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You connect to the License Server by installing the license application locally on your machine (default installation process), or by a using a (remote connection to) floating license from a shared pool of licenses

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Local Chaos License Server on This Machine

After the installation is complete, you are redirected to the Chaos License Server's Interface. If you are not signed into a Chaos account, go to the Online licensing dropdown menu and select Sign in.

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You are then prompted to enter your username/email and password.

Once the activation is successful, you are able to see the list of your available licenses on the Chaos License Server home page.

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Follow the steps below:

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  • During the default installation, the license application is installed locally on your machine. For more information on the specifics of the installation, go to the Installation page.
  • Load Anima.
  • Select Sign in from the Get started window and enter your Chaos account credentials on the Chaos accounts Sign in webpage. The Get started window always appears when loading Anima, if you are not signed in.
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When you are signed in, the My account window appears.

You can choose to sing out and switch your account, open the License Server interface (localhost:30304) through the Manage Chaos License Server option, or open the my.chaos portal through the Manage my Chaos account option.

You can access this window any time from the Chaos account icon (Image Added) from inside Anima.

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If you accidentally close the window, you can type 127.0.0.1:30304 / localhost:30304 in a web browser. Keep in mind that you cannot use any Chaos products without an active license!




Remote Chaos License Server on the Network

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2. Alternatively, you can set up a local network by installing the license server on one machine and sharing its IP address to the rest of the users in the network. For further details on how to do it, see the Administrator Workflow License Server Deployment article.


Change Chaos Anima License Settings

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You can change the Anima's license settings, which specify the location of the license server. To do that, run the Chaos license client configuration utility from Windows Start > Chaos Anima 6 > Change license settings.


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The Alternate License Server options do not work with Chaos Anima, yet

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The Chaos license settings window appears, where you can specify the IP address of the machine running the License Server.

For example, if the license server machine has an IP address of 10.0.0.100, you have to put that address in the License server field under the Primary license server tab.

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