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Premium and Floating Licenses expand on the Solo and Fixed Licenses - they can also be shared between multiple users and devices, not only used locally on the current machine (if you would like to use your Floating or Premium license locally for yourself, follow the same setup as the Solo and Fixed Licenses). Keep in mind that a single license can be used by a single user at a time. You need to add more licenses if you wish multiple users to work simultaneously. Sharing can be done in one of two three ways:

Remote Licensing: The administrator installs the License utility locally on their machine, and others in the same local network connect to it, without the need for them to install the License utility. This method is explained in the Setups section of this page.
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  • Cloud-Based Floating Licensing (recommended): The administrator shares a pool of Floating licenses with the Organization's Members and GuestsUsers, and when they log in with their Chaos accounts, they can use the floating licenses through the cloud without the need to stay connected to the same network. This method does not require any further user actions. For more information, see See how it works and how to set up on the Cloud-Based Floating Licensing page.
  • Remote Licensing: The administrator installs the License utility locally on their machine, and others in the same local network connect to it, without the need for them to install the License utility. This method is explained in the Remote Licensing Setup section of this page.
  • Personal Assignment of Licenses: The administrator can also assign licenses personally to users of the Organization through the my.chaos portal. These licenses cannot be used by anyone else while they are assigned to that user. For more information, see the User Management Actions page.


Using Premium and Floating Licenses Locally

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Using a Premium or Floating license locally requires installing your Chaos product with the "Local License" setting in the installer and logging in with your Chaos account credentials when prompted.

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  • If you are the license holder, you need to install the license on your machine. Follow the Solo and Fixed Licenses workflow.
  • If you are not the license holder, you need to ask the license holder to assign a license to you via the my.chaos portal. Then, you can install the license on your machine and use it locally. See how it worked on the My Chaos Portal Guide.



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Remote Licensing Setup

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  • When doing a shared Remote setup for a Premium/Floating license, the license holder needs to install the license locally on at least one machine in the network. Installing the license happens automatically when you perform a default Chaos product installation ( If you only need to install the License Server application separately, see theInstallationpage ). This machine can use the license, but it also serves as a connection point for others to connect to the license.
  • Then, the license holder can give out their IP address to others in the local network, and they can connect using the Remote license setup.
  • Keep in mind that a single license can be used by a single user at a time. You need to add more licenses if you wish multiple users to work at the same time.

For more information on the administrator role and other settings they can manage, see the Admin Workflow page.


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