Mac OS X License Server Configuration Procedure

Some Autodesk products provide a script to automate part of this procedure. See the "Product Supplements" section of Installation Help for more information.

Before configuring your license server for Mac OS ^® X, 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 Mac OS X license server

1. Create a directory titled flexnetserver under the home directory; for example, /usr/local/flexnetserver.
2. Move the following files: lmgrd, adskflex, lmutil, and your product license file (.lic) into the flexnetserver directory created in Step 1.
3. If it does not already exist, create the directory StartupItems under /Library using the sudo command. For example, sudo mkdir StartupItems.
4. Create a startup item directory; for example, /Users/<user id>/adsknlm.
5. Create an executable script file; for example, adsknlm, by entering the following in Terminal:
   NoteThe executable file name must be the same as the directory name.

   #!/bin/sh
   ./etc/rc.common
   StartService() {   
   ConsoleMessage “Starting Autodesk Network License Manager”
   /usr/local/flexnetserver/lmgrd -c\
   /usr/local/flexnetserver/productlicense.lic -l\
   /usr/local/flexnetserver/debug.log   
   }
   
   StopService() {   
   ConsoleMessage “Stopping Autodesk Network License Manager”
   /usr/local/flexnetserver/lmutil lmdown -q -all -force
   }
   
   RestartService() {
   ConsoleMessage “Restarting Autodesk Network License Manager”
   /usr/local/flexnetserver/lmutil lmreread -c /usr/local/flexnetserver/productlicense.lic
   }
   
   RunService “$1”

6. Grant the executable permission to the script by entering the following in Terminal:

   chmod +x adsknlm

7. Create a property list file named StartupParameters.plist and add it to the directory by entering the following in Terminal:

   {
   Description=”Autodesk Network License Manager”;
   Provides=(“adsknlm”)OrderPreference			=”None”;
   Messages={start=
   “Starting Autodesk Network Manager Service”;
   stop=
   “Stopping Autodesk Network Manager Service”;
   };}{

8. Move the startup item directory to /Library/StartupItems/ and modify your directory permission by entering the following in Terminal:
   NoteFor security reasons your startup item directory should be owned by root, the group should be set to wheel, and the permission for the directory should be 755.

   sudo mv /Users/<user id>/adsknlm/ /Library/StartupItems/
   sudo chown root /Library/StartupItems/adsknlm/
   sudo chgrp wheel /Library/StartupItems/adsknlm/
   sudo chmod 755 /Library/StartupItems/adsknlm/
   sudo chown root /Library/StartupItems/adsknlm/*
   sudo chgrp wheel /Library/StartupItems/adsknlm/*

9. Your resulting directory should look like this:

   drwxr-xr-x
   4 root wheel 136 Jul 31 01 01:50drwxr-xr-x
   3 root wheel 102 Jul 30 01 21:59-rw-r--r--
   1 root wheel 204 Jul 30 20:16 StartupParameters.plist-rwxr-xr-x
   1 root wheel 417 Jul 31 00:45 adsknlm

10. Reboot your Mac and verify in the debug.log file (/Users/<user id>/NLG/) that the lmgrd and adskflex start up successfully.