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Install the

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license server

Download the license server from here.

Then extract the rlm folder from the archive and move them to a directory on your (license server) machineInstall the rpm file or use the tar.gz archive and extract it. You can put the rlm LicenseServer folder anywhere but we recommend

/opt/Toolchefs/

If you have already a RLM server of another vendor running on your machine, you should copy only the toolchefs.set file to the existing RLM location.

Install the license files

Copy the license file to the rlm folderLicenseServer folder. This is the directory that contains the RLM server executable. The license server automatically loads all .lic files from this directory.

If you install new licenses when the server is already running, please remember to restart the server.

Starting the

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license server at boot time on Linux

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Follow these steps only if you manually installed the license server using the tar.gz archive.

The LicenseServer folder includes a toolchefslmd script that you can use as a startup script.

Note: Do the following as root or using sudo.

1. Edit rlmd toolchefslmd and specify the path of the rlm LicenseServer folder:

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rlmdirtoolchefslmdir=/opt/Toolchefs/rlmLicenseServer

2. Copy rlmd toolchefslmd to:

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cp /opt/Toolchefs/rlmLicenseServer/rlmdtoolchefslmd /etc/rc.d/init.d/ (Red Hat, CentoOS, Fedora) cp /opt/Toolchefs/rlmLicenseServer/rlmdtoolchefslmd /etc/init.d/ (Debian, Ubuntu, SUSE)

3. Add the rlm service with chkconfig:

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chkconfig --add rlmdtoolchefslmd

4. Make sure rlmd is enabled

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chkconfig rlmdtoolchefslmd on

5. Start the license server:

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service rlmd starttoolchefslmd start

Change default TCP ports

The license server uses the 5063 and 5064 TCP ports by default. To change these ports, modify the file /opt/Toolchefs/LicenseServer/config.xml