Summary

This articles outlines the steps to test the Vendor Certificate Generator (VCG) using the command line, without having to implement it into Flexnet Operations On-Premises.

Overview

The VCG can take PRD files through the command line to create a license file signature to test if the correct signature for your Flexnet Publisher toolkit has been generated.

Procedure

Perform the following steps to test the VCG:

1. Build the VCG using the instructions found in the FlexNet Operations User Guide.
2. Create file called test.prd and add the following text to the file:

   NOT_METERED
   PRODUCT = Product_A
   OPTION=standard
   ISV = flexera
   METER_COUNTER = 1
   METER_DECREMENT = 1
   VERSION = 1.0
   STYLE=FEATURE
   TYPE = floating
   BEGIN_COMPONENT
   NAME = prod_a_component
   END_COMPONENT
   KEY = 4DEF711B8BADD2AE
   FILE_VERSION = 9

3. Run the VCG through the command line with the following syntax:

   <your vendor name>_vcg.exe fulfill -s 06-jun-2011 -h ANY -n 10 -f test.prd

   This should produce output similar to this:

   SERVER this_host ANY
   VENDOR flexera
   USE_SERVER
   FEATURE prod_a_component flexera 1.0 permanent 10 SIGN="0060 A4F1 DCFD \
   6A9E F276 44E3 E682 9585 B9E0 D70E 4037 8181 A2E7 6205 BDB9 \
   0C59 C4DC 4A2D 7A92 22C9 1A5F 8177 B432 D3CA 78E5 EA5E F442 \
   1B5E 56FC 5EF2"

4. Copy and paste this text into a license file and start up your license server using this license file.
5. Checkout the license with your FlexNet Publisher-enabled application to see if the correct signature has been created through the VCG.

Additional Information

If you run VCG through the command line using the -help flag, you can get more information about the vcg usage:

Usage: <vendor name>_vcg.exe <command> [<options> ...]
commands:
define define a product
fulfill create product license certificates
help print this message
verify verify a product
version print version
Enter "<vendor name>_vcg.exe help <command>" for help on a specific VCG command.