Getting Started with Cloud Licensing Service

The purpose of this section Getting Started with Cloud Licensing Service is to provide an overview on the use of FlexNet Operations and FlexNet Cloud Licensing Service (a feature of FlexNet Operations). For FlexNet Operations users who use FlexNet Embedded licensing, the FlexNet Cloud Licensing Service allows the rapid deployment of cloud-hosted license servers.

This getting started section primarily describes concepts and tasks related to FlexNet Operations with FlexNet Cloud Licensing Service. For information about implementing a FlexNet Embedded client that communicates with license servers, see the appropriate FlexNet Embedded documentation. For example, the FlexNet Embedded Client C SDK User Guide or the FlexNet Embedded Client C XT SDK User Guide.

This getting started section is organized into the following sections.

Topic

Content

FlexNet Cloud Licensing Service Concepts

Provides general information about FlexNet Embedded license server terminology and tasks.

FlexNet Cloud Licensing Service Exercises

Provides a walkthrough of creating a cloud-hosted license server in FlexNet Operations.

To view a brief, informative video that walks you through the exercises in Getting Started with Cloud Licensing Service, click here. We recommend that you read this getting started section in full, to gain an understanding of the concepts it covers, before you view the video.