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Configuring a Subscription for an Offline Flex License

Subscription (modern) licenses are required to communicate with the Fluent License server, however we provide options ofor Pro and Flex licenses to be configured for offline usage in environments that cannot communicate with our license server.

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If you are looking for information on Offline Pro Licenses, head over here

Advantages of an Offline Flex License​

  • No communication to an external service from your system is necessary to process templates through a Fluent Engine. Some highly security sensitive industries disallow this type of communication.
  • Zero data transferred out of your network.

For more detailed information, please read about the Fluent License Server.

Disadvantages of an Offline Flex License​

  • Updating offline license keys is a manual process.
  • A local usage server must be setup.
  • Manual usage reporting must be provided to our support team as required in your sales agreement.

Instructions for Setting Up Offline Pro Licenses​

Before setting up Offline Licensing, you must make a support request to Windward. To submit a ticket please send an email to support@windward.net or visit our support site here.

  1. Download the docker image here: TODO ADD LINK WHEN DOCKER IMAGE IS PUBLISHED

  2. Run the dicker image and record the LOCAL ADDRESS (i.e. localhost:8080 ) to provide to the engine or designer you are providing your license key to.

  3. a. For the Engine: add the property "local-report-usage-server=[[LOCAL ADDRESS]]" to your WindwardReports.properties file. b. For the Designer: Locate the Autotag2013.dll.config file (C:\"Program Files"\"Windward Studios"\Windward\AutoTag2013.dll.config) and add the following to the WindwardReports section (or create the section if it doesn't exist yet)

    <WindwardReports>
        [[Other Values]]
        <add key="local-report-usage-server" value="[[LOCAL ADDRESS]]"/>
    </WindwardReports>

  4. Restart the engine/designer to ensure the property is read and applied.

  5. Ensure you are using the Offline Liocense Key provided by the store portal or Apryse Sales/Support.

  6. Output will automatically be added to the local storage of the usage server.

  7. When you are ready to send usage info to Apryse, you need to make a GET Request to the following endpoint: [[LOCAL ADDRESS]]/vi/usage/[[LICENSE ID]]

  8. The response to this reqiuest can be saved as a json file and sent to Apryse as required in your sales contract.

::: To find your License Id there are a few places you can check, TODO WHEN WATE-10379 IS COMPLETED ADD INFO TO THIS DOCO :::