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Configuring FME Server to Use a License Server

Windows

  1. To open the FME Licensing Assistant, click Start > Programs > FME Server > Licensing > FME Licensing Assistant.

  2. Enter the name of the computer that is hosting the FME licenses.

    FME Server requires an Engine license and takes that type automatically. If no Engine licenses are available, FME Server cannot be licensed.

  3. Click Activate to complete the connection.

You must restart FME Server to use the license. See Starting and Stopping FME Server for details.

Linux

From the graphical user interface

  1. When FME Server is installed on Linux, log in as the same user who installed FME Server.

  2. Navigate to Applications > FME Desktop > Administration Tools > FME Licensing Assistant.

    The FME Licensing Assistant opens.

  3. On the FME Licensing Assistant, select Connect to a floating license server button.

  4. In the Server Name field, enter the name of the license server, and then click Next.

    5. FME Server requires an Engine license and takes that type automatically. If no Engine licenses are available, FME Server cannot be licensed.

From the command line

  1. Open a terminal window.

  2. Change to the FME Engine directory:

    cd <FMEServerDir>/Server/fme

  3. Run the following command to configure the FME Engines to use the License Server:

    ./fmelicensingassistant --floating  [LicenseServerHost> server

UNIX

To license an installation of FME Server on UNIX

  1. Create a text file called fme_license.dat in <FMEServer>/Server/fme/licenses.

    There might be a template file already in this directory called flexlm_config.dat.template. If so, you can simply rename this file to fme_license.dat. This is the file that tells FME which computer to connect with when looking for license information.

  2. Edit the file that contains the following information:

    SERVER <ServerHostName> Any

    USE_SERVER

    where <ServerHostName> is replaced by the name of your floating license server computer. (This might or might not be the same computer.)

    In the previous examples, the license server was installed onto a host named worf on a local network, using the default port number. The following command uses this example to create the needed license file.

    % cd /opt/fme

    % cat > fme_license.dat

    SERVER worf Any

    USE_SERVER

    <Ctrl+d>

    (Typing Ctrl+d ends the input to fme_license.dat.)

  3. Restart FME to use this license.

    See Starting and Stopping FME Server for details.

    4. Note:  Any examples shown here are simple configurations based on default port numbers. However, FLEXlm allows you to set up other configurations, as well as specify locations for the license server using environment variables. If you want to do this, skip the following procedure and refer to detailed instructions in the FLEXlm User's Guide.

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