Configure a License Server (Linux)

To configure automatic start-up of your license server

Before configuring your license server for Linux, ensure that the following steps have been completed:

• You have installed the Autodesk Network License Manager which contains the following files: lmgrd, adskflex, and lmutil.
• You have received the network license file from Autodesk that contains the product licenses; for example, productlicense.lic.

1. Extract the FLEXnet IPv4 server files into the following directory: /home/<user id>/flexlm11.7.
   Note

   Replace <user id> with your user id, not a root user id.

2. Copy the .lic file into the flexlm11.7 directory created in Step 1.
3. Open a terminal window in root mode.
4. Go to the directory /etc/.
5. Locate the rc.local file.
6. Edit the rc.local file and start lmgrd by entering the following commands in the terminal window:
   Note

   Replace acad.lic with your license file name.

7. /bin/su <user id> -c ‘echo starting lmgrd>\
   /home/<user id>/flexlm11.7/boot.log’
   

   /usr/bin/nohup/bin/su <user id> -c ‘umask 022;\
   /home/<user id>/flexlm11.7/lmgrd -c\
   /home/<user id>/flexlm11.7/acad.lic >> \
   /home/<user id>/flexlm11.7/boot.log ‘
   

   /bin/su <user id> -c ‘echo sleep 5 >> \
   /home/<user id>/flexlm11.7/boot.log ‘
   

   /bin/sleep 5
   

   /bin/su <user id> -c ‘echo lmdiag >>\
   /home/<user id>/flexlm11.7/boot.log ‘
   

   /bin/su <user id> -c ‘/home/<user id>/flexlm11.7/lmutil lmdiag -n -c\
   /home/<user id>/flexlm11.7/acad.lic >> \
   /home/<user id>/flexlm11.7/boot.log ‘
   

   /bin/su <user id> -c ‘echo exiting >>\
   /home/<user id>/flexlm11.7/boot.log ‘
   

8. Save the edited rc.local file.
9. Reboot your machine and verify that the lmgrd and adskflex have started by doing one of the following:
   • During the reboot, look for the message that the license server has started.
   • Check the boot.log file created in /home/<user id>/flexlm11.7/ to see if lmgrd and adskflex have started.