Licenses — Tutorials

Set up a FlexLM license server

This tutorial walks through setting up a FlexLM license server connected to Vantage.

Prerequisites: A FlexLM license file from your software vendor, a server (Vantage-hosted or your own).

1. Choose a hosting model — Decide between Vantage-hosted (Vantage manages the server) or User-hosted (you run it).

2. Obtain your license file — Request a FlexLM license file from your software vendor. The file contains the feature lines and server hostname that FlexLM uses for checkout.

3. Deploy the server — For Vantage-hosted: provide the license file to Vantage support. For user-hosted: install FlexLM on your server, place the license file in the FlexLM installation directory, and start the lmgrd daemon.

4. Register in Vantage — In the left sidebar, click Licenses, then select Configurations. Click Add License Server, select FlexLM, enter the hostname and port (default: 27000).

5. Test the connection — Vantage pings the server. If it fails, check firewall rules for the license port.

6. Submit a job — Configure your job with the license feature name. Vantage checks out a license automatically when the job starts.

For detailed FlexLM configuration, see the FlexLM how-to guide.