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This page guides you through the process of Floating License Sharing through the My Chaos portal.
Overview
Chaos products can be used with Fixed (or Solo) licenses and Floating (or Premium) licenses. While fixed licenses can only be used by one user on one device, Floating licenses can be shared between multiple users and devices. Floating licenses can be used within a local network or over the Cloud where an Internet connection is the only requirement.
This article outlines the setup for using Floating (or Premium) licenses over the Cloud.
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For further information on the roles and other terminology connected to the My Chaos portal, see this Guide.
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Any active commercial Chaos Account is, by default, an Organization, and the account owner is an Administrator. Administrators can add other users to their Organization and share
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Administrators need to:
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Floating Licenses can be shared within an Organization only when they are assigned to the Administrator. If you have assigned floating licenses to members in your Organization, you will need to revoke them if you want those licenses to be part of the shared pool. |
Users need to:
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Users can follow the steps in the email they receive for being added to an Organization by the Administrator. If the user does not have an account, the email will lead them through the steps of creating one.
Administrator Workflow
The Administrator can share the floating licenses with all Members (or Guests) within their Organization. Any user added to the Organization can use shared licenses by installing the Chaos product with all default settings and signing in to the product with their own Chaos Account.
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At this point, any user within the Organization can use a shared floating license.
Fixed (or Solo) licenses are not affected when Floating License Sharing is enabled. Instead, such licenses are assigned individually.
User Workflow
Once Floating License Sharing is enabled for the Organization, any user in the Organization can use the shared licenses by installing their Chaos product with all the default installation settings and signing in to the product with their Chaos Account. When added to an Organization, users receive an email confirmation. If the user does not yet have a Chaos Account, the user can create one by following the link in the email invitation that they receive.
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Install the Chaos product(s) your Organization has a license for. Proceed with a default installation. This installs the Chaos license utility locally. Sign in with your Chaos Account when prompted.
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Migrating to Cloud-Based Floating Licensing
If you have already set up Floating licenses for your team with a centralized Chaos License Server and you want to move to the Cloud-Based Floating Licensing setup:
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See the sections below for more detailed information on changing your floating license setup to the Cloud-Based Floating Licensing one.
Remote Licensing
If you already have a floating license setup with a centralized License Server within your local network, your users have selected Remote licensing in the Advanced installer options. To move to a Cloud-Based Floating License setup, users will need to switch to Local licensing by re-installing the product and selecting Local licensing in the Advanced installer options. If users are installing a Chaos product for the first time, they only need to install with all the default options without selecting any of the Advanced installer options.
Floating Licenses assigned to Users
In case floating licenses are assigned to individual users in the Organization and are needed to be used as Shared Floating Licenses, the Administrator has to revoke the assignments. Only floating licenses assigned to the Organization's Administrator are part of the shared floating pool. Then, enabling the Floating license sharing option through the my.chaos portal makes the licenses available to the users in the Organization.
Notes
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A Cloud-Based Floating License cannot be borrowed for offline use by a Member or Guest. The License needs to be personally assigned to that user, to allow them to borrow the license. For more information, on how an Administrator can assign a product license to a user, see the User Management Actions page.
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