This file describes the steps necessary to set up a FLEXnet license server for Partek on Linux. You aren't required to install the full version of Partek on your license server; only the license server executables installed by the PartekLicenseServer_linux64 installer or contained in FLEXnet11.12.zip are required to serve Partek FLEXnet licenses on your network.
You must log on to the license server with an account which has
administrative or sudo root privileges to install a system service
(sysv or systemd), create directories on system folders, and/or
modify the system configuration. Partek recommends completing all
installation instructions with an account with administrative or
sudo root privileges. If you install into a non-system
directory, you may run the license server manually (see the Run
the License Server Manually section).
Let's get started...
Run the installer using /opt/FlexNet as the installation
directory. Proceed to the License Server Configuration
section.
Unzip the FLEXnet11.12.zip file into the folder of your choice. The recommended location is "/opt". This will create a folder called "FlexNet" (it's full pathname will be "/opt/FlexNet") containing the executables and providing a location to store your license.lic file. Move all of the files from the linux64 subfolder to the /opt/FlexNet folder. Proceed to the License Server Configuration section.
Save your license.dat or license.lic file into the FlexNet folder
as license.lic. It's full pathname will be
"/opt/FlexNet/license.lic", if you use the recommended
installation directory.
To install FLEXnet to run as an systemd service:
sudo useradd -r -s /sbin/nologin parteklm
sudo chown parteklm:parteklm /opt/FlexNet
sudo mkdir -p /usr/tmp
sudo chmod 1777 /usr/tmp
sudo cp /opt/FlexNet/parteklm.service /etc/systemd/system/.
sudo systemctl enable parteklm
sudo systemctl start parteklmThis will add a FLEXnet server for Partek licenses into your set of system services that will automatically start on system restart. You can use the standard systemctl command to manage the service.
To install FLEXnet to run as an sysv system service:
sudo useradd -r -s /sbin/nologin parteklm
sudo chown parteklm:parteklm /opt/FlexNet
sudo mkdir -p /usr/tmp
sudo chmod 1777 /usr/tmp
sudo cp /opt/FlexNet/parteklm.init /etc/init.d/parteklm
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/parteklm
sudo chkconfig --add parteklm
sudo chkconfig parteklm on
sudo service parteklm startThis will add a FLEXnet server for Partek licenses into your set of system services that will automatically start on system restart. You can use the standard service command to manage the service.
To run the license server manually, you may use the command line (where <path_to_FlexNet> is /opt/FlexNet or the folder where you installed FLEXNet):
cd <path_to_FlexNet>
./lmgrd -c <path_to_FlexNet> -L <path_to_FlexNet>/log.txt
Putting a "+" (plus) character in from of the path to the log file (log.txt) causes the license manager server to append logging entries.
For more details, see the lmgrd - License Server Manager/Starting the License Server Manager on UNIX Platforms/Manual Start section of the FLEXnet License Administration Guide.
Please read the ReadMe_FLEXnetFirewallPinholes.txt and/or the FLEXNet License Administration Guide for information about firewall configuration.