This topic explains how to set licensing information from the GUI. It covers:
You can also specify licensing via localsettings (e.g. for sharing team-wide settings via DTP or specifying options at the command line). See
for details.
If the appropriate server is not already set
(from the auto-configuration process described in Configuring Preferences Overview) |
, specify the server’s host (either a name or an IP address) and port.
If you want to deactivate a license, choose Parasoft> Deactivate License. To reactivate it, choose Parasoft> Activate License. If you want to have a license automatically deactivated after 30 minutes of inactivity, enable the Start deactivated, release automatically when idle option. To change this behavior, disable this option. When the license is deactivated:
When the license is reactivated:
Note that:
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If you want the product to wait for a license if the requested license is not currently available, use the localsettings option For details on the command line mode and localsettings options, see
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To install a machine-locked license:
Error: No valid license (MachineId: WIN32-12345678)
.To add or change license settings via localsettings:
If you will be using a custom edition license, define the appropriate license features in the localsettings as follows:
[product].license.custom_edition_features= All enabled features |
Note that license feature settings apply only to custom edition licenses.
Define the main license settings in the localsettings as follows:
[product].license.network.edition= Type of license edition [product].license.use_network= Value (true or false) license.network.host= Host name license.network.port= Port number |
See
Configuring Localsettings (SOAtest) and Localsettings (Virtualize) |
details on localsettings and a list of all license-related options.
Additional Licensing Considerations for SOAtest Server
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If you do not want to specify the license with a localsettings file, you can configure it with a parasofttest.ini file as follows:
Edit the parasofttest.ini file to provide licensing details. Use the following format:
license.network.host=snake.parasoft.com license.network.port=2002 enforce.configure=true |
The license settings specified here will be read upon startup when the product is launched in UI mode.