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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

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