License Server
Manufacturing Connect uses an embedded license server to provide site-based licenses to edge device.
After receiving a site license key from the Customer Portal, a respective site license can then be generated and added to the embedded license server. The site license will then be automatically used when activating an edge device with Manufacturing Connect. See Create a Configuration and Activate an Edge Device for more information.
The License Server Management pane includes the following sections.
- Core License List: Shows the activated site licenses and their statuses for edge devices
- Offline Activation: Enables you to activate a site license key with the license portal, and add the respective site license.
- License Clients tab: For Manufacturing Connect version 2.12.0 and later. It allows you to manage the list of Manufacturing Connect Edge instances that are clients to the license server. You can also add license clients directly and connect it through a proxy.
To access the license server management UI:
- Do one of the following:
- Log in to Manufacturing Connect. From the Navigation panel, select Admin Console.
- Log in to Manufacturing Connect Admin Console.
- From the Navigation panel, select License Server. The License Server Management pane appears.
Note: For Manufacturing Connect version 2.12.0 and later, the user interface is split into two tabs: License Server and License Clients.
You can view and manage the following sections in the License Server tab.
The Core License list includes the following information.
- Status: Shows the status for each site-license feature.
- License Name: Shows the name of license features included for your connected edge devices.
- Expiry Date: Shows the expiration date for the license feature.
[1] Show filter / Hide filter: Search by License Name, Expiry Date
[2] Refresh
[3] Action menu:
- Remove
You can add a single site-based license for edge devices from the Offline Activation section in the License Server Management pane. Once added, edge devices that have been or will be activated with a site license will use the added site-based license.
Make sure you have a site-license key, which you can request from the Customer Portal.
To add a site-based license offline:
- From the Create Activation Request section:
- In the License Key field, enter the site-license key.
- (Optional) From the License Type drop down menu, select a license type to add.
- Click Generate request. The activation request appears in the Activation request field.
- Next to the Activation request field, Click the Copy activation request icon. The activation request is copied to your clipboard.
- Click Next.
- From the Make license file section, click the License Portal link. The Licensing Portal page opens in a new tab.
- In the Activation Request field, paste the activation request, and then click Make License. (You may need to verify I'm not a robot) The encoded license appears in the Activation Result field.
- Next to the Activation Result field, click the Copy content to clipboard icon.
- Return to the Make license file section in the Offline Activation browser tab, and then click Next.
- From the Add License section, in the License field, paste the encoded license, and then click Add License. The license is added.
Note: For Manufacturing Connect version 2.12.0 and later, the user interface is split into two tabs: License Server and License Clients.
The License Clients tab allows you to add clients that haven't been activated to a license server. You have the option to use a proxy.
The License Clients tab allows you to manage the list of Manufacturing Connect Edge instances that are clients to the license server. You can also add license clients directly without having to first activate through Manufacturing Connect and connect it through a proxy.
To create an activation request for a device on the license server:
From the License Clients tab, click the Add icon. The Create New Request dialog box displays.
The Add icon for a license server device- Configure the details for the request.
- Label: Enter a label to identify the activated device.
- URL: Review and confirm the license server URL. Update the port value as needed.
- Click Create. The New Request Created dialog box displays.
Click the Copy icon for the activation request.
New Request Created dialog box- Log in to the Manufacturing Connect Edge instance you want to activate and navigate to System > License.
In the License Server Settings section, click Set Server. The Set License Server Configuration dialog box displays.
Set Server button- In the Configuration field, paste the request you copied earlier and click Save.
If the activation was successful, a success message displays.
To remove an activated device from the list, click the Action menu and select Revoke activation.
