How to Obtain and Configure an InstallAnywhere Node-Locked License File

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How to acquire and configure an InstallAnywhere node locked license

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Once you have purchased a node-locked license of InstallAnywhere, obtained the InstallAnywhere installation, and installed the product, you can configure your node-locked license. Configuring a node-locked license of InstallAnywhere requires that you obtain a license file (.lic) from the Product and License Center. The following procedure explains how to obtain and configure the node-locked license.

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Note: If you are using InstallAnywhere on a Linux system that is not Linux Standard Base (LSB) 3 compliant, you may need to manually create a symbolic link.

When you install InstallAnywhere on a Linux system, the installation attempts to create a symbolic link to the default Linux loader (/lib/ld-linux.so.2) if a link with the same name is not already present. The symbolic link is necessary for the host ID to be displayed on the Host ID dialog of the licensing wizard, and it is also necessary for successful node-locked licensing. (When you are generating a a node-locked license file, you need to enter the host ID of the machine that has InstallAnywhere.) The link is present on LSB-compliant systems, but it may not be present on systems that are not LSB compliant. If the installation cannot create the symbolic link because you do not have permission to do so, you can manually create it.

To manually create the symbolic link:

1. Log in as root.
2. Execute the following command:

?ln -s /lib/ld-linux.so.2 /lib/ld-lsb.so.3

To obtain and configure an InstallAnywhere node-locked license file (.lic):

1. Launch InstallAnywhere. Before the product starts, the licensing wizard opens.

2. Select the Specify license information option and then click the Next button.

3. On the License Type dialog, select the Node-locked license option.

4. On the Host ID dialog, click the Get a license file from the Product and License Center button. (Clicking this button opens the Product and License Center in a Web browser. Sign in to the Product
and License Center.)

Tip: If you do not have an Internet connection on the machine on which you are installing InstallAnywhere, sign in to the Product and License Center (https://flexerasoftware.flexnetoperations.com) on a machine that does have an Internet connection.

5. In the Product and License Center, acquire the license file for the specific machine on which you are installing InstallAnywhere:

a. In the left navigation, under Entitlements, click Product List. The Product List page shows all of the product lines to which your account is entitled. If you do not have access to multiple products, clicking the Product List link opens the Product Information page directly.

b. If the Product List page shows multiple products, click the InstallAnywhere link. The Product Information page opens.

c. Click the Licenses link for the product that you are installing and configuring. The License Information page opens. This page shows details about the used and unused licenses of the product.

d. Find an unused license in the list and select the License Applicable to Product(s) option that pertains to that license.

e. At the bottom of the page, click the Generate button. The Generate Licenses page opens.

f. In the Node Host ID box for the license, enter the host ID that pertains to the specific machine on which you are installing InstallAnywhere. The host ID is displayed on the Host ID dialog of
the InstallAnywhere installation.

g. Click the Generate button. The View Licenses page opens.

h. Click the Save All button. The Product and License Center displays a dialog box that lets you specify the location where you want to download the license file.

i. Specify a location that is accessible by the machine on which you are installing InstallAnywhere. The Product and License Center downloads the .lic file or files to the location that you specified.
The file is named HostID.lic, where HostID is the host ID that you specified when you obtained the .lic file. You can change the name of this file if it makes it easier to manage it.

6. Return to the Host ID dialog in the InstallAnywhere licensing wizard, and click the Next button. The Browse for License File dialog opens.

7. In the License file (.lic) box, enter the path for the .lic file that you want to use on the current machine, or click the Browse button to navigate to the file.

8. Complete the remaining dialogs in the wizard. The wizard copies the .lic file that you specified to the InstallAnywhere folder and names it License.lic.

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