How to set up the Autodesk Network License Manager on Linux

Autodesk Support

Oct 2, 2024

Products and versions covered

Issue:

This article shows how to set up and configure the Autodesk Network License Manager on a Linux operating system.

Environment:

Linux

Solution:

Note: The Autodesk License Manager (11.18) is supported only on the following Linux distros:

  • Rocky Linux 9

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP2

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP1

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise 15

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP4

See System Requirements for the Network License Manager

 
To configure the license manager use the following steps:

  1. Download Autodesk Network License Manager v. 11.19.4.1 for Linux from this link

    • ​​Download the nlm11.19.4.1_ipv4_ipv6_linux64.tar.gz file to your desktop.

  2. To install the Autodesk Network License Manager run the following command as root.

    • tar –zxvf nlm11.19.4.1_ipv4_ipv6_linux64.tar.gz

    • rpm -vhi nlm11.19.4.1_ipv4_ipv6_linux64.rpm

    • The license server will be installed in /opt/flexnetserver/ directory.

  3. Find the license server Host Name and Host ID 

  • To obtain the license server system hostid run the following command

/opt/flexnetserver/lmutil lmhostid

From the command output note the hostid in quotes, if the system has two active NIC cards, select the first MAC address.
lmutil - Copyright (c) 1989-2018 Flexera. All Rights Reserved.
The FlexNet host ID of this machine is "000c297949e0"

  • To obtain the license server system hostname run the following command

/opt/flexnetserver/lmutil lmhostid hostname

From the command output note the hostname of the license server. 
lmutil - Copyright (c) 1989-2018 Flexera. All Rights Reserved.
The FlexNet host ID of this machine is "HOSTNAME=Centos7.localdomain"

 

  1. Generate your Network License File in Autodesk Account

    • Once the license file is generated, make sure it has .lic extension (e.g. adsk_license.lic) and place it in /opt/flexnetserver/licenses directory.  If the directory doesn't exits, create it with this command: sudo mkdir /opt/flexnetserver/licenses

Note: in this article, we will refer by adsk_license.lic your network license file name.

  1. To start the Network License Server

    • /opt/flexnetserver/lmgrd -c /opt/flexnetserver/licenses/adsk_license.lic -l /opt/flexnetserver/server_log.log

  2. To obtain license server status enquiry

    • /opt/flexnetserver/lmutil lmstat -a -c /opt/flexnetserver/licenses/adsk_license.lic

  3. To stop your license server service

    • /opt/flexnetserver/lmutil lmdown -q -force

    • alternatively, you can also run ps command to obtain process ids for lmgrd and adskflex and then kill those processes

      • ps -aw | grep lmgrd

      • ps -aw | grep adskflex

      • kill -9 (provide process ids obtained by previous commands individually)

  4. To start the license server automatically after the system reboot

    • Open /etc/rc.d/rc.local script as root and enter license server start up command in it.

touch /var/lock/subsys/local
/opt/flexnetserver/lmgrd -c /opt/flexnetserver/licenses/adsk_license.lic -l /opt/flexnetserver/server_log.log

Note: To ensure that the script will be executed during boot, run the following command as root.
chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.local

 

  1. Make sure that all necessary ports are open:

Products:

All Desktop Products;

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