Installation and Client Setup

This guide is for end users who will install Astah under an Astah Faculty Site License.

With this license, eligible faculty, staff, and students may use Astah on university-owned computers in the licensed department and on their personally owned computers.

Summary of Steps

  1. The license administrator generates the license files. (If the files have not been generated yet, the administrator must complete license registration first.)
  2. The administrator distributes the appropriate license file to end users.
  3. End users download Astah, set the license file, and activate it on their computers.

Administrator note:

  • You can distribute license files by email or by making them available on an internal website or shared folder for eligible users.
  • If you want to install Astah quietly on many campus computers, see the silent-install guide.

End Users: Install and Activate

First, receive a set of license files from your teacher or the license administrator. The license file you use varies depending on the product.

License file nameTarget product
astah_faculty_license.xmlAstah Professional
astah_faculty_sysml.licAstah SysML
astah_faculty_system_safety.licAstah System Safety

Now, choose the product you want to use.

Use Astah Professional

  1. Download Astah Professional.
  2. Launch Astah Professional and go to [Help] – [License] from the main menu.
  3. A license window opens. Click [Set License key] and choose your “astah_faculty_license.xml“.
    License Management Dialog

  4. Then you are all set! The following online content should help you pick up Astah faster:

Use Astah System Safety

  1. Download Astah System Safety.
  2. Launch Astah System Safety. You will be asked to set a license file. Click [Yes].
  3. In the window below, click [Set License key] and specify the “astah_faculty_system_safety.lic” file.
    Astah System Safety License Setup Window

  4. Then you are all set! The following online content should help you pick up Astah faster:

Use Astah SysML

  1. Download Astah SysML.
  2. Launch Astah SysML and go to [Help] – [License] from the main menu.
  3. A license window opens. Click [Set License key] and choose “astah_faculty_sysml.lic“.
    Astah SysML License Setup Window

  4. Now you are all set!