Download a static license on a non-networked machine
To download a static license for a machine that does not have direct access to the external network, you can follow the steps below:
- Install the server on the machine you wish to run the software on.
- Determine the host ID of the machine the server will be running on by running the same tool that would allow you to download a static license on a networked machine. The name of this tool depends on the system you are working on:
- Linux: downloadlicense
- Mac: downloadlicense.command
- Windows: licensedownload.bat
When you run the license download tool, the host ID for the machine you are working on will be printed to the terminal.
In the case of a job node setup, the only machine you need the host ID for is the master node. This is the machine the license file will be stored on.
- Make a copy of this host ID such that you can use it on a machine that has internet access.
- Go to a computer with internet access, open a browser window and go to the relevant network license download web page:
For the Drug Discovery Server (all versions), Cancer Research Server add-on (all versions), the Genomics Server version 5.0 or higher, and the Science Server, version 2.3 or higher, please go to:
https://secure.clcbio.com/LmxWSv3/GetServerLicenseFile
For the Genomics Workbench version 4.5.2 and lower, or the Science Server version 2.2 or lower, please go to:
http://licensing.clcbio.com/LmxWSv2/GetServerLicenseFile
It is vital that you choose the license download page appropriate to the version of the software you plan to run.
- Paste in your license order ID and the host ID that you noted down in the relevant boxes on the webpage.
- Click 'download license' and save the resulting .lic file.
- Take this file to the machine acting as the CLC Server master node and place it in the folder called 'licenses' in the CLC Server installation directory.
- Restart the server