Network License Overview

Network license

These are floating licenses that any machine can use if it has access to a particular network server. Network licenses are issued as a license file that resides on the network server itself and unlocks the actual AGI products and license seat quantities. See Request a Purchased License for instructions to obtain your license file.

Network license server

A network license server is an area on a network where you can store and manage STK licenses for one or more users. You can configure any computer on your network to act as the network license server if:

• The directory path to licenses on the server is shared.
• All of the clients that access licenses from the server can see it.

AGI recommends that you create a single network license server and configure each instance of STK to request all licenses from that server. You may not be able to access some licenses if one client is attempting to get licenses from two or more network license servers. See Network License Server for steps to configure a license server.

A network file server is a good choice for a network license server installation, although any computer that is usually available on the network is acceptable.

Licensing client

There are two options to configure a client to access the server:

• AGI recommends using the Ansys Licensing Client Settings utility to configure the client to access the server. For detailed instructions on using the utility, see the Using the Ansys Licensing Client Settings Utility section.
• Alternatively, you can manually configure the client by following the instruction in Manually Configure the Licensing Client to Access the Server section.