This section describes how to license the desktop instance of SOAtest and Virtualize For of SOAtest For information about licensing the web archive (WAR) deployment of the server, see Licensing Virtualize Server.
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Network Licenses
You can configure SOAtest and Virtualize to configure SOAtest to use a license served from Parasoft DTP or a standalone instance of Parasoft License Server. Contact your system administrator for information about which type of license you should use.
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- Choose Parasoft> Preferences and click on the DTP category.
- Enable the Enable option and specify the DTP host, port, and your DTP login credentials.
- (Optional) If DTP is deployed to a location relative to the path specified in the Host name field, specify the relative path in the Context path field. DTP may deployed to a path other than the root of the host if your organization uses a reverse proxy server.
- Click Test Connection to verify that the settings are correct. If you are going to use a license configuration associated with a specific DTP project, choose a project from the drop-down menu in the Project section.
- Click Apply and click the Configure... link in the License section.
- If you have multiple Parasoft products installed, open the tab for the Parasoft product you want to license (e.g., Jtest, SOAtest, Virtualize).
Enable the Network option and click the Configure... link.
- Enable the Use configured DTP settings option. If you are going to use a license configuration associated with a specific DTP project, enable the Use License Server settings from DTP project to use the license configuration associated with the project selected in step 3.
- Click OK to close the dialog.
- Specify the product edition from the Edition drop-down menu. Contact your Parasoft administrator for assistance selecting an edition or custom edition features.
You can enable the Borrow option and specify a length of time for which SOAtest and Virtualize will consume a license token. Licenses can be borrowed from 1 hour to 14 days. Refer to the DTP documentation for additional information about borrowing licenses.
- Apply to save your settings.
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- Choose Parasoft> Preferences and click on the License category.
- If you have multiple Parasoft products installed, open the tab for the Parasoft product you want to license (e.g., Jtest, SOAtest, Virtualize).
Enable the Network option and click the Configure... link.
- Enable the Use the following License Server option and specify the host name or IP address where License Server is hosted and port. Common port numbers are
8443or8080for HTTP/S and2002(default) for TCP. - (Optional) Specify the context path if both of the following conditions apply:
- You are connecting to the License Server integrated with DTP.
- DTP is deployed in a location relative to the host address you provided. DTP may deployed to a path other than the root of the host if your organization uses a reverse proxy server.
- Click Test Connection to verify your settings and click OK to save your changes.
- Specify the product edition from the Edition drop-down menu. Contact your Parasoft administrator for assistance selecting an edition or custom edition features.
You can enable the Borrow option and specify a length of time for which SOAtest and Virtualize will which SOAtest will consume a license token. Licenses can be borrowed from 1 hour to 14 days. Refer to the License Server documentation for additional information about borrowing licenses.
- Click Apply to save your settings.
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Waiting for a License in Command Line Mode
You can configure SOAtest and Virtualize to configure SOAtest to wait for a license token if a requested token is not currently available by specifying the license.wait.for.tokens.time option when using the command line interface. For additional information, see
the following pages:
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Configuring Localsettings,as well as Testing from the Command Line Interface - soatestcli.
Stabilizing the Machine ID
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- Choose Parasoft> Preferences to and select the License category.
- If you have multiple Parasoft products installed, open the tab for the Parasoft product you want to license (e.g., Jtest, SOAtest).
- Enable the Local option.
- If you have not already done so, note the machine ID in the Machine id field and send it to your Parasoft representative to obtain a license password. You can also run a command using the command line interface to print the machine ID to the console. Without a license, the following message will appear:
Error: No valid license (MachineId: WIN32-12345678). - Enter your license password from Parasoft and click Apply. The License preferences page will display the features that you are licensed to use, and the expiration date for your license.
- Click OK to set and save your license.
Additional Licensing Considerations for SOAtest Server
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If you using the combined SOAtest/Virtualize distribution, a Virtualize license is required to run SOAtest Server. In some instances, you may only have a license for SOAtest, i.e., if you are updating to a paid license from the Community License. Contact your Parasoft representative for additional information about licensing options. |
Manually Configuring the License
You can create SOAtest and Virtualize configuration create SOAtest configuration file and specify your license settings. See Configuring Localsettings (SOAtest) and Localsettings (Virtualize) for details on creating and configuring the file.
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You can export your configuration settings to a .properties file and share with team members. See Configuring Localsettings or Localsettings for details.
Configuring SOAVirt WAR License from CTP
Once the registration of the Virtualize server is complete you will be redirected to the server detail page.
- Click ... on the upper-right corner, and then select Configure License. This option is only applicable to war file deployment servers.
You will see the Configure License screen asking for either a Local or Network license. For more information go to Licensing Virtualize Server. - From the Configure License screen, generate a Local with the provided machine ID and enter it in the text box.
- Or enter the Network license server information and set the desired Virtualize and SOStest editions.
- Choose features, if Custom Edition is selected.