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How to share a Caldera license between multiple workstations?

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It is possible to share licenses between several workstations with Caldera products.

  Info

In PrimeCenter, it's possible to share one license with up to three users with the package    3_PrimeCenter-Max_30px.png   
Other packages can add users as a paid option.

 

Quick overview of the process

  1. Install CalderaDock on the main workstation, which we refer to as the "license server", and activate your license.
  2. Then, you must configure Caldera's License Manager, Sentinel, on the license server, and on the other workstations you want to share licenses with (also known as "license clients").
    This will allow the computers involved to communicate over the network to share the license.
  3. Finally, install CalderaDock on the license client and select the shared license on the licenses tab.

 

License sharing in detail

Install CalderaDock

For more details, please refer to:

 

Access Sentinel

  Good to know

The online license management application used by Caldera is Sentinel. This application is automatically installed at your first license registration from CalderaDock. Please refer to the dedicated section for more information.

Please note that Sentinel requires either port 8443 or 443 to be open, along with the local firewall, for proper functionality.

Via CalderaDock Via a web browser
  1. Open CalderaDock on the license client.
  2. Go to the Licenses tab.
  3. Click Sentinel in the left menu, then click License Admin Center to access the Gemalto Sentinel Admin Control Center page:
    CalderaDock, licenses tab, sentinel area.png

 

Configure the license server

  1. In the left menu, select Configuration.
  2. Then go to the Access from Remote Clients tab.
  3. Enable "All licenses are accessible without need of identity" to make the licenses visible from the network.

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Configure the license client

These steps have to be followed for each client's workstation.

  1. In the left menu, select Configuration.

  2. Then go to the Access to Remote License Managers tab.

  3. In Remote License Search Parameters, add the IP address of the license server.

      Good to know

    If the workstation is on a different LAN, both options before the IP address must be enabled: "Allow Access to Remote Licenses" and "Broadcast Search for Remote Licenses".

    You may be interested in reading:

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  4. Click Submit to save the parameters.

 

Activate the license to be shared

These steps have to be followed for each client's workstation.

  1. Launch CalderaDock on the client's workstation.
  2. Go to the Licenses tab and then go to the section of our product (PrimeCenter, in this example).
  3. Enable the "Show network licenses" option to be able to see the license installed on the license server.

  4. Click the Attach button to attach your license:

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  5. You can now launch your Caldera product.