Context & Prerequisites
This process consists of two inseparable steps.
This article covers the first step, which explains how to install lmadmin as a license server manager. For the second step, refer to article KA-01301 "Manage Floating Licenses: Linux - Set up FlexNet Server for TS License".
- System Requirements for lmadmin
The supported Linux platforms to install a FlexNet license server and use the Thermo Scientific FlexNet tools for license administration are:
- Linux x86-64 ( 64-bit) server-tested platforms:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and 9.
- SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3, 15 SP4, 15 SP6.
- Ubuntu 22.04 (Thermo Fisher tested), Ubuntu 24.04.
For more information, refer to the FlexNet Release Notes - section "System Requirements for lmadmin".
The lmadmin installer requires JRE or OpenJDK 1.7 or later. If the JRE/ OpenJDK is not already installed, it must be installed separately, as it is not bundled with the lmadmin installer. Download links are available on the Java and OpenJDK download pages.
Caution: Do not run the 32-bit lmadmin and the 64-bit lmadmin on the same system. If you are upgrading from the 32-bit lmadmin to the 64-bit version, you must stop and uninstall the 32-bit lmadmin first.
- Supported Browsers for lmadmin
lmadmin is tested on the following web browsers:
- Red Hat Linux—Mozilla Firefox 131.x, Google Chrome 131.x
- Download License Server Installer
To use Thermo Scientific software, the relevant version 11.19 or higher of the FlexNet tools must be installed on your system. You can download the latest version of these tools via this link: FlexNet tools 11.19.8 for Linux 64-bit.
Process
Note:
To install lmadmin, run the steps as a non-root user with root privileges (do not use the root user).
Before starting the installation, make sure the Linux Standard Base (LSB) and Filesystem in Userspace (FUSE) libraries are installed:
- For Ubuntu:
- sudo apt-get install lsb-core
- sudo apt-get install libfuse2
- For Red Hat/CentOS:
- sudo yum install redhat-lsb-core
- sudo yum install libfuse
Steps to install lmadmin:
1. Open a command prompt/terminal window in the directory where you have extracted the FlexNet server tools archive, and navigate to the FlexNetLmadminInstaller subdirectory.
2. Install lmadmin:
- Add execution rights to the file ./lmadmin-x64_linux-11_19_8_0.bin by entering chmod +x ./lmadmin-x64_linux-11_19_8_0.bin in the command line.
- Run the command: sudo ./lmadmin-x64_linux-11_19_8_0.bin
- If you encounter an error message about missing libraries, refer to the System Requirements for lmadmin section above.
3. By default, the lmadmin install directory is: /opt/FNPLicenseServerManager
4. Follow the installation steps with default values and complete the process.
5. Launch the command:
sudo chown -R <YourUserName> /opt/FNPLicenseServerManager
6. Add the current directory to your library path with the command:
- For Linux bash:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/FNPLicenseServerManager/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
- For Linux csh:
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /opt/FNPLicenseServerManager/
7. Start the server with the command:
/opt/FNPLicenseServerManager/lmadmin
8. Verify that the server has started:
- Open http://localhost:8090/ in a web browser to access the web user interface.
- The lmadmin process should be displayed by running the command: ps -fC lmadmin
Notes & Related Links
- Installing lmadmin will temporarily stop the current FlexNet Publisher service if it is already running.
- For more information on lmadmin, refer to the FlexNet Publisher – License Administration Guide - section "License Server Manager lmadmin".
- To learn the next steps of this process, refer to article KA-01301 "Linux - Set up FlexNet Server for Thermo Scientific License".