Installing Floating License Server

In order to run a Visual Paradigm product with floating license, you need to install the Floating License Server program on a server machine first, then import the floating license tkey file to server and finally let the client product(s) access the server to acquire license. Both the server program and the key file can be downloaded from your customer account. Download them, and read through this page to install the floating license server. Before you start, make sure you have a machine ready for the installation of floating license server. The minimum requirement of such machine is that it must be accessible by client machines through network, either Intranet or Internet.

1. Having downloaded the zipped Visual Paradigm Server to the server machine, extract it to the folder where you want the Floating License Server to install to. When finish, you obtain a folder VPServer.

   Extracting the zipped VP Server

2. Start up the server by running VPServer\scripts\startup.bat file (startup.sh for Linux and Mac OS X). You may see a command console appear. Do NOT close it or else the server will be stopped.
   

   Command console

3. Open your Web browser and visit: http://127.0.0.1:1999/
4. The server installation page appears. Enter your organization's name and a new administrator password. Enter the same password again for confirmation. Click Select Module at bottom right to proceed.
   

   Organization name and password are entered

5. In the Select Module page, select the module(s) you need to activate. Select Floating License Module.
   

   Select Floating License Module

   NOTE:

   You can select more than one modules. In this user's guide only the Floating License Module will be covered. If you want to know the details about the other supported modules, please check from their user's guides.

6. Click Configure Database/Module at bottom right. The Configure Database page appears.
7. There is data that VP Server need to make persistent, such as your login name, password, server repository path, etc. All these have to be stored in a database. Initially the Embedded database would be selected for you. The Embedded database is a ready-to-use database managemnet system built into the server. In other words, no additional database setup has to be made by choosing Embedded database. If you want to store data in an external database, click Change and fill in the connection information of the database. You need to prepare an empty database if you take the option of external database.

   Going to select a database

8. Click Configure Module at bottom right. The Configure Floating License Module page appears.
9. In the License Key section, click Browse and select your floating license key file (floatinglicense.keys) to import.
10. You can optionally fill in the Email section. By supplying an Email, Floating License Server will send an Email to the specified Email address when the number of license request exceed the number of available license in server.
11. Click Finish at bottom right to complete the installation. Now, you can start adding users and projects. For detailed instruction, read the next section for server administration.