[FlexNet License Server]
Context & Prerequisites
- The first thing to do is decide on which computer you wish to run the FlexNet license server.
This system should be “reachable” by means of a network connection from any system that might want to request a license. It should also be highly reliable.
- The server can be installed on a computer on which the Thermo Scientific Software is installed, but it does not have to.
It is possible to do FlexNet licensing in a heterogeneous environment. That is, the server and the Thermo Scientific Software can be running on different operating systems. For instance, the FlexNet server could be on a Windows platform, with the users running the Thermo Scientific Software on a Linux platform.
- If your site already has a FlexNet license server running that is used for licensing other vendors’ products, this may affect where and how you decide to configure the Thermo Scientific Software license server.
For more information, please refer to FlexNet Publisher – License Administration Guide "Managing Licenses from Multiple Software Publishers".
There are two versions of the license server manager:
1. lmadmin
The web-based license server manager (elsewhere in these articles we will use lmadmin or “FlexNet Publisher® web user interface” interchangeably).
lmadmin provides improved methods of managing the license server and vendor daemons. This will be the only application documented in this starting guide.
For complete technical details, please refer to FlexNet Publisher – License Administration Guide , section “License Server Manager lmadmin“.
2. lmgrd
The original license server manager with a command-line interface.
You can use lmgrd to manage your FlexNet license server but it uses older technology and may become deprecated.
For more information about lmgrd/lmadmin tools, please refer to FlexNet Publisher – License Administration Guide, section "Migrating from lmgrd to lmadmin".
Here is the link to the FAQ section where you can find the documentation on “How to use lmgrd as an alternative to lmadmin“.
To make the license server installation and administration easier, Thermo Fisher provides the Thermo Scientific License Manager for Server tool, which will guide you through the installation and configuration of lmadmin. Thermo Scientific License Manager for Server is supported on Windows platforms only for now. lmadmin can also be installed on Linux, a manual installation procedure is available.
Warning: To install a FlexNet license server, administrator rights are required.