License Activation Center Administration Quick Start

(Note: This quick start is under construction and not yet complete. Please check back for additions to this page.)

This Quick Start takes you through a simple example of using License Activation Center (LAC) to learn how to:

1. Log into LAC.
2. Add products, along with selecting a license generator for the product and adding features and templates for the product.
3. Add customers.
4. Create license orders.
5. Activate a license.

Logging into LAC

First, log into the administrative area of LAC by going to https://license.x-formation.com. From this page, log in by entering your username and password in the log in box.

If the log in box is asking for an activation key, you are on the end user log in page. Click the "Log in as a software vendor" link at the top of the log in box to switch to the vendor administration log in page. 

Adding a product

In this section of the quick start, we'll add a new product called Flagship to LAC, then select the license generator to use for the product. We'll also add features and templates to the product.

To add a product:

1. Click the Products tab at the top of the License Activation Center web application page.
2. Under the Menu area, click Create Product. The Create New Product dialog appears.
3. Enter Flagship for the product's Name. 
4. Enter 1.0 for the Version. The description is optional. If you like, enter a description, such as "Our primary software product," 
5. Click Save to add the product to LAC, then click Cancel to close the dialog. You'll see that Flagship has been added to the Products table.

To add a license generator for the product:

1. In the Flagship product row, click the Edit icon under the Action column.
2. In the Edit Product Flagship dialog that opens, click the License Generator tab.
3. From the License Generator pick list, select xmllicgen as the license generator. Most of the remaining fields will be filled in. If desired, enter a description for the license generator in the Description area at the bottom of the dialog.
4. Click Save. (You must click Save to save your changes before clicking another tab in this dialog.)

To add features to the product:

1. In the Edit Product Flagship dialog, click the Features tab.
2. Under the Menu area, click Create Feature.
3. Enter F1 for the Feature Name, and 1.0 for the Feature Version.
4. Click Save to create the feature, then close the dialog. Back at the Edit Product dialog, you'll see the feature F1 in the Features table.
5. Create a second feature called F2 in the same manner as described above.

To select one or more templates to use for the feature:

1. Click the Templates tab in the Edit Product "Flagship" dialog.
2. Under the Menu area, click Create Template. The Create New Template for "Flagship" dialog opens.
3. Enter Corporate for the template name, and click Save, then close the dialog. Back at the Edit Product dialog, you'll see the Corporate template listed in the Templates table.
4. In the Corporate template row, click the Edit icon under the Action column. The Edit Template "Corporate" dialog opens.
5. In the General tab, select HOSTNAME for the Hostid Type; Floating for License Type; and Customer for Licensee Type. Click Save.
6. In the Features tab, select both F1 and F2. Click Save.
7. In the Settings tab, ...TBD

Creating templates for the product

Adding customers

Creating license orders

Activating a license