License Authorization Process

Step 1: License Server Configuration

When the license server is started it is configured in any of three stages.

  1. First, any options selected by command line parameters are set.

  2. Next, any options for which Sentinel RMS Development Kit has defined a specific environment variable are set.

  3. Finally, any options that are provided in the LSERVOPTS environment variable are set.

These options work in a mutually exclusive way. If an option is passed through the command line, then other options are ignored. If command line options are not specified and a setting is made through a specific environment variable, then it takes precedence over LSERVOPTS specified value.

Many of the license server options can be set using all three methods. When a setting is made using more than one method, the command line switches have the highest priority or else the latter specifications override the previous ones. This flexibility helps in some situations, but in general it is not needed. When we talk about setting an option in this guide, we recommend which method should be used to set the option. We suggest you to read through License Server-Commonly Used Variables and License Server-Infrequently Used Variables for more details.

To learn more about the license server command line options, we recommend you to read through lserv, lserv9x, lservnt - Start the License Server.

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