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The information on this page refers to License Statistics v6.7 17 and newer, which introduced the License Statistics Agent Server mode. If you are using an earlier version, please refer to the documentation for earlier versions. |
The License Statistics Agent enables client usage monitoring for applications that are licensed on an end-user host rather than running on a license server. The License Statistics Agent communicates between these is a License Statistics add-on tool that communicates between applications and License Statistics. Currently, the License Statistics Agent allows monitoring of Autodesk license usage on end-user hosts.
Installation
The License Statistics Agent runs , running as a service in the background. that can run in either End User or Server mode, as described below.
License Statistics Agent is currently available only for Windows (64-bit).
Requirements:
- Windows 10 or Windows Server 2012+ (64-bit)
- memory: 1GB
- cpu: 2 cores
- disk: 1GB
Installer (msi) is available on website in the same place as licstat installers.
can be used only on Windows, but is compatible with both Windows and Linux server installations of License Statistics. See Installing and configuring License Statistics Agent for details on installation and configuration.
See Reviewing and managing License Statistics Agents for information on viewing a report of all agents in use.
If you have issues with License Statistics Agent, try reviewing the log file in the hidden directory "C:\ProgramDataIt's also included to licstat windows installer as separate msi file in "tools" directory (by default: C:\Program Files\X-Formation\License Statistics \tools).
Architecture:
- all of the application files are kept in Program Files by default
- all user data is kept in C:\ProgramData\X-Formation\License Statistics Agent folder (includes logs, configuration file, etc)
Installer steps:
- Initial screen
- EULA
- Installation folder
- Configuration form
- Confirmation
- Summary (with option to start the service)
Configuration
One of the installer steps is configuration form. In contains 2 fields:
- License Statistics URL which is an endpoint to specific license server configured in licstat. It can be taken from licstat administration page using "Copy Agent URL to clipboard" action available on the Realtime License Servers grid available for all Autodesk license servers.
- Agent API Token which is an authorization token. It can be generated in Preferences->API. The token should contain Agent scope, only administrators can generated tokens with this scope.
Uninstalling
Uninstaller is standard solution. Uninstaller stops the service and removes it from the system. Optionally it can also remove user data, which are logs, configuration file etc.
Agent\logs" to attempt to determine the cause of the issue. If you need help resolving an issue, please send the log and any additional information to X-Formation Support as discussed in Reporting a Bug in License Statistics.
Installation of the License Statistics Agent is unlimited, but only one agent can be installed per host.
End User Agent mode
License Statistics End User Agent is installed on the end user hosts.
End User Agent currently supports:
- Autodesk license usage monitoring
- Custom Application monitoring
- License Harvesting, a separately purchased License Statistics add-on that helps reduce license usage by tracking and closing idle applications on end-user hosts
Server Agent mode
The License Statistics Server Agent is installed on the license server host.
Server Agent currently supports License Server Management, including Start/Stop/Restart of the server, directly from the License Statistics UI (currently available only for FlexNet and LM-X license managers)If the user data will stay, it will be re-used again in case of Agent next installation, eg. configuration data will be automatically fill-out on the configuration installer form.