Linux License Server Configuration Procedure

Note: Before performing any system maintenance on your license server, see Stop and Restart the License Server.

Before configuring your license server for Linux, ensure that the following steps have been completed:

• You have installed the Autodesk Network License Manager, which contains the following files: lmgrd, adskflex, and lmutil.
• You have received the network license file from Autodesk that contains the product licenses; for example, productlicense.lic.

To configure automatic start-up of a Linux license server

1. Extract the FLEXnet IPv4 server files into the following directory: /opt/flexnetserver.
2. Copy the .lic file into the flexnetserver directory created in Step 1.
3. Open a terminal window in root mode.
4. Go to the directory /etc/.
5. Locate the rc.local file.
6. Edit the rc.local file and start lmgrd by entering the following commands in the terminal window:
   Note: Replace acad.lic with your license file name.

   /bin/su <user id> -c ‘echo starting lmgrd>\
   /opt/flexnetserver/boot.log’

   /usr/bin/nohup/bin/su <user id> -c ‘umask 022;\
   /opt/flexnetserver/lmgrd -c\
   /opt/flexnetserver/acad.lic >> \
   /opt/flexnetserver/boot.log ‘
   /bin/su <user id> -c ‘echo sleep 5 >> \
   /opt/flexnetserver/boot.log ‘

   /bin/sleep 5

   /bin/su <user id> -c ‘echo lmdiag >>\
   /opt/flexnetserver/boot.log ‘
   /bin/su <user id> -c ‘/opt/flexlm11.11/lmutil lmdiag -n -c\
   /opt/flexnetserver/acad.lic >> \
   /opt/flexnetserver/boot.log ‘
   /bin/su <user id> -c ‘echo exiting >>\
   /opt/flexnetserver/boot.log ‘

7. Save the edited rc.local file.
8. Reboot your machine and verify that the lmgrd and adskflex have started by doing one of the following:
   • During the reboot, look for the message that the license server has started.
   • Check the boot.log file created in /opt/flexnetserver/ to see if lmgrd and adskflex have started.