You can install License Server on your machine from the .zip distribution.

1. Extract the contents of the installation package to any location. The installation directory ("license-server") will include the following artifacts:
   • JRE
   • Tomcat server
   • startLS  script for starting License Server
   • stopLS script for stopping License Server
2. Run the startLS script to launch License Server. The application will run on Tomcat shipped in the installation package.
3. Open http://<host>:8080 or https://<host>:8443 in a browser. The default URL on a local machine is either http://localhost:8080 or http://localhost:8843 in a browser. 
4. Log into License Server when the interface opens. The default user name and password is admin/admin. We recommend changing the default once you log in; see Managing Users.
   

You can run the stopLS script located in the 'license-server' directory to stop License Server.

Deploying License Server to a Custom Tomcat Server

By default, License Server is deployed to Tomcat that is shipped with the product. If you want to deploy License Server to your own instance of Tomcat, copy the following files from $LS_INSTALL/tomcat/webapps to the 'webapps' folder on the Tomcat server where you want to deploy License Server:

• licenseserver.war
• pstsec.war

Prerequisites

Deploying License Server to a custom Tomcat has the following prerequisites:

• Linux or Windows
• Tomcat 8.5
• Java 8

Deploying Licenser Server Inside a Docker Image

License Server cannot be re-deployed or hosted by another Docker environment once you run it inside a Docker container. Use the following command to start a container from the image the first time:

docker run -i -t <image> 

You will need to include the container ID to stop and start the Docker container hosting License Server. Use the following command to get the container ID based on the image from Docker.

docker ps 

Run the following command to shut the container down:

docker stop <containerId> 

Run the following command to start the container back up:

docker start <containerId> 

Removing the Docker container and spawning a new container from the image, even with mapped persistent storage, is not supported.