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The lmx-serv command will let you run the license server as a service in Windows or as a daemon in the background on Unix. However, it is recommended that you use the provided installer to install and start the license server instead of using lmx-serv.

The lmx-serv command usage is as follows.

For Windows:

Command

Options

lmx-serv-vendor

[-config configfile -licpath licensefile -logfile logfile -port portnumber]

For Unix:

Command

Options

lmx-serv-vendor

[-background -config configfile -licpath licensefile -logfile logfile -port portnumber]

Where:

Command

 

 

Description

Long version

Short version

Applies to

 

-background

-b

Unix

Run the license server as a daemon in the background.

-config

-c

All

Specify an optional path to an lmx-serv.cfg configuration file. Typing the full path is required. If the server is run without the -c parameter, it will use default settings.

-licpath

-l

All

Specify an optional license file path that will be read in addition to those specified within the lmx-serv.cfg configuration file.
Alternatively, you may specify a directory in which the license server will look for all .lic files. You can specify multiple paths, separated by a semicolon ( ; ) for Windows or a colon ( : ) for Unix; for example, "-l C:\dir1;c:\dir2."

If no default license is defined in the configuration file and the -l parameter is not specified (or no license can be found in given location), the server will look for all .lic files in its directory.

-logfile

-lf

All

Specify an optional logfile path, which will override any logfile settings in the lmx-serv.cfg configuration file.

-port

-p

All

Specify an optional port number, which will override the port number set in the configuration file.

-help

-h

All

Print out usage information for these commands.

We recommend enclosing all switches (e.g., configuration file path) within double quotes (" ") to avoid problems with white spaces.

The following example demonstrates the installation and uninstallation of the license server as a service on Windows from a command line.

For Unix systems, to automate the execution of the license server, edit /etc/rc.boot, /etc/rc.local or other location from which your startup files get called. It is not recommended to run the license server as root, so run lmx-serv-vendor as follows:

sudo -u user/path/to/lmx-serv-vendor -b [-config /path/to/lmx-serv.cfg]

where the path to a configuration file is optional. See your Unix system documentation for further information on setting up execution of applications at system startup.

To run lmx-serv automatically upon system startup for Mac OS X, see Installing a license server on Mac OS X.

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