Installing FlexNet 11.17.0, 11.18.2, 11.19.0

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Installation procedure

For Windows

1. Install the FlexNet license server manager.

   We highly recommend running the FlexNet license server (lmadmin) as a service (on Windows).

   As a result, the server can start automatically after the machine boots. Starting the server manually is not user-friendly – there is no GUI for this action.

   If your operating system is Windows, you only need to select the Run as a service check box when prompted during the lmadmin installation.

   

   For the instructions on how to create a daemon, refer to Automatic Start in:

   • License Administration Guide. FlexNet Publisher 2020 R2 (11.17.0)
   • License Administration Guide. FlexNet Publisher 2021 R3 (11.18.2)
   • License Administration Guide. FlexNet Publisher 2022 R1 (11.19.0)

2. Place the vendor daemon - Cameo into the FlexNet server install folder. If you use lmadmin, do the following:

   1. Open the FlexNet server install folder.

   2. In the install folder, create the licenses\cameo folder.

   3. Place the Vendor daemon in <FlexNet server data folder>\licenses\cameo.

   

   Note that all files in install and data (for Windows) dirs must have read/write permissions. lmadmin or cameo daemon may not start even if a log file or cameo daemon does not have r/w permissions.

   Use this command to set permissions for all files within the directory recursively.

   chmod -R 755 FNPLicenseServerManager

3. Start the server (as a service), or using the command line manually by running the lmadmin file from the FlexNet server installation directory.

   Running lmadmin using command line on Windows

   If a service was not installed and you want to run your lmadmin using command line, you will have to define the additional required parameters. e.g. -configDir. The dir is located in your data dir (for example C:\ProgramData\FLEXlm\lmadmin or any other location you defined while installing).

For Linux

1. Install the FlexNet license server manager.
   

   We highly recommend running the FlexNet license server (lmadmin) as a daemon (on OS X or Linux).

   As a result, the server can start automatically after the machine boots. Starting the server manually is not user-friendly – there is no GUI for this action.

   For the instructions on how to create a daemon, refer to Automatic Start in:

   • License Administration Guide. FlexNet Publisher 2020 R2 (11.17.0)
   • License Administration Guide. FlexNet Publisher 2021 R3 (11.18.2)
   • License Administration Guide. FlexNet Publisher 2022 R1 (11.19.0)

2. Place the vendor daemon - Cameo into the FlexNet server install folder. If you use lmadmin, do the following:

   1. Open the FlexNet server install folder.

      For OS X and Linux users

      If you don't have permission to open the FlexNet server data folder, execute the following command from the root:

      • On OS X
        

        chmod g+x FNPLicenseServerManager/
        chmod –R g+w ./*

      
      

      • On Linux

        chmod g+x FNPLicenseServerManager/

   2. In the install folder, create the licenses\cameo folder.

   3. Place the Vendor daemon in <FlexNet server data folder>\licenses\cameo.

3. Start the server (as a service), or using the command line manually by running the lmadmin file from the FlexNet server installation directory.

If you come across any issues while installing/running the software, please refer to Troubleshooting.