FLOATING LICENSING USER MANUAL
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1. Wy RENDER hysically based unbiased biased amp s pny y gpu FLOATING LICENSING n USER MANUAL Cr THEA eL I l 1 INTRODUCTION Floating licensing stands for a client server licensing mechanism where clients can dynamically retrieve and release their license from another site where the license server resides This way multiple users can have the software installed and running with the restriction that no more users machines than the number of licenses can run the software simultaneously In the example of figure 1 below there are 5 machines where the software has been installed but only 3 floating licenses This means that no more than 3 machines can run the software simultaneously in licensed mode In this example Client 1 Client 2 and Client 4 have retrieved their license from the server but the other 2 clients will not run in licensed mode Having the floating licensing gives the ability to distribute the licenses dynamically as needed by the current user requests Client 3 Demo Client 4 Licensed Client 2 Licensed Client 1 Client 5 Licensed Demo License Server 3 Total Licenses Figure 1 Example case with licensing 3 clients from the server For a license to be dynamically allocated to a particular client the server must have one such floating license available in its license stock Should all the licenses are already allocated a new client request for license will fail and2. 5 1 Using the Application On the client s side all Thea applications Studio Plugins Thea License Proxy communicate with the License Server through a small F application called Thea License Proxy figure 9 This application Appii Kenin collects all requests from the applications communicates with the license server and brings back to an application the requested license It is important to understand that the license proxy can only cope with one license the first time that it retrieves the license it reuses that one to license any subsequent application requests Figure 9 License proxy screenshot If all applications using a license are closed then the license will not be needed anymore The license proxy will by default auto release this license back to server after 10 seconds The user may also release the license immediately after pressing the Release License button 5 2 License Proxy Preferences By clicking the Preferences button a new dialog pops up with Preferences various parameters for the license proxy figure 10 eee The Server Port number is the communication port with the license server Note that the next port number i e 6311 in this case is also being used for communication with the applications Obviously these two ports should not be in use by any other network application If the port changes both license proxy and pfeil all Thea applications need to restart for the new port to take ar
3. right click on either application go to Options and in the popup menu enable Open at Login 3 3 Linux The License Proxy and License Server applications come as components in Thea Studio archive The application shortcuts will be placed on the desktop once the user installs Thea Studio These applications must start manually before any Thea Render application starts in order to be licensed properly Ur Thea Render Setup Choose Components Choose which features of Thea Render you want to install Ctr Check ts you want to install and uncheck the components you don t want to install Click Next to continue Select components to install Thea Studio 32 bit J pee Thea Studio 64 bit License Proxy E License Server H V Data Space required 118 7MB Figure 3 Choosing components Hide Manager Stop Service Options Pe y Keep in Dock V Open at Login Show All Windows Show in Finder Hide Quit BA A Figure 4 Open at Login Copyright Solid Iris Technologies Cr THEA ol i 4 FLOATING LICENSE SERVER 4 1 Using the Application The floating license server application titled Thea License Server is a small application that is typically installed on a machine that acts as a server distributing the license on demand to client machines Check figure 5 to see a representative screenshot of the application In that figure there has been already a floating licen
4. at 192 168 1 192 168 2 5 0 Cancel IE estriction Figure 7 Screenshot of license server during adding Accepted IPs restriction Besides editing a license you can also click the Remove button that will delete the license file from the disk Finally you can also Lock Unlock a license this may be want to have a license assigned to anyone Note that locking license has already been assigned to a client 4 4 License Server Preferences By clicking on the Preferences button a dialog of settings pops up with a small list of parameters figure 8 The port refers to the communication port and it must be the same in for the license server as well as the license proxy applications communicating with the server Note that if there is a change in the port the license server must restart in order for the change to take effect There is also a global list of accepted IP addresses as well as rejected IP addresses These can be used to block any unwanted IP addresses for all licenses should you want to block an IP address for a specific license you can do it from the license form Connection tab when editing the license needed when you temporarily don t a license is not possible when the p Preferences Port Accepted IPs Rejected IPs Cancel Figure 8 License server preferences Copyright Solid Iris Technologies Cr THEA ol l i 5 FLOATING LICENSE PROXY
5. e effect Server Address 127 0 0 1 Auto Release Release Timeout sec 10 Thea for 3dsMax Thea for Fusion 360 The Server Address is the IP address where the server is located Te ee Since this is a fixed IP address the server must be located at a Thea for Rhino machine that its IP is fixed and not dynamically allocated Thea for SketchUp The Auto Release along with the Release Timeout controls the auto release of a license after all Thea applications have been Cancel closed You may disable Auto Release if you want to have the license reserved for more time until for example you restart a Thea application Figure 10 License proxy preferences Finally the Licensing group has all Thea applications that the requested license should cover You Should check all the applications that may be used at any time and you know that they can be licensed For example if your floating licenses are for Thea for SketchUp then you should check both Studio and SketchUp A requested license will then include both Studio and plugin even in the case you run Studio this way the license allocated can also be used for the plugin launched at a later time 7 Copyright Solid Iris Technologies
6. gin serial numbers you have received added license in the list and it can use it already for any client You can add these serial numbers at a later time as well req u ests e 3dsMax Plugin Fusion360 Plugin Cinema4d Plugin Rhino Plugin SketchUp Plugin Activate Plugin Licenses Figure 6b Adding plugin licenses 4 3 Editing a Floating License If you select a floating license row in the list you will see that the Edit and Remove buttons become 5 Copyright Solid Iris Technologies Cr THEA SeulDieiS TECHNOLOGIES enabled Clicking then the Edit button will bring up again the license form You can import export or clear the license in the Misc tab You can also assign IP addresses that will be the only ones to be accepted for becoming licensed or in reverse logic IP addresses that will be rejected from becoming licensed figure 7 This gives you a way to control each license independently for example by reserving a license to a particular machine or pair of machines so as to be always available These restrictions will appear at the last column of the license list for quick inspection 9 Thea License Server lalol x Add License License Input Form Main Plugins Mise Restriction Index Li 1 S Accepted IPs Rejected IPs Enter Accepted IPs Please enter a range of accepted IPs in the example form
7. rst time that such a request takes place the license proxy will communicate with the server to retrieve a license Then this license is reused for all Thea Render applications Should no such applications run anymore the proxy can release the license back to server The obvious benefits of the above scheme is that there is a single point of communication between client and server which makes licensing very robust This scheme also works in the unlucky case of an application crash Furthermore the proxy requires a connection to server only at the beginning when requesting the license for the first time 3 Copyright Solid Iris Technologies Cr THEA 3 INSTALLATION 3 1 Windows The License Proxy and License Server applications come as components in Thea Studio installer In the page of choosing components choose License Proxy should this is an installation on a user machine or License Server should this is an installation on the license server machine After installation of these components the License Proxy and License Server will be placed at Startup menu This means that these applications will start automatically immediately after the user login takes place 3 2 MacOSX The License Proxy and License Server applications come as components in Thea Studio installer These applications must start manually before any Thea Render application starts in order to be licensed properly Should this procedure needs to be automated
8. se installed but not yet allocated to a client Figure 5 License server screenshot The interface of the license server is quite simple and mainly consists of the list of installed licenses In this list you can quickly inspect their number and type along with the client that the license is currently assigned to 4 2 Adding a Floating License The very first thing you will probably want to do in the license cers input Form server application is to add a floating license that you have Plugins Misc _ Restriction Please enter all the following data using ascii characters These data already received In this case click on the Add License button tisisirsmiconserntnsioios y The typical Thea license form will open figure 6a where you willbe used to send you any activation codes need to enter your organization s name and email address along Fui Name with the floating license serial Enter the name email and serial E mail Adress number and press the Activate License button Switch to Plugins studio seria tab and enter any associated plugin licenses followed by clicking Activate License the Activate Plugin Licenses button figure 6b Done Figure 6a Opening license form After the license has been added and activated click on the Hcense Input Form Done button The license server will display now the newly Mis sins Misc _ Restriction Please enter any additional plu
9. the client will run with all restrictions applied in demo mode such as resolution limitation and watermarks In such case where a client must become licensed when the server has no free licenses in its stock one of the already licensed clients must release its license to the server in order to be subsequently acquired to the new client 2 Copyright Solid Iris Technologies C OTHEA QLIDIRI y RENDE O 2 FLOATING LICENSING IN THEA RENDER In Thea Render instead of a single application there is a complete product line that includes the standalone product Thea Studio along with various integrations such as Thea for Cinema4D Thea for SketchUp etc All these applications can be simultaneously running on a single machine Communication of them directly with the license server could result in various issues of synchronization Instead the communication is handled by another intermediate application called license proxy In the figure below we can see how the applications interact between 2 machines the client where the user runs his her applications and the license server Thea Thea for Studio SketchUp License Proxy License Server Figure 2 Typical topology of applications in the client and server machine With the scheme above it is possible for the user to run multiple applications for example Thea Studio Thea for SketchUp etc without the need to communicate with the license server all the time Only the fi
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