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The information on this page refers to LM-X License Manager 5.4 or newer, which introduced support for Xen virtualization detection and introduced the CLOUD sharing type. If you are running a previous version of License Statistics, please see documentation for previous versions. |
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Licenses created using v5.4 and newer can use either the VIRTUAL or CLOUD keyword. Using the VIRTUAL keyword allows your application to be licensed on virtual platforms, but not in the cloud (AWS, Azure, GCE). Using the CLOUD keyword allows your application to be licensed on cloud platforms, which adds more flexibility to licensing modes. For backward compatibility, licenses created using LM-X License Manager versions older than v5.4 will continue to use the SHARE keyword VIRTUAL, which includes both virtual machine environments and cloud environments. |
Licensing your software to run on virtual machines or in a cloud environment carries special considerations, as described below.
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