is there a way to activate the license from the command line?

It will be difficult to automate deployment to devices with a specific serial number; especially if we have to do this via a GUI-based client.

Thanks!

Submitted by Michael on Tue, 2018/03/06 - 10:48

#2

There is no floating license option. Generally if you want to serve USB devices its best to plug them into a permanent server. Then just access those devices from your (temporary) client.

To get the license to paste into the purchase page you can use the LIST LICENSES command e.g

./vhclientx86_64 -t "LIST LICENSES"

then paste the output of that into the https://www.virtualhere.com/purchase page. When you get the license key in an email response, you can put it in like this

./vhclientx86_64 -t "LICENSE SERVER,<license key here>

Submitted by delorishathaway on Thu, 2018/03/08 - 14:08

#3

So as to work with the FL client, you should indicate the address of the license server and port (1101 naturally) and associate with it. Each time FL client connects to the license server it looked at a license from that server and the quantity of accessible licenses on this server is diminished. On the off chance that every single accessible license from the server are rented, the following client who needs to acquire a license must hold up until the point that one of the other client's completes its work and the license is returned back to the license server. At whatever point FL client rents the license from the license server, it always refreshes the server with the message that it is as yet alive. The license server thusly recognizes that the license is as yet legitimate. In the event that the association with the server is lost, the client application won't get affirmations from the server and the client application will be nimbly ended (MagicDraw compels you to spare your work and close the application or attempt to reconnect once more). On account of no refresh from the client, the license server views the license as returned and it is accessible to different clients. Refer website to get more information regarding this.

Submitted by Michael on Thu, 2018/03/08 - 18:49

#4

Yes i know how to implement this, its just that i need to have a "license server" on the internet and where virtualhere runs needs to have internet access. So this is not suitable for a lot of use-cases where people dont have or dont want internet access where virtulhere runs. This is why i dont really want to implement it.