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The licensing system includes a way to "borrow" a license for offline use for a period of up to two weeks. Borrowing a license means you can still have access to your Chaos software without needing an internet connection or a USB dongle.

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Borrowing a license reserves one of your floating licenses, making it unavailable to others until you release it. It is recommended that you borrow a license only when absolutely necessary. Dongle licenses cannot be borrowed at this time.

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Using borrowed licenses during the borrow period does not require an internet connection. However, internet connection is required to release or re-borrow the licenses.

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1) Open http://127.0.0.1:30304 in a browser and click on on the Online Licensing menu > Use licenses offlineoffline button.

 

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3) Select the products you want to use while this license server is disconnected from the Internetinternet. Enter the number of machines you plan on using with these products and click Preview.

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You can use your borrowed licenses for 14 days without internet connection. Their renewal happens automatically. However, the renewal process requires internet connection at least once during in the last 3 days . The renewal is valid from the moment it happened for additional 14 daysof the borrow period. From the moment you renew the license, an additional 14 day borrow period begins. Therefore, if you borrowed it the license on June 1st and renewed it on June 11th, you can use the offline license until June 25th.

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Releasing licenses is useful in a few cases, for example if instance when you borrowed borrow licenses on one license server instance, but actually need them on another one. Or if you need fewer borrowed licenses than the ones you currently have. Or if your borrowed licenses get stuck on the backend of a certain FLP instance due to a broken certificate.

To release a borrowed license, open http://127.0.0.1:30304 and click on  in a browser and click on the Online Licensing menu. Then click the RELEASE button to release any borrowed licenses.

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Releasing licenses requires Internet an internet connection.

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If you deactivate your Online Licensing, the borrowed licenses will be released!

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Borrowing Licenses

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You can borrow licenses even when the machine that is running the license server has no Internet internet connection. You can instead use another machine without license server that has Internet internet connection to log into my.chaosgroup.com with your Chaos account credentials and specify the products for which you need to borrow licenses. An offline file will be A file is then available for download from your account that you . You need to upload the file to your license server.

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Licenses can be borrowed only from an already activated license server. Follow See the License Setup page for information on how to activate the Chaos License Server.


To activate your License Server without

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an internet connection, follow the steps from the expandable section below.

Once

For a visual guide, watch the video. One the activation is successful, you can borrow licenses for offline use

following the steps under the expandable section

.See the video or the text below for step-by-step instructions on how to activate you License Server without Internet connection and on how to borrow licenses for offline use.

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1) On the machine without
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2) From the expandable menu of Online licensing, go to Offline activation.
 
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3) Press the Activate offline button.
 
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4) Download your activation request file (cert.crs).
 
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5) Use another machine with Internet an internet connection to log in to into my.chaosgroup.com with your Chaos accountcredentials. Go to Licensing > License Servers and press Activate License Server.

 
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6) Name your license server and
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7) Upload the activation request file you downloaded in step 4 and
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8) Download your Activation file (cert.crt).

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1) Log into my.chaosgroup.com with your Chaos account credentials from the machine with Internet an internet connection. On the License Servers tab the License Servers tab of the page, choose a workstation from the list, for which you wish to reserve offline licenses for offline use.

 

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2) Click Borrow license in the Borrowed licenses section.

 

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3) Select the products you want to use. Enter the number of machines you plan on using with these products and click Preview

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5) Click Download offline licenses license file

 

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6) On the machine that is running the license server, open http://127.0.0.1:30304 and click on  in a browser and click on the Online Licensing menu > Use licenses offline at the top right corner.

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7) Upload the offline license * .bin file and press click the Upload button.

 

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8) Once the file is validated, your borrowed licenses will are also be listed on your license server's home page.

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The Edit Borrowed Licenses button only allows you only to add new licenses. You cannot delete any already borrowed licenses.

1) To add new licenses, log into my.chaosgroup.com with your Chaos account credentials from a machine with Internet an internet connection.

2) From the Licensing tab, go to License Servers, click on your license server, and press Edit Borrowed Licenses.

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3) If you want to increase the number of borrowed licenses you already have, you can use the plus buttons, click on the up arrows. If you want to borrow licenses for new products, you can use the Add more licenses drop-down menu. When you are ready, press Borrow.

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