The following steps are designed to get X-Formation's License Statistics up and running on Linux with a FLEXlm/FlexNet server in 10 minutes or less.
Important: When upgrading License Statistics to a new version, be sure to make a backup (see Backing up and restoring the database) and then remove the current installation before installing the new version. The License Statistics installation will not remove the currently installed version and will not install a new version into the same location as a previous version.
Step 1: Download and install License Statistics.
Download the License Statistics installation from the License Statistics download page.
- If you have purchased License Statistics: Enter your Activation Key to obtain the download. Your Activation Key was included in an email sent to you after purchasing/renewing License Statistics, along with instructions for downloading and installing License Statistics.
- If you are downloading the trial version of License Statistics: Fill out the request form as instructed on the License Statistics download page to obtain your download.
After the download is complete, an installation wizard will step you through the installation procedure.
Note the following:
- You can install License Statistics on any machine, not necessarily the license server.
- You must be logged in as root if you want the installation to create an init script.
- The installation program works on most Linux distributions; however, if you have a problem running the installer, you can run license_statistics.sh from a command prompt.
Step 2: Activate the license.
When the installation is complete, a license activation dialog gives you options to run the trial version of License Statistics or activate your license.
- If you have purchased License Statistics: Enter your Activation Key or, if you are upgrading License Statistics, select the option to browse for and select a previously activated license file.
- If you are running the trial version of License Statistics: Select the option to run License Statistics as a trial.
Note that you must re-activate your license whenever you upgrade your license or renew your maintenance. You can open the license activation dialog at any time by clicking Activate License Statistics in the X-Formation License Statistics program group (Start > All Programs > X-Formation > License Statistics > Activate License Statistics).
Step 3: Configure License Statistics for your site.
Open /usr/xflicstat/xflicstat.cfg in a text editor such as Notepad, and make the following changes:
- Change the setting for UPDATE_INTERVAL from 10 minutes to 1 minute, to generate statistics every minute. This setting will let you quickly confirm that License Statistics is running normally, which you'll do in Step 6. (After you verify that License Statistics is running normally, you should change this setting to a larger value.)
- Uncomment one of the FLEXNET_SERVER lines and enter the information for the server you want to monitor in the format [port]@host, where port is optional (leave blank to use the default port) and host is the name or IP address of the license server. For example, FLEXNET_SERVER = 27000@host1. (If you need to monitor more than one server, you can specify additional servers in the same manner later.)
- Uncomment the LMUTIL_PATH line.
- Save and close the configuration file.
Step 4: Ensure you have the latest lmutil version.
You must use lmutil v9.2 or newer with License Statistics. (To check your lmutil version, run lmutil -v from a command line.) You can request a download of the newest lmutil version from http://www.globes.com/support/fnp_utilities_download.htm.
Step 5: Start the service.
Note: We recommend using the init script to start the service instead of starting it manually as described below.
Run License Statistics as a daemon by entering the following command from a Linux command line:
./xflicstat -b /path/configfile
where /path/configfile is the full path to the License Statistics configuration file; for example:
./xflicstat -b ./xflicstat.cfg
If you execute this command outside of the License Statistics installation directory, you must designate the path using an additional command line variable; for example:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/xflicstat/" /usr/xflicstat/xflicstat -b /usr/xflicstat/xflicstat.cfg
Step 6: Test that License Statistics is running normally.
- A couple of minutes after starting the service, review the log file (/usr/xflicstat/log/xflicstat.log) and ensure it contains no FAIL or WARNING lines. Output similar to the following indicates the service is running normally:
[2012-01-02 13:44:50] Ready for querying... [2012-01-02 13:44:50] To view statistics please go to http://localhost:80
- Check results in your browser by going to http://localhost:80. The first time you access the License Statistics web interface, your login information is set to username = admin, password = admin.
- If you do not see any results, check whether the License Statistics web server port specified in the configuration file (which defaults to port 80) is busy. If needed, you can specify a different port as described in this article.