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This page provides information on the Licensing Server Controller.
The License Server Controller allows users to make adjustments to the Chaos License Server through the command line.
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Depending on your operating system, the vrlctl command's default location is as follows:
Windows | C:\Program Files\Chaos\VRLService |
| Linux | /usr/Chaos/VRLService |
| macOS | /Applications/Chaos/VRLService |
To use the License Server Controller, use the following format:
vrlctl <command> |
When entered without a command, additional help information will be displayed.
Adding the help flag --help or -h after each command prints additional information about the command:
vrlctl online enable -h |
Note that at the moment you cannot borrow and release licenses with the help of the vrlctl command. |
The following commands are available:
These commands provide a way to enable, disable, and monitor online licensing settings of the license server. For steps on setting up online licensing, see the Enabling Online Licensing section below.
online getcsr | Saves an online licensing request file (cert.csr) in the current directory. |
online enable | Enables online licensing using an online licensing key file (cert.crt) from the current directory. |
online logout | Disables online licensing for the license server. |
online status | Displays information about the online licensing status. |
online login <username> <password> | Activates online licensing for the specified credentials. |
These commands help you obtain the diagnostic bundle which can assist ChaosGroup's support team when investigating problems you might encounter.
diagnostics get <save_path> | Downloads the diagnostic bundle. If <save_path> is provided, the diagnostic bundle will be saved in the given directory. |
These commands allow users to get or set different configuration variables of the Licensing Server.
config get | Returns the complete license server configuration. |
config set <configuration_option> "<new_value>" | Sets the value of a specific configuration option. The configuration option consists of all the configuration nodes that lead to it connnected with a dot (.). For example, proxy.host and diagnostics.level. The new value must be surrounded with quotation marks ("). |
These commands are for using a dongle with the License Server. See the Dongle usage page for additional information.
dongle enable | Enables the dongle server. |
dongle disable | Disables the dongle server. |
The browser command opens the LIcense Server's web interface page in your system's default browser.
vrlctl browser |
Adding the help option after a command prints additional information about a specific command.
vrlctl online enable -h |
The version option prints the version of the Licensing Server Controller.
vrlctl -v |
Follow these steps to enable online licensing through the License Server Controller when the machine where it's running has no Internet connection:
