Floating-cached Licenses

A floating-cached license enables multiple machines to use the same license. The amount of "seats" specified during purchase number how many concurrent users can check out a license.

These types of licenses run through a local license server. You need to able to contact the license server to be able to check out a license.

Setting up the license server

  1. Download or copy the RLM bundle to the machine you want to run the license server on.

    1. You can download the RLM bundle at https://www.reprisesoftware.com/admin/software-licensing-downloads.php. Versions for all platforms are available there. Please select the appropriate package.

  2. Unpack the archive to a user-defined directory.

    1. It is recommended to create a new folder in the c:\ root directory and keep all your license-related files in there.

  3. Download the ISV file (if you don’t already have it) hightec-rt.set from https://download.hightec-rt.com/maildata/hightec-rt.set.

  4. Copy the ISV file and paste it into your user-defined directory (to the same directory where the rlm.exe file is located).

  5. Copy the server license (cached/floating/roaming) that you received upon purchase to another user-defined directory.

    1. It is recommended to keep this in a subdirectory of the c:\ root directory, e.g., c:\Reprise\Licenses\.

  6. To start the license server, open a terminal in the directory of your rlm executable and run it by typing "rlm.exe -c <path_to_license>".

    1. For this example case, this would be done by typing:

rlm.exe -c c:\Reprise\Licenses\YourHighTecLicense.lic

Your license server should now be active. You can try it out by accessing the RLM web interface by typing "http:\\<hostname>@<port_number>" into your web browser.

To access the license server you need to set up the RLM_LICENSE variable and point it to your license server, i.e., set RLM_LICENSE=<hostname>@<port_number>. This needs to be done for each client machine trying to access the license server.

Notes

  • As of RLM v15.1 an automatic username and password are set for you. Username: admin, password: admin. If you don’t change the password, the license server will shut down within 10 minutes. The password can most easily be changed via the RLM web interface.

  • In case you have more than one product licensed through RLM the standard port number may be occupied. This can easily be fixed by changing the port number inside of your license file. The port number is listed under the "HOST" line in your license file. The standard port number is 5053. HighTec does not need to validate this change in the license file.