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Installation procedure

For Windows

  1. Install the FlexNet license server manager. 

  2. When installing, choose the FlexNet server <install folder>and the <data folder>. You can use the same directory for both.

    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:


  3. Place the vendor daemon - cameo, into the previously chosen <FlexNet server data folder>. If you use lmadmin, do the following:

    1. Open the <FlexNet server data folder> (by default ProgramData\FLEXlm\lmadmin).

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

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

    Placing the Vendor daemon Cameo to the FlexNet installation folder

    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.


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

    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:


  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.

      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 <FlexNet server install folder>, create the licenses\cameo folder.

    3. Place the Vendor daemon in <FlexNet server install 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.