How to connect a client to a license server in a terminal on macOS or GNU/Linux

Marisa Labrador

February 07, 2019 01:06
Updated

How to connect a client to a license server in a terminal on macOS or GNU/Linux

Open a Terminal.
In the terminal, enter the following commands to create and edit license.dat:

$ sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/flexlm/licenses

$ sudo vi /usr/local/flexlm/licenses/license.dat

Press the i key to enter insert mode and start editing the file.

Enter the following text:
- If you want your license server to use any available port:
  SERVER <server name> 0 ANY VENDOR toonboom USE_SERVER
  Replace <server name>with the hostname of the server.
- If you want your license server to use specific ports:
  SERVER <server name> 0 <license server port> VENDOR toonboom PORT=<vendor daemon port> USE_SERVER
  Replace <server name> with the hostname of the server, <license server port> with the port that you want the license server to use, and <vendor daemon port> with the port that you want the vendor daemon to use.

TIP: You can also specify this_host as the server name to let the license server use the machine's hostname.

Press Esc to exit insert mode.
Type in :wq and press Enter to save and quit.

If the license server daemon is already running, restart it to make it take the new configuration in account:

$ sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.toonboom.LicenseServer.plist

$ sudo launchctl load Library/LaunchDaemons/com.toonboom.LicenseServer.plist

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