Activate the License

Chaos Licensing is the bridge between the Chaos Product (Anima) and the Chaos Account associated with a given license. You cannot use any Chaos product without a license.

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. 


Local Chaos License Server on This Machine

Follow the steps below:

  • 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.





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 () from inside Anima.





Remote Chaos License Server on the Network

If you have multiple Anima licenses, they can be shared between multiple users and devices in one of two ways. 

  1. The easiest way to do so is to use My Chaos Portal options and enable Floating licensing sharing. See how in the Cloud-Based Floating Licensing article or video included.

OR

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 License Server Deployment article.


Change Chaos Anima License Settings

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.





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.



Troubleshooting

If you are experiencing any difficulty installing or running the Chaos License Server, please refer to the Troubleshooting page for possible solutions.

Chaos Anima licensing requires uninterrupted Internet connection. If the connection stops for more than five minutes, Chaos Licensing will stop working.



Visit the Chaos Licensing section of the documentation for further details on the Chaos License Server, such as how to check your license expiration and status, how to access various settings, and more advanced options.


Next Step

Go to step 3 to see how to load Anima.