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Network Licensing Creation

The network license service authorizes and controls access to shared licenses on a network. The license for the network license service itself is created in a similar way a local license is created as described in License Creation, to properly configure a network license you must add a MAC address lock and a Feature lock.

Hardware Locking​

The network license is hardware locked, this will ensure only one network license can run within the network. Hardware locking can be achieved by adding a MAC address lock.

Feature Lock​

A network license is a feature based license. A feature based license limits the product functionality to a certain subset of available features as declared in the license. Each product feature is associated with a feature count that limits the number of concurrently running instances of the protected software that use a product feature. Product features are defined by adding a Feature lock.

Installing a Network License​

The network license service reads the network license file from its application folder. To install a network license file:

  • Create a network license as described in License Creation.
  • Save the license to a file.
  • Copy the file to the Network License Service application folder.