Floating License Guide

License Server Management Guide

This page gives you optional settings you can use to manage your License Server.

You can also refer to the Manual published by Reprise by going to [RLM Manual] menu.

View license status

1. Start your web browser and open http://<Hostname>:5054.
2. Click [Status] from the left menu
   
   
3. It shows the status of the license server. Click [cvastah] button in the Server Status column.
   
   
4. Your license information appears below.
   

Now you can also see the license expiry date in CV Members.

View License Usage

1. Start your web browser and open http://<Hostname>:5054.
2. Click [Status] from the left menu
   
   
3. It shows the status of the license server. Click [cvastah] button in the License Usage column
   
   
4. Click [GET License Usage] button.
   
   
5. Now the list of selected license usage appears.
   (user: user’s login name, host: localhost name of the used PC)
   

Release license off assigned users

You can remove users from the active-user list to make the license seat available for other users.

1. Open a License Usage list
2. Click [Remove] button to get the person off the list
   

Using RLM across a Firewall

RLM License Server uses two TCP Ports. One is 5053(default) and another is dynamic.
If you have a firewall installed on the network, the firewall will not allow access to these ports and a connection to the License Server from the clients will be blocked. So you need to change the port number by editing your license file. If you have several license files stored in the license sever, make the same change to all the license files.

When you open a license file, you will see the first two lines as below:

HOST ANY xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 5053
ISV cvastah

The line starting with HOST is the configuration for the License Server. xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx shows the ID of the license server – you cannot change this ID. 5053 is a port number that the license server uses.

Another line starting with ISV is a configuration for the cvastah service, and it indicates that this works with a dynamic port. You can change both port numbers like examples as below:

Example) Changing the HOST Port to 5055 and ISV to 2385 on Windows

HOST ANY xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 5055
ISV cvastah port=2385

Example) Changing the HOST Port to 5055 and ISV to 2385 on Linux

HOST ANY xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 5055
ISV cvastah port=2385

You have to restart the license server after making the change. Also, make sure to configure your firewall to allow access to these ports you set.

Change your License Server Machine

1. Set up the RLM license server by following the instruction here on the new machine you plan to use.
2. Get the Host ID of the new machine by following the step here.
3. Login to CV Members
4. Go to [License Management]
   
   
   
5. Select [Change License Server] and click [Next].
   
   
   
6. Enter the Host ID and the reason for the server machine change.
   
   
7. Follow the instruction on the web page and email you will be receiving from us.

Uninstall the License Server

You can uninstall the License Server when you no longer need it.

Windows

1. Delete the service
2. Delete the RLM License Server Installation folder

Linux

1. Delete the daemon that launches the RLM License Server
2. Delete the directory where you installed the RLM License Server

Using the Options file

By modifying the options file “cvastah.opt“, you can customize how the License Server works to make it more useful for you. Here’re a few options that you may want to use. Also, make sure to restart the license server after you modify this option file.

Export License Usage Report

By adding REPORTLOG option, you can produce detailed report logs for the license activity.

Format

REPORTLOG [+]file_path [std | small | detailed] auth

By adding + to the beginning of the file path, the report log never overwrites the other even after restarting the license server.

Example) Export log to C:\astah\rlm\usage.log in std format. No overwriting.

REPORTLOG +C:¥astah¥rlm¥usage.log std auth

Also, you can use the ROTATE option to set the rotation of the log file.

Format

ROTATE [daily | weekly | montly | #days ]

Example: Set rotation as 30days

ROTATE 30

For more information about this REPORT LOG options, please refer to the RLM Manual.

Control Access

By adding INCLUDEALL option, you can control the access from the clients to the license server.

Format

INCLUDEALL [user|host|group|host_group|internet|
internet_group|project] who

Example: Grant privilege to John on pc1 with IP address 172.16.7.x

INCLUDEALL user john
INCLUDEALL host pc1
INCLUDEALL internet 172.16.7.

For more information about REPORT LOG options, please refer to the RLM Manual.

Control Access per License

By adding INCLUDE or EXCLUDE option, you can control the access of the users per license.

1. Open a license file(.lic) and add the same ID of “options=_id=nnnn” as new to the LICENSE line.

Example: Adding id=00000001

LICENSE cvastah product 1.0 dd-mm-yyyy 10 share=uh _id=00000001
issued=21-nov-2018 options=_id=00000001 _ck=xxxx sig="xxxx"

2. Now modify the option file

Format

INCLUDE/EXCLUDE astah-professional user|host|
group|host_group|internet|internet_group|
project who id=nnn

e.g. Giving access by IP Address for Astah Pro’s license id=0000001

INCLUDE astah-professional internet 192.168.* id=00000001

e.g. Giving access by User Group for Astah Pro’s license id=0000001

GROUP engineers tom dick harry
INCLUDE astah-professional group engineers id=00000001

For more information about these options, please refer to the RLM Manual.

Stop Roaming

By adding the following line in the option file, you can stop anyone from roaming the license. You must restart the License Server after alerting to apply this change.

For Astah Professional

ROAM_MAX_COUNT 0 astah-professional

For Astah UML

ROAM_MAX_COUNT 0 astah-uml